USAFMTL Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 I have been flight simming longer than a lot of you been alive. Pick a sim and I can probably go into my basement and get it out for you and post you a picture of it. Having said that I have been simming with this series since the Flanker days. Fast forward to the DCS beginnings and it was all about the A-10. I took a break and came back for the Hornet and I love it. I couldnt wait to fly the Viper either. I got the Harrier and what a ground pounder. In fact I have just about every module. The F-14 though always brings me back to her. I fell in love with the F-14 in 1986 when I saw Top Gun and at the airshow that summer at Hanscom AFB. I had F-14 pics and F-8 (my other favorite) pics in my room. I just cant stop flying the F-14. Its like the other moduels are the girls I left behind. Well done Heatblur, she is just golden. I cant wait for the A model. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
DrDetroit Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Yes, me too! I think the best module to date. I was skeptical and purchased the F/A-18. The F-14 being a bit older and steam gauges everywhere, but after the F-14B free trial, I was hooked totally and 100%. Haven't touched the 18 since. I do really enjoy the Huey too, alot! But right now the F-14 is my go to. Good day, DrDetroit 1
USAFMTL Posted August 17, 2020 Author Posted August 17, 2020 This module has been the absolute best simming experience I have ever had. And I can see why the crews loved her so. 1 [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Home Fries Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Yeah, I regularly compare the Tomcat module to a religious experience. Being a former backseater IRL (albeit not the cat), and figuring that most people prefer the front seat, I started as RIO and taught 3 other people up to speed on the station. Then I started playing in front and had a blast, although knowing how an NFO should operate I often get frustrated with Jester. Now my comfort level in the front seat is near as good as the back seat, and I enjoyed every minute! 1 -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide
Gascan39 Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 Agreed. I have all the modules outside of the unarmed ones. Amazing work on the Tomcat. I struggle, but keep coming back. Tanking seems to be a challenge in this one, only one tougher for me is the Viper. Have yet to explore the full potential of air to mud.
Raisuli Posted August 18, 2020 Posted August 18, 2020 I have been flight simming longer than a lot of you been alive. Pick a sim and I can probably go into my basement and get it out for you and post you a picture of it. I'll byte. My first sim was A2FS1. I played it at ET-A school in Great Mistakes, so that was spring of 1981.
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 I'll byte. My first sim was A2FS1. I played it at ET-A school in Great Mistakes, so that was spring of 1981. On a TSR80? I went TDY to Great Mistakes....once....and it was a freaking cold place to have basic training. I am very glad I had the heat of San Antonio to train troops as opposed to Great Lakes. Basic training sucks enough and to fight the cold with it.....my hats off to you. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 Yeah, I regularly compare the Tomcat module to a religious experience. Being a former backseater IRL (albeit not the cat), and figuring that most people prefer the front seat, I started as RIO and taught 3 other people up to speed on the station. Then I started playing in front and had a blast, although knowing how an NFO should operate I often get frustrated with Jester. Now my comfort level in the front seat is near as good as the back seat, and I enjoyed every minute! Long time no speak my friend. How have you been? With the Cat, no matter what I jump into, I fly for a few minutes and then I am right back in the Tomcat pit. Then with all my Tomcat books I can see clearly why the pilots loved it. When I get the A I may never go back to the B.....I'm full of it, I will be in both. :) [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 I have all the modules outside of the unarmed ones. Amazing work on the Tomcat. I struggle, but keep coming back. Tanking seems to be a challenge in this one, only one tougher for me is the Viper. Have yet to explore the full potential of air to mud. I havent touched A2G in the Tomcat, I use it for A2A only. I will explore it eventually but I love playing the fleet defender role. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Home Fries Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Long time no speak my friend. How have you been? Not bad at all, though the COVID was keeping me really busy for a time. Now I can once again give the cat the attention she deserves! With the Cat, no matter what I jump into, I fly for a few minutes and then I am right back in the Tomcat pit. Then with all my Tomcat books I can see clearly why the pilots loved it. When I get the A I may never go back to the B.....I'm full of it, I will be in both. :) Hit me up if you want the ultimate Tomcat experience: flying with a RIO. That's where the fun really happens, not to mention it really helps with precision A2G. Finally, you of all people know how excited I am for the A-6, even if it is AI only. -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide
javelina1 Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Indeed the Turkey is awesome! My favorite mod. Lately, I've been flying the Jug, and having a lot of fun with her. But I always come back to the Turkey! MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 Not bad at all, though the COVID was keeping me really busy for a time. Now I can once again give the cat the attention she deserves! Hit me up if you want the ultimate Tomcat experience: flying with a RIO. That's where the fun really happens, not to mention it really helps with precision A2G. Finally, you of all people know how excited I am for the A-6, even if it is AI only. Its funny you say that about the A-6, because you were the first person I thought of. As far a MP goes, my installs are so heavily modded they would never pass an IC. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Raisuli Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 On a TSR80? I went TDY to Great Mistakes....once....and it was a freaking cold place to have basic training. I am very glad I had the heat of San Antonio to train troops as opposed to Great Lakes. Basic training sucks enough and to fight the cold with it.....my hats off to you. Apple ][+, though I have Trash-80 (model 1 and 3) time as well. Started on machines that make those look high-tech. I still remember 110 baud acoustic modems, paper tape (and punch cards), and 8 baud TTYs. My first lunar lander used a TTY for I/O. Did boot/beep in San Diego, Great Mistakes for A, Orlando for Nuke, New York for prototype. That was my first two and a half years. Of COURSE they closed the nice bases and left the darkest part of the rectal sphincter of the Navy as the sole survivor of the three; probably because nobody wanted it. Fortunately that was after my time.
Cocker Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Wow, Dave, never thought I'd see you in here! So I take it you are done with SFP1/WoV? :-D
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 Wow, Dave, never thought I'd see you in here! So I take it you are done with SFP1/WoV? :-D Yep I have been done with the SF series for sometime. DCS takes care of my combat simming itch now. Were you at the CombatAce forums? [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Cocker Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Yes indeed, on CombatAce and Column5, under the nickname Flying-V, IIRC.
Top Jockey Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 Yep I have been done with the SF series for sometime. DCS takes care of my combat simming itch now. Were you at the CombatAce forums? @Boresight here... Still recal very well SF2: NA and the vast collection of mods. Jets Helis Maps FC 3 JA 37 Ka-50 Caucasus F-14 A/B MiG-23 Mi-8 MTV2 Nevada F-16 C MiG-29 F/A-18 C Mirage III E MiG-21 bis Mirage 2000 C i7-4790 K , 16 GB DDR3 , GTX 1660 Ti 6GB , Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
USAFMTL Posted August 19, 2020 Author Posted August 19, 2020 Hey Boresight and Flying V, I do remember you guys. Glad to see you around. Hope all is well with you two. [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
Quid Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 Given that the subject came up about chunking hours into the Tomcat, I figured this was related. Also, hi, Dave. I just tried the Tomcat in VR for the first time and holy Mother of God, Heatblur knocked it out of the park. I was impressed with TrackIR before. In VR, there is no comparison. I'm probably going to be stuck in the virtual pit for the next month or so; if no one hears from me, send an ambulance...or maybe a hearse... Rig: i9 10900KF @5.3GHz | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MHz | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 24GB OC | ASUS Maximus XII Formula | 2x 2TB Intel SSD6 NVMe M.2 | VKB F-14CG on Gunfighter III Base | TM Warthog HOTAS | TM Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2 Hangar: FC3 | F-86F | F-4E [Pre-Ordered] | F-5E | F-14A/B | F-15E | F-16C | F/A-18C | Mirage 2000C | JF-17 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19P | MiG-21bis | AJS-37 | AV-8B | L39 | C-101 | A-10C/CII | Yak-52 | P-51D | P-47D | Fw 190 A-8/D-9 | Bf 109 | Spitfire | I-16 | UH-1 Huey
sublime Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) I have been flight simming longer than a lot of you been alive. thats a bold statement to lead off a post with. have a bad day? ;) Does this work on chicks? Cuz Ill go to a bar right now "hey baby. back in 95 I shot down Preddy at the battle of Y29 in Aces Over Europe..." Edited August 21, 2020 by sublime
USAFMTL Posted August 21, 2020 Author Posted August 21, 2020 thats a bold statement to lead off a post with. have a bad day? ;) Does this work on chicks? Cuz Ill go to a bar right now "hey baby. back in 95 I shot down Preddy at the battle of Y29 in Aces Over Europe..." Well duh....it always works with the chicks and you must wear a leather jacket with a Hawaiian shirt under. Aviator glasses are absolutely mandatory. :D [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
USAFMTL Posted August 21, 2020 Author Posted August 21, 2020 (edited) Given that the subject came up about chunking hours into the Tomcat, I figured this was related. Also, hi, Dave. I just tried the Tomcat in VR for the first time and holy Mother of God, Heatblur knocked it out of the park. I was impressed with TrackIR before. In VR, there is no comparison. I'm probably going to be stuck in the virtual pit for the next month or so; if no one hears from me, send an ambulance...or maybe a hearse... I wish I could do VR....eyes are to ****ed up. So Track IR works well. But I do envy you guys who can do it. Edited August 21, 2020 by USAFMTL [sigpic][/sigpic] US Air Force Retired, 1C371 No rank or title will ever be as important as the unit patch you wear.
1stBEAST Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Man the Turkey is a BEAST did a mission yesterday on our server running "Crack the Channel" with a human RIO we started from a landbase with 2x AIM-9M, 1x AIM-7MH, 4x GBU-16 and one TGP we flew towards Queshm Island to bomb some Tanks. My RIO told me that there is a Radar Contact, no IFF and we were still loaded with bombs. fortunatly it was just a freaking boat he locked up :-D but the relief was short as AWACS and RWR screamed: "mig-23 from our 10o´clock". so i pulled hard left, full burner into them. for whatever reason both got defensive after i fired my one and only AIM-7---> missed. after that we got merged, and a short dogfight erupted, man the cat just doesnt care that she is loaded with bombs and i was able to shot down both with AIM-9´s, after both of them crashed in the gulf, no chutes, we continued our bombing mission. after the 3rd bomb drop the AWACS called "slow movers probably choppers". we dropped our last bomb on a BMP and headed for the choppers. my RIO found them and locked them up, no AA-Missiles left, gunned both of them down and stayed low afterwards because we got spiked by SAM´s. we had enough fuel left to fly to our land base but decided to divert to the carrier. got waved off on the first try and catch a 3 wire on the second. got fueled and loaded up with mk82´s and carpet bombed a convoy. after that our playtime was over. we were soaked with sweat. but it was a good mission for us and a lot of fun.
captain_dalan Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Man the Turkey is a BEAST did a mission yesterday on our server running "Crack the Channel" with a human RIO we started from a landbase with 2x AIM-9M, 1x AIM-7MH, 4x GBU-16 and one TGP we flew towards Queshm Island to bomb some Tanks. My RIO told me that there is a Radar Contact, no IFF and we were still loaded with bombs. fortunatly it was just a freaking boat he locked up :-D but the relief was short as AWACS and RWR screamed: "mig-23 from our 10o´clock". so i pulled hard left, full burner into them. for whatever reason both got defensive after i fired my one and only AIM-7---> missed. after that we got merged, and a short dogfight erupted, man the cat just doesnt care that she is loaded with bombs and i was able to shot down both with AIM-9´s, after both of them crashed in the gulf, no chutes, we continued our bombing mission. after the 3rd bomb drop the AWACS called "slow movers probably choppers". we dropped our last bomb on a BMP and headed for the choppers. my RIO found them and locked them up, no AA-Missiles left, gunned both of them down and stayed low afterwards because we got spiked by SAM´s. we had enough fuel left to fly to our land base but decided to divert to the carrier. got waved off on the first try and catch a 3 wire on the second. got fueled and loaded up with mk82´s and carpet bombed a convoy. after that our playtime was over. we were soaked with sweat. but it was a good mission for us and a lot of fun. Man, talking about task saturation! Modules: FC3, Mirage 2000C, Harrier AV-8B NA, F-5, AJS-37 Viggen, F-14B, F-14A, Combined Arms, F/A-18C, F-16C, MiG-19P, F-86, MiG-15, FW-190A, Spitfire Mk IX, UH-1 Huey, Su-25, P-51PD, Caucasus map, Nevada map, Persian Gulf map, Marianas map, Syria Map, Super Carrier, Sinai map, Mosquito, P-51, AH-64 Apache, F4U Corsair, WWII Assets Pack
Spurts Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Man the Turkey is a BEAST That sums up my feelings on this module in more ways that one. Keep AoA in check in a rate fight? BEAST Pull extra AoA to cut a tight corner? BEAST Depart controlled flight? recovering is a BEAST Haul four one-ton bombs along at 45,000ft and 1.5M? BEAST A little high over the wires and use DLC to plant it into the deck? BEAST (Jester has some fun comments on those landings) In one mission I made I took a 65nm shot on a MiG-31, hit 2.15M diving on a Tu-22, pulled 9.8G pulling out of that dive, hit 1,035KCAS at the bottom of the dive (engines did NOT like that), limped back to the ship sipping 3800pph at 0.74M, and landed in ~3/4mi vis. Love this plane/module.
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