You've got to see this!

[cobrabase]

Yup... worst simming day of my life.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pdNcKwNnkg

[GGTharos]

Stop sucking. ;)

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Your canopy blew off because you accidentallyhit the 'open canopy' combo.

The reason you're not having much luck is that you're not fighting effectively - but you'll get the hang of that soon enough. :D

[cobrabase]

AMEN!!

[VMFA117_Poko]

:lol: I had an even worse day.

[Boberro]

Hahah flying cabrio in LO is very funny :D, you got "clear, crystal" view from cocpit. Pilots who fly without canopy had to be heavily trained to survive with above mach speed :D

[S77th-konkussion]

Not to mention spilling your beer..

[159th_Viper]

And Bugs can be such Bastards.......especially the Prickly ones!

[cobrabase]

IT HAPPENED TWICE AT THE SAME TIME DURING THE SCENARIO!!!

 

The good news is NOOB Cobrabase beat it! Believe it or not, I beat the mission the first time I played it but DIDN'T SAVE IT! Moron.

 

Then I beat it but the canopy blew off and all hell broke loose.

 

THEN this afternoon I beat it but the SIM FROZE!

 

This evening its DONE! Whooo hooo!

[monotwix]

Each step big or small bla bla… is a way forward.

A bad flight sim day and a good movie about it!?… Yeh there is no time waste for trying it.

Good luck with your next movie.

[S77th-konkussion]

By the way- your comments are basically 180 deg. backwards. The Slammer is the castrated one with respect to LOMAC's ARH's. This has been shown so many times now the horse has turned to dust.

 

FWIW- I smoke F15's just as often- if not more so-than they do me. Most kills(but certainly not all) with the ER. Flying Su33 w/ ER's, ET's and 73's. But keep in mind I'm online only- that is no moronic AI scripts being run. Point being- If a certain tactic is not working- try something new. You know how insanity is defined, right? I seem to remember that You can lock an AI plane well ahead of his own launch limits- why not override and launch one early to get him defensive?

 

..Make "S" turns while closing on him to help bleed off incoming missile's energy? (this REALLY kills the slammers) I realize reliance on your idiot AI wingman is spooky at best, but- those are the breaks on single player, bro.

 

Get out there in the live action and a Jedi you will be.

 

Edited June 29, 2008 by S77th-konkussion

[Kuky]

LOL :D love the "subtitles" :thumbup:

[Vekkinho]

Cobrabase, I suggest you hug the ground next time you play this mission. By flying high you expose yourself and your wingman to hostile radars, but flying NOE would seriously reduce AIM-120 range and locking you up is also compromised!

 

Unfortunatelly the area is pretty flat (it's a Krasnodar AB, right?!) so no terrain masking here but if you fly low your enemy will have trouble locking you up. When he descends to a same altitude his longest sticks' range will also be reduced giving you the chance of SARH/IR kill.

 

You say you face Falcons and Phantoms here. What I wrote above works like a charm against Phantom. You're low and he's low so during the merge you have no other chances beside pitching up. Phantom is heavy beast and he'll need to trade altitude for speed to maintain turning velocity but if he's flying low already he can't do much here!

 

Falcon is another story, try getting some help from your AAA or SAM guys in dealing with those little pesky lawndarts!

 

You should also send away your wingman in some spread formation, flying close echelon formation during BVR is not advisable! Both of your radars scan same volume and all hostile missiles fly in your direction endangering the both of you! If you fly spread line abreast you'll scan much wider area and you'll gain a better SA! Some of the hostile planes will focus onto you but the other half will engage your wingman but you'll see who's after who in your MFD much better in a spread formation!

 

Another thing is to carefully study a map before hitting the FLY button! If there's any friendly AAA and SAM units why not having them do their job?! Simply lure the hostiles into SAM covered airspace and fight him on your terrain! Your chances are pretty bigger!

Edited June 29, 2008 by Vekkinho

[Teknetinium]

loool then he has not been fighting 4F-15s in a mig-29A.

[Vekkinho]

Yeah, I have no problem fighting 4*F-15C while in MiG-29A with 2*R-27R and 4*R-73, these missiles do their job although Eagle usually draws first. Simple beam or zig-zag will spoof any Rmax launched AMRAAM. Worst thing in this scenario is not knowing how many AMRAAMs hang from Eagle's pylons! Quantities of 4 or 6 are most common loadouts with 2 or 4 Sidewinders for WVR. I also like triggering the IR launch, in 80% situations you'll have one coming in your face during merge with hostile fighter, flares spoof those IRs in LOFC but odds are not that good IRL. Maintaining corner velocity without the use of reheat is pretty difficult but the only platform capable of this in LO is MiG-29. It's also a far from reality if compared to RL but since we play LOFC we must take the most from what's given to us! So consider it an advantage.

 

I'd rather trade my payload of 10 missiles from Flanker for accelaration of MiG-29 although it has 4 missiles less but if you enter a dogfight with SARH missiles still hanging unused on your pylons you're in deep s**t!

 

So try maintaining corner speed without AB, it's possible whan you burn most of your fuel and shoot or jettison most of your missiles. You don't need long and draggy sticks such as R-27ER in turning dogfight! Kick in with AB only when bandit is cold (pointing it's nose and IR eyes away from you)!

 

If you have a bandit with heaters on your tail watch him closely! If he shoots a 'winder break into the missile and launch as many flares as you can! Like I said I like triggering a IR launch from the bandit in those conditions! He'll spend all of his heaters pretty soon and switch to guns. I've never seen someone going for a gun kill with heaters still hanging useless! When he's got no missiles you're pretty safe! Simply outturn he bandit (hi and low yo-yos are essential here when flying MiG-29), get in his rear half and press the trigger!

[Boberro]

[...]but if you enter a dogfight with SARH missiles still hanging unused on your pylons you're in deep s**t!

 

I can't agree, last time I used few times R-27EM in close combat fights and it done well job :D

[Vekkinho]

I can't agree, last time I used few times R-27EM in close combat fights and it done well job :D

 

I didn't say missiles are of no good here, but IMHO they create to much drag and reduce your turning capability and if up against a good adversary you need every deg/sec you can get! Second thing is there's no kill like a gun kill!

[RvEYoda]

Awesome video :).

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

Fun movie to watch - a good laugh, great subtitles :)

 

As for winning that mission, IronHand did a movie of how he did it - I'm sure it is somewhere on his site.

http://flankertraining.com/ironhand/a2a.htm

 

Others do it different ways. Personally, I prefer to circle around and get into the fight alongside the MiG's and go help them - I like to have some friends around and the longer they survive, then the easier it is for you ;) Even though I can't issue radio commands to the MiG's (only to my wingman) I find it easier to join the fight from the West rather than the North (which IronHand does in his movie).

 

IMHO, the 1st mission is by far the hardest of all the missions in the Su-27 campaign, it should've been the last mission, not the 1st!!

[Vekkinho]

Stop sucking. ;)

Your canopy blew off because you accidentallyhit the 'open canopy' combo.:D

 

Guess cobrabase ain't the only one accidentally hitting Ctrl-C:

[Vekkinho]

What do U think, P-Shopped or not?!!

[GGTharos]

Can't really tell. The slats have lowered slightly which may indicate that he's reducing speed, which is what you'd want to do in this situation.

 

Such an incident in fact occured with an F-14 (the guy in the back didn't have what to do with his hands, tried to grab onto something to hold onto during some maneuver, IIRC and ... ejected. Pilot landed the plane without the canopy)

 

Edit: Yup! Rear seat seems to be missing, and what MAY look like scorching on the fuselage behind the 'pit.

[Рустам]

Guess cobrabase ain't the only one accidentally hitting Ctrl-C:

 

This picture from the filming of russian movie "Mirror Wars: First Reflection" :)

 

http://www.film.ru/afisha/movie_stills.asp?code=ZRVOIN1

[Vekkinho]

Whatever it was, I like the pic! Probably some stunts for movie making! I like that movie but can't find it here in Croatia!

 

GGT, I also remember A-6 incident with the WSO stuck in the glass for 10+ minutes!

[GGTharos]

Ah yes, I recall that one - the ejection seat misfired and to top it all off, the rocket failed so the guy ended up partially ejecting. Good thing he didn't have to use that chair in a REAL ejection.

[Groove]

The canopy was removed for shooting the movie.