Hawkeye60 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet; 21,000 m), all-weather intelligence gathering. Model by Pedro Caparros Used with permission. With a big thanks to Backy51 who provided invaluable assistance with the lua data. ai only Beta release. Improvements as needed. Enjoy! https://www.dropbox.com/s/rn8ys5k1lkp1gg1/Lockheed U-2 - Dragon Lady ai V1.4.rar?dl=0 5 5 "Yeah, and though I work in the valley of Death, I will fear no Evil. For where there is one, there is always three. I preparest my aircraft to receive the Iron that will be delivered in the presence of my enemies. Thy ALCM and JDAM they comfort me. Power was given unto the aircrew to make peace upon the world by way of the sword. And when the call went out, Behold the "Sword of Stealth". And his name was Death. And Hell followed him. For the day of wrath has come and no mercy shall be given." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscotsman Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Brilliant, thanks. Remember sat outside Akrotiri ATC in Sept 79 about 5am, enjoying the sunrise and the U2 was being walked up to it's take off point, About 20 mins later the roar of the jet as it came down from the right, then before it had covered much of the runway, it tilted upwards and was away, climbing, literally like a rocket. We used to here it at Episkopi across the bay, but being right under it was something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FETUS Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Very cool, I lived near Plant 42 and Edwards AFB for a bit. Always cool seeing the U2 do its climb on takeoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Phantasmo Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I noticed this thing has a problem with take off. I cant seem to find a runway long enough for it to take off. Just keeps rolling into the dirt and crash at the end of the ramp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye60 Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Up-date 8.11.2021 New lua to correct all data. New engines for shorter take offs. Carrier capability added! From the wiki, "U-2 carrier operations At one time, in an effort to extend the U-2's operating range and to eliminate the need for foreign government approval for U-2 operations from USAF bases in foreign countries, it was suggested that the U-2 be operated from aircraft carriers. Three aircraft were converted for carrier operations by the installation of arrester hooks, and carrier-qualified naval aviators were recruited to fly them. It turned out to be possible to take off and land a U-2 from a carrier. Testing in 1964 with the USS Ranger and in 1969 with the USS America proved the concept. The only operational carrier use occurred in May 1964 when a U-2, operating from USS Ranger, was used to spy on a French atomic test in the Pacific. In 1969, the larger U-2Rs were flown from the carrier America. The U-2 carrier program is believed to have been halted after 1969." This should solve all the issues noted above and add a higher max speed. Let me know! Cheers. File attached below. UN-zip and place in the main aircraft folder. Allow overwrite. dragon_lady.rar 1 "Yeah, and though I work in the valley of Death, I will fear no Evil. For where there is one, there is always three. I preparest my aircraft to receive the Iron that will be delivered in the presence of my enemies. Thy ALCM and JDAM they comfort me. Power was given unto the aircrew to make peace upon the world by way of the sword. And when the call went out, Behold the "Sword of Stealth". And his name was Death. And Hell followed him. For the day of wrath has come and no mercy shall be given." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) So, I managed to make the mod flyable (3rd person for now, but we'll hopefully soon have the viewport at the right spot), for now no download link, as it seems to me that the flightmodel still needs tweaking to for it to be able to reach the legendary ~80.000 ft., which Hawkeye will take care of, soon, afaik) at some airbase in the western US during the 1950s... Edited October 31, 2021 by D4n 1 DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscotsman Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 That's really nice, These used to be our early morning alarm clock in Cyprus....nothing like a 6 am start....and we lived 15 miles away....lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawaiianRyan Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) Fixed the wingtip vortices. Edit dragon_lady.lua with the following substitution: wing_tip_pos = {-4.407, -1.45, 16.4}, As an aside, I think the aero tables are really off. The plane won't achieve stable level flight above ~53k feet; it should be okay through at least 70k feet. I toyed with increasing the thrust thinking it would be a quick fix, but AoA quickly climbs out of control (> 20 degrees) regardless of thrust. Maybe someone with the appropriate background and tools can find the proper numbers for NACA63-409. Edited December 28, 2021 by HawaiianRyan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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