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Announcing the F-4 Phantom for DCS World!


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13 hours ago, G.J.S said:

You’ll need waterproof faith! You won’t get it off a flat top. Even an FG1 wouldn’t do it without a bridle slingshot. 
Seeing how many Phantom ‘Echoes’ it would take grinding below the bow of a carrier to bring it to a stop could be fun however.

You guys are going about this the wrong way. It is just a matter of getting the boat going fast enough. I’ll have a word with the coal shuffling guys below decks - and alert the fleet because the wake we are about to create may flip the destroyers escorts over.


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“Mosquitoes fly, but flies don’t Mosquito” :pilotfly:

- Geoffrey de Havilland.

 

... well, he could have said it!

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12 minutes ago, Bozon said:

You guys are going about this the wrong way. It is just a matter of getting the boat going fast enough. I’ll have a word with the coal shuffling guys below decks - and alert the fleet because the wake we are about to create may flip the destroyers escorts over.

 

Let's make carriers out of Saturn V's.

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Reformers hate him! This one weird trick found by a bush pilot will make gunfighter obsessed old farts angry at your multi-role carrier deck line up!

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On 1/12/2023 at 10:00 PM, Horns said:

This Aussie wholeheartedly concurs. I will get the F-4E, but it will mostly be to get a start on learning the systems while I wait for the carrier-capable version

Same here, in US.  Carrier planes operate from carriers.  That makes them a big step up in coolness. 😉  But if they go on to release a module for the F-4C and F-4D, I'll buy that, too!  But I'm not sure that all the differences of the F-4K will be worth the effort to fly off the Ark Royal.

The MiG-21 was never operated by the US (never mind any adversary squadrons), but I bought that module.  I think it flies pretty decently (last version of 2.7, at least)...in single player, anyway.  I bought the MiG-19 and MiG-15, too.  And I might get around to getting the Mirage F1.  But I'm sort of a module slut.  I go around with all of 'em...even the I-16.  LOL  I often fly my A-4E in RAN paint, gull gray over white with the red and white checker tail, off of the Clemenceau (closest thing to an Essex-class).  I just like its retro looks.  LOL

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On 1/18/2023 at 2:55 PM, Omega417 said:

nullGive me a real challenge, I'll have 66 feet to spare

 

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On 1/21/2023 at 12:01 AM, Andrew8604 said:

Same here, in US.  Carrier planes operate from carriers.  That makes them a big step up in coolness. 😉  But if they go on to release a module for the F-4C and F-4D, I'll buy that, too!  But I'm not sure that all the differences of the F-4K will be worth the effort to fly off the Ark Royal.

The MiG-21 was never operated by the US (never mind any adversary squadrons), but I bought that module.  I think it flies pretty decently (last version of 2.7, at least)...in single player, anyway.  I bought the MiG-19 and MiG-15, too.  And I might get around to getting the Mirage F1.  But I'm sort of a module slut.  I go around with all of 'em...even the I-16.  LOL  I often fly my A-4E in RAN paint, gull gray over white with the red and white checker tail, off of the Clemenceau (closest thing to an Essex-class).  I just like its retro looks.  LOL

Agree. I'd buy a naval F-4 when it comes out, eventually. But I do like the F-4E more. My current hitlist is Mirage 2000, F-15E, Flaming Cliffs, F-4E, F/A-18.

 

On 1/19/2023 at 4:21 AM, G.J.S said:

You’ll need waterproof faith! You won’t get it off a flat top. Even an FG1 wouldn’t do it without a bridle slingshot. 
Seeing how many Phantom ‘Echoes’ it would take grinding below the bow of a carrier to bring it to a stop could be fun however.

And today on the Mantis Show, I strap 15 7.62mm minigun pods on backwards to see if that decreases my takeoff run.

F-4 with many mini-gun pod... : r/Warthunder

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On 1/18/2023 at 9:36 PM, Snappy said:

 Uhh but that’s feet, not meters .You’d need about 2000 more .Not sure I follow your take off performance calculation anyway 😂 Probably would need to match your smoking habits for that.:)

Not to leave you empty-handed , I found this old video from the german armed forces . Its in german, but you can at least use the autotranslated YT subtitles. Ignore the cheap attempt at Top Gun vibes, but it gives a few interesting glimpses of the F-4s radar screen at work while scanning for /locking a target and the gunsight in action, plus some short but nice air combat maneuvering training scenes .

 

 

This demonstrates what the radar roughly looks like, but it's from a simulator, also they only go into acquisition not track. Here is a video of the AN/APQ-120 with the DSCG screen, in flight.

 


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18 hours ago, Aussie_Mantis said:

 

And today on the Mantis Show, I strap 15 7.62mm minigun pods on backwards to see if that decreases my takeoff run.

F-4 with many mini-gun pod... : r/Warthunder

The extra recoil thrust won’t amount to much chap. And the deck crew won’t welcome you back after you strafe them upon departure lol.

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3 minutes ago, G.J.S said:

The extra recoil thrust won’t amount to much chap. And the deck crew won’t welcome you back after you strafe them upon departure lol.

Long as he doesn’t strafe the plane guard helicopter he’ll be OK. But wiping out the deck crew might earn some bad attention from the Air Boss 

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16 часов назад, Iceman555 сказал:

I will welcome the opportunity to learn to navigate and combat simulate in an analog jet.  Analog Combat Simulator.. lol.

 

I think most people here will eventually get both the Phantom and F-15E, but if they were to come out at once, what would I buy - a jet that requires me to actually pay attention and learn stuff or yet another MFD button-pusher? Hmm, maybe this will inform my decision...

 

 

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I think most people here will eventually get both the Phantom and F-15E, but if they were to come out at once, what would I buy - a jet that requires me to actually pay attention and learn stuff or yet another MFD button-pusher? Hmm, maybe this will inform my decision...
 
 
Easy. Phantom.

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6 hours ago, WarbossPetross said:

I think most people here will eventually get both the Phantom and F-15E, but if they were to come out at once, what would I buy - a jet that requires me to actually pay attention and learn stuff or yet another MFD button-pusher? Hmm, maybe this will inform my decision...

 

 

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Okay - I'm ready to be flamed, but...

Yes the navy version is planned and coming, YES "We want to make sure to tell the story of each Phantom variant chosen in the most content rich and appropriate way possible".

But will it be a separate purchase or bundled with this module further down the line?

I really want naval ops so not interested in this first iteration and certainly not buying both if they are single packages (with respect, of course)!

TIA:thumbsup: 

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