Recce birds

[upyr1]

It wouyld be nice to have Recon aircraft, even if they are just AI though I figure a recon pod might be nice as well

[WRAITH]

GENERAL DYNAMICS F-111 AARDVARK

 

[draconus]

1 hour ago, upyr1 said:

It wouyld be nice to have Recon aircraft, even if they are just AI though I figure a recon pod might be nice as well

We have F-14, but TARPS is still a planned feature.

[upyr1]

22 minutes ago, draconus said:

We have F-14, but TARPS is still a planned feature.

I was thinking we had the TARPS coming I don't know if HB would do an RF-4 but recon could be a fun mission 

1 hour ago, WRAITH said:

GENERAL DYNAMICS F-111 AARDVARK

 

The Aardvark would be awesome but unless they had a recon pod they would be a different thread though the EF-111 could do ELINT to some degree

Edited July 8, 2022 by upyr1

[Northstar98]

2 hours ago, draconus said:

We have F-14, but TARPS is still a planned feature.

We're also getting a G.91R but not sure how the cameras are going to be implemented (personally I'm hoping that it will create a screenshot from the perspective of whatever camera, allowing it to be used in things like briefings and kneeboard pages.

I guess reconnaissance would be more of a thing if we had a dynamic, persistent campaign. Right now it arguably isn't as useful.

Edited July 8, 2022 by Northstar98

[rkk01]

Mosquito PR.XVI

Spitfire PR.XIX

… although on a serious note, even a generic PR pod mod would be great for any / all aircraft. Have a range of pre-set camera angles to choose from - and essentially the output would be screenshots from that pre-set position

[Lace]

I really hope the recce element plays a part in the dynamic campaign, giving a genuine purpose to target recce and BDA missions.  Rather than just being fed intel, there is the requirement to either assign or fly these missions before and after a strike.

 

[Tippis]

8 hours ago, upyr1 said:

It wouyld be nice to have Recon aircraft, even if they are just AI though I figure a recon pod might be nice as well

Viggen.

Only half-kidding, since its implementation is actually a pretty darn solid foundation for how such functionality could work in practice. Of course, it would then have to be tied into some kind of cross-client and/or cross-session data save/load mechanism, or even be tied into the F10 map (since it's getting more and more popular to let modules load data from there and it's already a shared resource).

[Rick50]

In campaigns in a much earlier different product, one that was a first project covering strike fighters (hint hint!!), at first I hated "recon missions", "ugh why go up without ord?!!?"...

... well by the third recon mission I got a change of heart, when I realised just how much excitement there was in trying to keep from being shot down at all costs... high and fast, low and slow, try desperately to outrun or outlast the fuel of that Mig that just won't let you cruise on by!!

It got to the point where I'd plan out my mission route much differently than for a strike, trying to out think enemy expectations to give me an edge. Spacing out waypoints so that I don't turn hard right after the mission objective, have to preserve low drag and high energy/speed state to keep them Migs from bouncing me! 

Those recon missions became my FAVOURITE part of the campaigns.

Mig tries to intercept, but yer just a bit too far away for his guns, and your 25 knot advantage will keep him from getting close enough. Or the Mig keeps shooting shells at ya, you have panic attack with all the trace around you... and then you realise he's winchester!!!  Or the Mig that you thought was far away, totally safe... and then he's going so much faster that he's on you right now... and then you realise he's run out of fuel! Or worse, YOU have run out of fuel trying to keep from being shot down!

I'd love to see something like that in the older cold war DCS modules! Doesn't make too much sense for the current uber-fighters like Apaches and Hornets, considering sat datalinks, AWACS, and so on... but back when photo recon missions were the primary method, this is a great fit, both for the pilot doing the mission, but maybe also for a combined arms campaign with some form of "fog of war" going on!

[Rick50]

 

Convair RB-58 Recce Hustler?

I didn't even know such a thing existed!

Less awesome than we'd expect from a Hustler due to the subsonic mission profile, but still a fascinating history!

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-convair-rb-58-recce-hustlers-short-but-fascinating-career