It's Mirage F1, not F-1

[Mig Fulcrum]

Maybe I'm wrong but shouldn't it be called F1 and not F-1?

Because right now on the ED shop and in the launch trailer video title it is called F-1.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong of course.

Edited July 21, 2022 by Mig Fulcrum

[Lieuie]

The funny thing is that in the text below in the shop it is mentioned as F1.

Edited July 21, 2022 by Lieuie

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yes I mentioned that as well in the comments on the launch trailer...

[Kokomakak]

F1... F-1...Does it really matter? It's not like Dassault will come knocking.... or will they?

[Mig Fulcrum]

21 ore fa, Lieuie ha scritto:

The funny thing is that in the text below in the shop it is mentioned as F1.

 

You know what's even funnier?

They changed the title and the thumbnail of the release video to F1

BUT

They also changed the text you said to F-1

 

Looks like they didn't know what's correct

Edited July 22, 2022 by Mig Fulcrum

[Bozon]

It’s “F1”. 
Beware the Hyphengestapo! 

[killkenny1]

18 hours ago, Kokomakak said:

F1... F-1...Does it really matter? It's not like Dassault will come knocking.... or will they?

GIGN, ouvre la porte!

[jojo]

On 7/21/2022 at 7:20 PM, Mig Fulcrum said:

Maybe I'm wrong but shouldn't it be called F1 and not F-1?

Because right now on the ED shop and in the launch trailer video title it is called F-1.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong of course.

 

You're right 

[lunaticfringe]

On 7/21/2022 at 11:52 AM, Kokomakak said:

F1... F-1...Does it really matter? It's not like Dassault will come knocking.... or will they?

*knock knock*

[Mig Fulcrum]

Looks like it have been corrected everywhere, good job

[jaguara5]

Indeed, it's F1. Have also  heard from a former F1(CG) pilot that the 'F' stands for 'Future' (not for 'Fighter'). 

Edited July 27, 2022 by jaguara5

[Bremspropeller]

7 minutes ago, jaguara5 said:

Have also  heard from a former F1(CG) pilot that the 'F' stands for 'Future' (not for 'Fighter')

Both are wrong. F stands for "flèche", which is a reference to the sweptback (as opposed to delta) wings.

[Foogle]

It matters because there is an F1 and an F-1 and they are different aircraft. 

[Rudel_chw]

Nitpicking at its best 

[Cab]

5 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

Nitpicking at its best 

True. But details matter in official documentation, don't they?

[ataribaby]

18 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

Nitpicking at its best 

I came from rivetcounter's nitpicking paradise called plastic kit modeling hobby and trust me, this is not nitpicking.

[Nealius]

I have often seen it notated as F.1, with a period. Ironically enough mostly with plastic model kits. Anyone know where/how that notation came about when the official notation is no period and no hyphen?

[ataribaby]

Yeah

Edited July 28, 2022 by ataribaby

[Cab]

And the world is in chaos!

https://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/passion/aircraft/military-dassault-aircraft/mirage-f1/

[Ala13_ManOWar]

23 hours ago, ataribaby said:

Have one of those in my stash, I wouldn't know why all of a sudden the urge to take it out and start building has been raising these days…   TBH I already took it out a couple times this week to check a few things .

Edited July 29, 2022 by Ala13_ManOWar

[KL0083]

F-1...................................................

 

[Northstar98]

On 7/27/2022 at 4:21 PM, Rudel_chw said:

Nitpicking at its best 

I don't really see the problem in correcting errors and I'm not really bothered about how small they might be. Fortunately Aerges has this correct in the unit listing and just about everywhere else.

Especially when there's a plane that's actually called the F-1, the Mitsubishi F-1 - which is the first thing that comes up when I search for "F-1 plane".

If ED had called the F-16 "F1-6" I'm pretty confident people would've spoken about it.

 

While we're at it:

• There's no such thing as a MiG-29A, it's just MiG-29 (we've got the 9-12 MiG-29). Same for the Su-25 (though that's named correctly).
• AWACS -> AEW&C (or AEW for short). AWACS means Airborne Warning and Control System, which is specifically the system installed on the E-3 Sentry and E-767. Calling every AEW&C aircraft an AWACS is like calling every interceptor a Foxbat or like calling every attack helicopter an Apache. AWACS also doesn't make sense as a task if you spell it out - the last letter is "system". An aircraft conducting Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) makes sense - an aircraft conducting Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) does not.

Edited July 31, 2022 by Northstar98

[Nealius]

Need to get my hands on that Kitty Hawk CT/CR. It's a shame they went out of business. I heard their kits had major issues, but their SH-2F that I'm currently working on isn't that bad. I stupidly got their 1/32 M2000D/N despite not having enough workspace to build such a monster haha.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Nealius

[Bozon]

21 hours ago, Northstar98 said:

• AWACS -> AEW&C (or AEW for short). AWACS means Airborne Warning and Control System, which is specifically the system installed on the E-3 Sentry and E-767. Calling every AEW&C aircraft an AWACS is like calling every interceptor a Foxbat or like calling every attack helicopter an Apache. AWACS also doesn't make sense as a task if you spell it out - the last letter is "system". An aircraft conducting Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) makes sense - an aircraft conducting Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) does not.

 

Man, have you tried to pronounce AEW&C phonetically out loud? Don’t do it in public, someone may panic and give you a Heimlich maneuver.

AWACS just rolls off the tongue.

Edited July 29, 2022 by Bozon

[Northstar98]

18 hours ago, Bozon said:

Man, have you tried to pronounce AEW&C phonetically out loud? Don’t do it in public, someone may panic and give you a Heimlich maneuver.

It's not really that bad at all - especially seeing as its perfectly fine to shorten it to AEW, there it's no different whatsoever to FBI, CIA or RAF.

Apache rolls off the tounge much better than attack helicopter, but I reckon if I called a Mi-28 an Apache someone might glass me.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Northstar98