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Future Weapons and What-If projects


Tank50us

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One thing that I'd been thinking about recently, is about aircraft and projects that are currently in development. So, what I'd like to see, if it's even possible, are aircraft and helicopters, ground vehicles, and ships that are either just prototypes, or are just (to our knowledge) still on the drawing board. If done, I see this being akin to an FC-3 style module, but with fully functional cockpits. These aircraft (pics below), would be based on what is currently in development, and using known principles of aerospace engineering, materials science, engine performance, and known trends in cockpit design.

While not true representations of what might come down the pipe, such a module would be kinda fun to see in DCS, especially for those wanting to play with scenarios set no more than a couple decades in the future.

As stated, this would also include the proposed tank, ship, and helo designs that are coming down the pipe.

As for the "What-if" part of the statement, this would be for units that were proposed, but failed. The question would be "What if the project was continued and re-branded?"

Pics:

Remember when we used to think this was the future of tanks? Yeah, me  neither : r/TankPorn

What are examples of futuristic tanks? - Quora

What will the tanks of the future look like, and how will they be used and  operated? - Quora

Shtorm: A look at Russia's new design for a future aircraft carrier - The  Economic Times

CVX-class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia

The Best 6th Generation Fighter Concepts-Explained - YouTube

Checkmate: Russia's newest, most advanced fighter jet – Asia Times

Next Generation HELICOPTERS are Coming - YouTube

Army awards Bell Textron contract worth billions to replace Black Hawk  helicopter | TPR

China's New Attack Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight – The Diplomat

Now, before people start posting pictures of Colonial Vipers and X-Wings... keep in mind that this post isn't about those. This is about what we know, or what we can reasonably assume are coming down the pipe in terms of design. What do you guys think? Would anything like this fit in a future DCS Module?

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For me personally:  Nope...

(Points backwards) 90s "sims" thataway if you really want that.

2 hours ago, Tank50us said:

Now, before people start posting pictures of Colonial Vipers and X-Wings... keep in mind that this post isn't about those.

It is though, at least it might as well be.

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I will only endorse hypothetical or fictional units once every real-world, in-service, sea, land, and air unit is represented in game.  We have some glaring gaps in the DCS OOB, filling those should be the priority.

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None of those likely have enough open source info to be doable to DCS standards. And ED isn’t making any more FC3 level modules for DCS. 

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