Why do I need the F-15E in my life? [no Razbam discussion please!]

[Waffle 1-1]

9 hours ago, Sunbather said:

Damn, so it's that expensive to go to the movies in Belgium?

Hold on. Waffle? Belgian Waffles? It all makes sense now!

Please excuse me again for my rant. I was homing in on that one argument of yours which you made in all innocence.

About 15 to get in per person, and then you add the popcorn and a drink … two people will be 50-ish yes. But having visited Germany I also felt things were generally not as inflated as they are with us.

[MarkP]

Hello, wanted to tell my story as well.

I got it on release day, thinking i would not love it (i have nearly every module in DCS just to try it out so to say). But i was blown away by it. The Modul has so many cool little features, no other moule has like perma-bend wings, interfering radar channels Radar Scintillation, moving pilot body in VR (althoug that was added on some ED models as well) and so on and i loved that. Also its so easy to work with the TGP. In F16 i am always fighting the TGP, its not doing what i want it to do. Might be Piloterror for sure but still i constantly got hickups with it. In the 15e it just works. Also BVR its great. You can fly so high on full A/B all the time and toss a 120c in space nearly. I got a kill against a AI F16 from 55nm out

So then the the disput happened and i refunded it but now after like a year or something i found myself kinda missing it. It was (and is) the most enjoyable plane in my whole collection.

And last month i decided to buy it again. I dont regret it at all because i had the most fun in it out of all Modules. I hope that the dispute can be solved in a good way but yeah.
Just wanna tell my my 2 cents

[LordOrion]

4 minutes ago, MarkP said:

So then the the disput happened and i refunded it but now after like a year or something i found myself kinda missing it. It was (and is) the most enjoyable plane in my whole collection.

And last month i decided to buy it again. I dont regret it at all because i had the most fun in it out of all Modules. I hope that the dispute can be solved in a good way but yeah.
Just wanna tell my my 2 cents

I was tempted to ask for a refund at first, especially since the "situation" had killed all the enthusiasm I had for the module.

But after mulling it over for a few days I decided to wait till the end and see how it goes before decide if ask for a refund or not: the Mudhen is a damn good module and I hope for a good outcome. 

[MarkP]

8 minutes ago, LordOrion said:

I was tempted to ask for a refund at first, especially since the "situation" had killed all the enthusiasm I had for the module.

But after mulling it over for a few days I decided to wait till the end and see how it goes before decide if ask for a refund or not: the Mudhen is a damn good module and I hope for a good outcome. 

yeah i pay like 50usd on launch (or 55 im not sure) and when i rebought it, was 60usd lol But doesnt matter. I hope i can enjoy it for some time

[Czar66]

On 1/25/2025 at 4:59 AM, Sunbather said:

Do the F-16 and F/A-18 make the F-15E superfluous in your virtual hangar?

I own all 3. 16s and 18s don't make the 15E superfluous. Neither 16s to 18s and vice versa.

Reading the list of advantages as the larger payload, fuel, A2G radar, etc... that you wrote, one by one as individual advantages is one thing. The actual practical effect is all those things together. The 15E is a BEAST without comparison to the 16 and 18 with its capability of time on station and payload combined with its avionics.

You're basically inside a medium bomber without having to think about fuel for quite a while with also being a self escort platform with those huge engines and Aim-120s.

F-16s doesn't have the legs to do that with such heavy payloads, and the 18s doesn't have the ordinance capability for the amount of different tasks in one go the 15E takes.

So, the question of:

On 1/25/2025 at 4:59 AM, Sunbather said:

Did I forget something?

I'd say it is combining the advantages in one instead of knowing the advantages separately. In practice they stack impressively. I love what this plane can do.

On 1/25/2025 at 4:59 AM, Sunbather said:

Yes, the F-15E excels in strike missions which are among my favourite missions by the way. But the Viper and the Hornet can do the same, right?

With a full load of CBU-97s, you can basically delete anything remotely hot in a town size radius like if a platoon of explosive Predator Paratroopers dropped from a plane above.

"But F-16s also have the 97s"

Not in this payload size.

The thing is wild, man. Although I prefer LGBs and some Jdams.

[LordOrion]

1 hour ago, Czar66 said:

I own all 3. 16s and 18s don't make the 15E superfluous. Neither 16s to 18s and vice versa.

Exacly: 3 different planes for slightli different type of tasking.

Own all of them: triple the fun!

[Jorl]

Absolutely in love with the Mudhen....no other bird get that feel from me... powerful, majesty, capable.... imperial in a word. my favorite. Hoping with all my heart that XX and XX reach and agreement to get full happiness

Edited February 11 by Jorl
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[Tenkom]

What I like about the mudhen is that it can carry stupid payloads without turning into a short range slug.
For example it can carry 9x JDAMS. That's only one more than the hornet. But it can do that while carrying plenty of fuel, 4 amraams and still go supersonic.
The hornet with 8x JDAMS can only carry 2 120s  or 1 120 and a fuel tank and it is NOT going supersonic or very far carrying that.

[Robi Hobby]

I can only say one thing: Jane's F-15.
I'm over 55 now and don't have time to think about whether or not to buy it. I want to buy all the Modules I like.

A Tank of Gas in Germany costs more than any DCS module. And I don't even own a car.

[Darth Holliday]

Can't buy it now, even if ya wanted to..!!

[Darth Holliday]

Can you buy this module direct from Raz for use on DCS...?? (asking for a friend)

[Tom Kazansky]

29 minutes ago, Darth Holliday said:

Can you buy this module direct from Raz for use on DCS...?? (asking for a friend)

There aren't DCS modules in the Razbam store. Only manuals for the modules are available for download.

[Darth Holliday]

56 minutes ago, Tom Kazansky said:

There aren't DCS modules in the Razbam store. Only manuals for the modules are available for download.

 

  I guess that answers that then...Thanks..

[fredm2002]

I hope that we don't lose the F-15E, but I will pull my P-III out of retirement and go back to Jane's F-15E.   It was fun in the late 90s, and break out my force feedback joystick, and enjoy the old days again.     IMHO.

[Darth Holliday]

2 hours ago, fredm2002 said:

I hope that we don't lose the F-15E, but I will pull my P-III out of retirement and go back to Jane's F-15E.   It was fun in the late 90s, and break out my force feedback joystick, and enjoy the old days again.     IMHO.

  You can always go to the unmentionable...that has F15's as well as the F16 in several theaters...

[lee1hy]

we can replace Israeli F-15c(single seat) with CFT jdam version

if ED make 

Edited June 18 by lee1hy