Next DCS (US) Fixed Wing Aircraft Wish List

[EtherealN]

I think you sneezed while typing and accidently wrote F-18 instead of AT-802U. Simple mistake, I know, just thought I'd point it out to you so you can fix your fix. :)

[LostOblivion]

I think you sneezed while typing and accidently wrote F-18 instead of AT-802U. Simple mistake, I know, just thought I'd point it out to you so you can fix your fix. :)

Are you having mexican drug dealers crossing your lawn every morning or something? :D

[daniellegraham]

i wish i can have DCS Apache Longbow

[Zorg_DK]

I'd like to see smoke from destroyed vehicles rise much higher up in the air.

[hog_driver111th]

DCS: Aardvark?

 

Terrain-following radar FTW.

 

Could then even do the EF-111 Raven to go in and run SEAD/ECM for the rest of the group.

 

I had a friend that flew the 111 (before flying the -16, then F-117) out of Cannon AFB. He said the only problem he ever had flying the beast was on final one day. One Pitot tube got clogged at the same time the other one malfunctioned. The on-board computer pushed the stick out of his hand to nose the jet over at 500ft to get airspeed, as it saw the jet now had none. He flipped off the computer (glad they had that), pulled back hard and went full AB. They slammed into the runway hard, but nothing busted and were able to get her stopped in time.

 

Another things cool about the 111 of course is the Dump and Burn.

[Jona33]

Are you having mexican drug dealers crossing your lawn every morning or something? :D

 

Who crosses my lawn every morning is none of your business. There are occasionally drug dealers but what of it. Doesn't that happen to EVERYONE

[Jona33]

i wish i can have DCS Apache Longbow

 

Wouldn't say no to that either. Welcome to the forums dude.

[Frostiken]

order = release priority

 

1. F-16

2. F-18

3. AV-8B

4. F-14

 

:P

 

Unless you're talking a Superhornet, I could not possibly find myself caring whatsoever about a sim for any of those aircraft :)

 

I mean, Harrier? Seriously? What would be the point of modeling something as broken and useless (:D) as the F/A-18C, and then putting in something even more dangerous, broken, and useless (:D :D :D)?

 

DCS: Aardvark?

 

Terrain-following radar FTW.

 

You know, for as resistant as you are about the F-15E in attempting to claim the -18 is somehow better, you do realize it has TF radar, right? :)

 

Hornet is half as glamorous, but it does literally everything imaginable.

 

Unless you imagine penetrating enemy airspace with TF capabilities, dropping 8,000 pounds of munitions and stand-off weaponry with more precision than any other aircraft in the world today, and then flying back out on one tank of fuel.

 

Or providing CAS in Afghanistan to anything but the most desperate JTACs :)

Edited July 9, 2011 by Frostiken

[Jona33]

Are you insulting my harrier.:mad: Not Happy now. Not happy at all.

 

EDIT: Just remembered. I meant to say no TOMCAT. Just don't like it. I get the feeling I'll be hated pretty soon but it's too big and heavy so it wasn't cleared for overland missions half the time. OK that's wiki so it might not be true but they're not always that bad (wiki that is) but no overland in our current map. That's not great really. The would only really be against Su-33's non stop. Might get a bit boring. But I'll now find somewhere to hide as the tomcat fans will come after me with pitchforks and torches.

Edited July 9, 2011 by Jona33

[Frostiken]

Are you insulting my harrier.:mad: Not Happy now. Not happy at all.

 

EDIT: Just remembered. I meant to say no TOMCAT. Just don't like it. I get the feeling I'll be hated pretty soon but it's too big and heavy so it wasn't cleared for overland missions half the time. OK that's wiki so it might not be true but they're not always that bad (wiki that is) but no overland in our current map. That's not great really.

 

The Harrier is a cool aircraft but in terms of capabilities, it's just as gimped as the F/A-18C, if not more. Ultimately if you wanted to put in an aircraft for 'cool things it can do', I'd take the Harrier over the F/A-18 because at least you get VTOL coupled with carrier landings. And the only rational reason to want an F/A-18 over just about anything else is carrier ops. Or you just have severe brain trauma.

 

It's hard to have an opinion on the F-14 because your opinion will always be influenced by Top Gun, unless you've somehow managed to never see it. That said I'm not sure I'd really care for it since it's effectively just a Naval F-15 which has exactly half as many aircrew. Yeah, no Phoenix missiles, but is that really a deal-breaker? Not for me. Unless you're talking implementing it in simplified Lock On style in which case, I'd be all for it... it just seems to make more sense to just do the much easier and straightforward F-15C.

 

I did always like the F-14 as a concept but let's be honest, unless ED is making simulators for Iran it's not gonna happen.

Edited July 9, 2011 by Frostiken

[Jona33]

The GR9 isn't too badly off. Sidewinders, paveways, brimstones, mavericks, Mk-82/83/84's. It isn't bad really. It lacks in air to air when the guns and sidewinders are it's only weapons. They were going to add the sparrow but didn't in the end.

[Milene]

F18 and the F14D are on top of my list :)

[Newt]

Forgive me, I know that info on the idea of a DCS: AH-64D has been decided against (at least as the next model), but I can't find the post where they said so. I did search, but there's just too much to search through.

 

So, do any of you know what the reason was?

[Jona33]

Chances are the Longbow might still be too secret. Don't quote me though I don't even know they ever considered the longbow. Page 225 is where we found out it was going to be US fixed wing fighter.

[Newt]

Chances are the Longbow might still be too secret. Don't quote me though I don't even know they ever considered the longbow. Page 225 is where we found out it was going to be US fixed wing fighter.

 

Thanks for the page ref.

 

As for the longbow part, I actually knew that, I mistakenly added the "D" out of habit. Whoops.

[OutOnTheOP]

You're kidding, right? I wouldn't begin to compare the F-14 and F-15. They're 2-engine birds used for air-to-air missions. End similarity.

 

The F-14 is a huge, lumbering beast with a .9 thrust-to-weight ratio, rated to only 6.5-7G. Weapons carriage consists mostly of the long-ranging but relatively low capability AIM-54. F-14 is, at heart, an interceptor. It lofts huge missiles at huge bombers from huge ranges.

 

The F-15 is a lightweight aerial assassin (64% the F-14's dry weight) with a 1.12 thrust-to-weight ratio, rated to 9G and demonstrably capable of 12G instantaneous turns, only 64% the wing load as the F-14 (which partially explains the increased agility) and a lifting body design that allows it to return and land with only a couple feet of a wing remaining (demonstrated in ODS). F-15 is an air superiority fighter. It destroys anything and everything it does not want sharing it's sky.

 

Care to guess which one I'd rather fly?

[Newt]

You're kidding, right? I wouldn't begin to compare the F-14 and F-15. They're 2-engine birds used for air-to-air missions. End similarity.

 

The F-14 is a huge, lumbering beast with a .9 thrust-to-weight ratio, rated to only 6.5-7G. Weapons carriage consists mostly of the long-ranging but relatively low capability AIM-54. F-14 is, at heart, an interceptor. It lofts huge missiles at huge bombers from huge ranges.

 

The F-15 is a lightweight aerial assassin (64% the F-14's dry weight) with a 1.12 thrust-to-weight ratio, rated to 9G and demonstrably capable of 12G instantaneous turns, only 64% the wing load as the F-14 (which partially explains the increased agility) and a lifting body design that allows it to return and land with only a couple feet of a wing remaining (demonstrated in ODS). F-15 is an air superiority fighter. It destroys anything and everything it does not want sharing it's sky.

 

Care to guess which one I'd rather fly?

 

I'm gonna guess the Airco DH-5 Link :smilewink:

[MemphisBelle]

Care to guess which one I'd rather fly?

 

I´d rather would like to fly the F-14, since a good Tomcat Sim has actually never been exist. There was one decades ago, somethings with Janes Sim or so, for DOS.

The F-14 has a sole I never noticed on the F-15 (thats just my point of view).

On the technicale aspects, I totally agree with you and in a dogfight I´d rather select the F-15. But I nontheless would prefer the F-14 (first) on a DCS Sim, if I´d get asked.

[OutOnTheOP]

If you say so... personally, I've never much cared for the Tomcat. As to never previously offering a good F-14 simulation, the same can be said of the F-15 (A/C). Jane's F-15 was a reasonably good go at the E model, but by no means was it DCS quality. And as to the C model in Lock On... well, I seem to recall US Navy Fighters and F-14 Fleet Defender being at a similar level of complexity.

[Huckle]

F-14 would come with carrier ops, which is what I'm really looking forward to- F-18 is preferred, but only because it's a single seat, and I think it will be this.

Something that might be interesting is to have a RIO that is also an instructor- so you could pause the flight, and and he could tell you the steps to launch, or land when requested.

[LawnDart]

May as well ask for a F-4 Phantom!

[Zakatak]

May as well ask for a F-4 Phantom!

 

Only reason that thing stays in the air is because the Earth is (literally) repulsed by its ugliness.

[GGTharos]

No, that's helicopters.

 

The Phantom has thrust and lift ;)

[Zakatak]

No, that's helicopters.

 

The Phantom has thrust and lift ;)

 

AH-1G says hi!

 

[Huckle]

 

The Phantom has thrust and lift ;)

 

But mostly ugly- a 2 ratio, ugly-to-weight.