"future growth" ?

[mooshim]

in tip tools...I see it all the time.

 

Does it mean, as I suspect, in future iterations of the sim there will be more added?

 

--many thanks.

 

~Moosh

[EtherealN]

Either that or future versions of the real aircraft. ;)

[mooshim]

Guess I need code clearance... :)

[Dethmagnetic]

"Future growth" isn't just a sim thing, it's commonly used in real aircraft design - for example, if you are putting together a warning light panel, you will often have several lights reserved for future growth, in case the aircraft is upgraded or has optional equipment added later on.

[EtherealN]

Also, there is a lot of standardization even on things that might be thought of as "custom", leading to buttons and switches that aren't used (but might be useful in later modifications, so no reason to remove them).

 

Example - A2G mode switch in the F-15C... :)

[OutOnTheOP]

Wait... I thought the F-15C fire control system supported strafing and CCIP dumb bomb delivery?

[mooshim]

"Future growth" isn't just a sim thing..."

 

My wife should have tattooed it on her ass before I met her.:doh:

[GGTharos]

The F-15C does, but the USAF does not. Not a pound for air to ground for the 15C ;) (Though I hear they do a bit of training to at least be familiar with the system if need be. Their bread and butter though is A2A, and that is effectively all they do).

 

Wait... I thought the F-15C fire control system supported strafing and CCIP dumb bomb delivery?

[Wags]

Tool tips have been updated for beta 4.

[Steel Jaw]

Not a pound for air to ground for the 15C ;)

 

 

Correct.

 

Of course, that means that when most of the action is in mud-moving, the Eagle Drivers just bore circles in the sky orbiting at FL250 waiting for a bandit to come by. YAAAWWN. :D

[Boberro]

Yes, F-15s are circling around waiting for cameras, photos and big showtime.... where bombers make history. Period.

:D

Edited December 23, 2010 by Boberro

[GGTharos]

350. They're not thrust-deficient like those little flake-ons ;)

 

Correct.

 

Of course, that means that when most of the action is in mud-moving, the Eagle Drivers just bore circles in the sky orbiting at FL250 waiting for a bandit to come by. YAAAWWN. :D

[OutOnTheOP]

Oh, ok. I know the USAF doesn't generally use -15Cs for A2G (no need to; there's a surplus of other more suitable airframes to handle the current taskings); I just meant it CAN support A2G. Hence, the A2G switch in the cockpit is there for a reason. Might never get flipped, but then again, I can think of other controls that are in a lot of cockpits that should (hopefully) never get used, either. Ejection lever, anyone? :smilewink:

[GGTharos]

Not the same thing. The USAF's F-15C pilots simply don't train for A2G. They know enough to use the systems if they must, but unless there is a desperate and I repeat, desperate need for F-15C's to do A2G, that switch will just never get flipped.

[tusler]

Correct.

 

Of course, that means that when most of the action is in mud-moving, the Eagle Drivers just bore circles in the sky orbiting at FL250 waiting for a bandit to come by. YAAAWWN. :D

 

Yep about the time I am setting up for a Mav strike i sure wish one of them there bored F15 jockys would get his ass down here and get this

Mig29 off ME:helpsmilie:

[OutOnTheOP]

Sure it's the same thing. You only use the A2G switch in the F-15C in dire emergencies. Kinda like you only use the ejection lever in... wait for it... dire emergencies.

 

And I suspect F-15C pilots have more physical practice flipping the actual A2G switch than they do pulling the actual ejection lever. I'm all for realism in training, but that'd get expensive fast. :megalol: