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[Raven68]

The talk of P51 is, essentially, speculation. At this time there have been no official confirmation of which aircraft it is.

 

Exactly what I noticed also. The legend has not been confirmed yet. Which leads me to this...

 

Especially own them as airworthy. :P

 

It's not easy to verify the accuracy of a flight model if you can't get your hands on someone who operates them.

 

EDIT: Though... there are still operational F-4's and MiG-21's... Vietnam anyone? :D

 

I'll call it right now!!! The legend will be the F-4 Phantom! :thumbsup:

Can you see it? A multi-role combat aircraft that can migrate over into the next US, fixed winged module (F-18 ). You will get the wonderful world of carrier ops, CAS, SEAD missions etc. This is your legend folks!

 

I will be looking for a small cut, ED, for that wonderful piece of marketing strategy. :tomato:

 

All jokes aside... I look forward to upcoming products ED. You guys have kept the little kid in me and I hope you will keep this community going forward.

[amalahama]

Ey maybe the "Flying Legend" thing is only a bad joke and what will be available will be a Hornet instead!

 

Regards!

[Napa]

Looking forward to anything that comes up in the DCS world.

[Speed]

Ey maybe the "Flying Legend" thing is only a bad joke and what will be available will be a Hornet instead!

 

Regards!

 

Hmm... well, the F-18 is a "flying legend" too :)

[Jona33]

Hmm... well, the F-18 is a "flying legend" too :)

 

Hmm, wonder what Frostiken would say to that, :D:D

[aces_full85]

Update on future products...

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1327908#post1327908

 

 

 

Nate

 

Just to reiterate what everyone's been saying.. I'm really excited about these upgrades! As a hobbyist, I certainly appreciate being advised of a pay upgrade and for the amount of enjoyment I get from DCS, I'm certainly willing to pay a relatively small sum of money for exciting content.

[ronht]

I'd dearly love to see this team do the Harrier

[Bucic]

If it is a P51, they're going to have to compete with A2A simulations P51 for FSX, the release of which is imminent, and which is looking VERY promising.

 

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=26491

There will be at least one huge difference - a proper FM in ED's product.

Edited November 14, 2011 by Bucic

[element1108]

If it is a P51, they're going to have to compete with A2A simulations P51 for FSX, the release of which is imminent, and which is looking VERY promising.

 

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=26491

 

No competition in my eyes, A2A does good work, but it's glorified engine management at best withon the FSX environment.

 

I see it more of a choice than competition. The two sims represent very different values and both can be enjoyed equally.

 

(assuming flying legends is in fact a WWII airframe.)

[Phantom88]

A2A workmanship/research/Quality are best in the business.If you have ever flown their Accu-SIMM products you would understand why.

 

That being said,They lack One Huge element.A decent gaming engine,Basically FSX is a stuttering mess.

[Raven68]

No competition in my eyes, A2A does good work, but it's glorified engine management at best withon the FSX environment.

 

I see it more of a choice than competition. The two sims represent very different values and both can be enjoyed equally.

 

(assuming flying legends is in fact a WWII airframe.)

 

There will be at least one huge difference - a proper FM in ED's product.

 

A2A workmanship/research/Quality are best in the business.If you have ever flown their Accu-SIMM products you would understand why.

 

That being said,They lack One Huge element.A decent gaming engine,Basically FSX is a stuttering mess.

 

OMG!! I know everyone is entitled to an opinion, but kill the P-51/WWII era rumor already. :yawn:

Lets start talking F-4 phantom!!

[Ells228]

I'd dearly love to see this team do the Harrier

 

We at VEAO tried it and decided not to pursue it for a multitude of reasons, despite the many man hours of learning how to get her off the ground in VTOL would put most people off.

 

Trying to control the thrust nozzle direction in the cockpit with your mouse whilst controlling throttle and stick would be a tad challenging lol

[bluepilot76]

To be fair, FSX may be a bit of a mess, but with a couple of addons it does a few things a lot better than DCS. I am thinking about ATC, AI, Weather, Size of simulated world, Terrain mesh, variety of aircraft, Admittedly, you cant blow stuff up, but I dont think you will be doing much of that in a P51 either.

[metalnwood]

I blow stuff up in il2 with a p51 all the time, It's amazing what you can kill with one.

[EtherealN]

I blow stuff up in il2 with a p51 all the time, It's amazing what you can kill with one.

 

Well, one should not underestimate the power of six 50-cals rendering their love - especially when targets are properly aligned such that the streams converge right on the sweet spot. :D (Though I should admit that most of my IL-2 flying was with various 109's, and a liberal sprinclink of IL-2's (I love that plane) for variation.)

 

These old birds are lovely little war machines when handled right, but it's always annoyed me to see high-fidelity versions of them made as addons for FSX... I want to see things shredded when I press the trigger. IL-2 got the combat bit fairly well, but the flight... :/

[bartleby]

We at VEAO tried it and decided not to pursue it for a multitude of reasons, despite the many man hours of learning how to get her off the ground in VTOL would put most people off.

 

Trying to control the thrust nozzle direction in the cockpit with your mouse whilst controlling throttle and stick would be a tad challenging lol

The stick friction slider on the Thrustmaster Warthogs is pretty conveniently located....

[macedk]

Also to learn prober s.a. in a jet in quite different than in a old warbird.

they old birds will teach you to fly....and fly prober :)

 

Don't fly prober..you flying will be short lived ;)

 

It might teach many of the hot guns about teamplay as well :)

 

"he spots a lone p-51 flying low and slow. He swoops into a dive for a gun and run. He is fast and closing good.

The p-51 increased power as soon as the attack plane dove in. The attacker is now way past his best corner speed and the p-51 turns sharply. the attacker sees he's easy kill slip away and brakes off for another run ("no biggy i can do this all day.")

As the attack plane comes back up, he sees traces above his canopy frame and brakes sharp left "braketurn" (in this case) "holy smokes!!!! where did that come from.?"

He is now aware of the second p-51 diving from his six as he came up.

 

He thinks he's safe from the diving p-51 ...but during his left turn...he hears an engine noise closing...."where is he and who is it ???"

 

The last thing he's does in this world is look up, to see the third p-51 cutting his left turn and is in a perfect deflect shot position....he doesn't feel a thing. ..." it was trap" and then only darkness.

[andysim]

The A2A B17 is somthing to behold, its one of the few aircraft for FSX that actualy feels alive. A few weeks ago my number 3 engine overheated cause I was not concentrating on the gauges, I landed safe but now everytime I fly again the number 3 vibrates even though there is nothing bad showing in the maintaince hanger, only a matter of time before it fails fully. Thats what I really love about A2A, the acumulated wear and tear from one flight to the next and the fact that you can mistreat your aircraft and pay for it on a later flight =)

[Phantom88]

The A2A B17 is somthing to behold, its one of the few aircraft for FSX that actualy feels alive. A few weeks ago my number 3 engine overheated cause I was not concentrating on the gauges, I landed safe but now everytime I fly again the number 3 vibrates even though there is nothing bad showing in the maintaince hanger, only a matter of time before it fails fully. Thats what I really love about A2A, the acumulated wear and tear from one flight to the next and the fact that you can mistreat your aircraft and pay for it on a later flight =)

 

 

:thumbup:BINGO!!!!!!!:thumbup:

[Weta43]

I blow stuff up in il2 with a p51 all the time, It's amazing what you can kill with one.

 

& it seems to me that if DCS.FL were a WWII attack/fighter plane, aside from dogfighting there's enough (lets say) low tech equipment available to the ex soviet union countries to allow either side of a blue red coalition to have something like late WWII / Korean War era ground forces and air defences - escort for C-130s or Speed locked Bears ?

[Cowboy10uk]

The A2A B17 is somthing to behold, its one of the few aircraft for FSX that actualy feels alive. A few weeks ago my number 3 engine overheated cause I was not concentrating on the gauges, I landed safe but now everytime I fly again the number 3 vibrates even though there is nothing bad showing in the maintaince hanger, only a matter of time before it fails fully. Thats what I really love about A2A, the acumulated wear and tear from one flight to the next and the fact that you can mistreat your aircraft and pay for it on a later flight =)

 

 

Yep love all the A2A aircraft, they just feel alive, got so many hrs flying my B17, Spitfire and Cub I've lost count.

 

If Ed could pull off the feeling of your aircraft being a living and breathing being, that remembers previous flights, how you treat the components etc ala A2A then my search for the perfect flight sim would be over :)

 

Cowboy10uk

[lawndartleo]

Nevada and legacy... meh! (subject to change on actual A/C)

 

The ability to be a maestro over my very own battlefield... hmmmm, intriguing.

 

Next fixed wing... Please, please, PLEASE be a Charlie or Echo Hornet. Charlie preferred, the Marines have been ignored far too long.

[jazjar]

Really ED, why can you not answer the question of what DCS: Fixed Wing US aircraft will be? I mean really? Can you at least tell us the two or three or four aircraft that you are looking at? By the way, for all you F-14 fantasizers out there, the f-14 is a "variable-sweep wing" aircraft that does not count as fixed wing, just sayin' ;).

[joey45]

Well it'll be a single seater, unless they have masterd the 2 seater code.

 

so you have a choice of single seaters.

F-15 - unlikely due to FC3

F-16 - very possible

F-18 - more then likely

AT-802U - Preferred choice.

Edited November 14, 2011 by joey45

[danipelos]

Well it'll be a single seater, unless they have masterd the 2 seater code.

 

so you have a choice of single seaters.

F-15 - unlikely due to FC3

F-16 - very possible

F-18 - more then likely

 

Don't forget the AT-802U.