Unofficial List of Upcoming DCS Aircraft

[Steel Jaw]

F18c or F15c can only be what's coming next. Period. Of the two I'd like to see the more versatile Hornet.

[joey45]

Updated

Tonka GR-4 Tornado Announced

 

hahahahahaah that nickname will never leave it....

[Madone]

That and multi-seat Apache, PLEASE! FTW!!! :thumbup:

 

+1

I'm dreaming of that AH-64 every night ^^

[Sarge55]

F18c or F15c can only be what's coming next. Period. Of the two I'd like to see the more versatile Hornet.

 

I agree, much better choice. :thumbup:

[badger66]

Outta the first page list , Im having 8 of those straight away .

[Frogisis]

Just wanted to add a quick perspective on this. Aircraft in general take time to make. Some military aircraft takes years if not decades to work on and test. So some groups are choosing to start with making trainers or low tech aircraft as a starting point. This gives them a good general indication of how to make more complex aircraft.

 

Thanks for pointing this out - I was just about to post in this thread wondering why this was the case but it's a good thing I ran a search, first. Not that I begrudge anyone for wanting to fly trainers or other more unglamorous jets when theoretically anything is possible (my guess was that a lot of people had genuine soft spots for these planes either for their designs or nostalgia for their own training, or that here was a military market for getting cadets ready for trainers as well), but it does seem like an odd choice on the face of it.

 

This makes it make a lot more sense, however.

[nick10]

P-47?

[Frogisis]

P-47?

 

YES. Though first I would like to see a BF-109 and an A6M Zero, then maybe a Spitfire. Then a P-38.

 

Then an F-16. Then the entire Saab stable, from Draken to Gripen. Then maybe a Rafale.

 

I don't really have the time or money for many more planes besides the ones we have now, and am waiting to see how the current crop turns out, but I would 100% buy a Gripen or a Rafale.

Edited December 10, 2012 by Frogisis

[GeorgeLKMT]

P-47?

 

Fw 190 or Bf 109 would be nice, so that Mustang can have some competition :) But I feel like we should keep this for wishlist thread rather than for this one. :beer:

[SkateZilla]

Some WIPs

[mjeh]

F18c or F15c can only be what's coming next. Period. Of the two I'd like to see the more versatile Hornet.

 

You're forgetting F-16. It's used by ANG.

[mjeh]

Some WIPs

 

Looking good! :thumbup:

[Dave317]

Updated

Tonka GR-4 Tornado Announced

 

 

The Tornado would be amazing (still miss DI's Tornado) but with all the other planes Razbam is doing i fear it will be years before we see anything and things could have moved on by then.

[Eihort]

Well it's going to be years period. I'm curious though to see with just the task of adding aircraft (DCS has to divide its attention quite a bit), how fast these 3rd parties can produce. I'm also curious how having a lot of information already from producing for FSX (in terms of avionics and how the aircraft functions) will translate.

[Snoopy]

I'm also curious how having a lot of information already from producing for FSX (in terms of avionics and how the aircraft functions) will translate.

 

It won't...just because you know how a system works doesn't mean you know how to program it to work in DCS...there is going to be a big learning curve, especially as the more advanced (F-22, F-15E, Typhoon, etc) aircraft are developed.

[159th_Falcon]

True, but one doesn't have to research the system anymore if they already did so for FSX right?

Hence freeing up some time for the actual coding/testing side of things?

[Snoopy]

True, but one doesn't have to research the system anymore if they already did so for FSX right?

Hence freeing up some time for the actual coding/testing side of things?

 

Maybe not research but coding for FSX is completely different than for DCS thus the learning curve and long development times...at least in my opinion...

[kevdawg66]

Bell UH-1H Huey photos

 

http://www.dcs-fan.ru/gallery/gallery-dcs-world/dcs-uh-1h-huey

[Bluedrake42]

any photos of the cockpit yet?

[kevdawg66]

Yes but i can't confirm that this is legitimate.

Edited January 9, 2013 by kevdawg66

[kevdawg66]

http://www.fscommunity.info/2012/12/notams/#.UOzddneE5ao

[GodsPrototype]

Can someone correct the F-14D? They are only developing the F-14A not the F-14D

[SkateZilla]

Can someone correct the F-14D? They are only developing the F-14A not the F-14D

 

I believe they said A First, and then MAYBE a D or something like that.

[Kaktus29]

i guess F-14A is better since it would be modelled more correctly since its more obsolete than the D version..

 

i prefer as close to reality than less and more "new" version of the plane..

[GGTharos]

It isn't about obsolete, just more documents available ... but, the main problem with F-14's is that it will be very hard to find people who can tell you how it works.

 

Documentation is one thing, but documentation won't always tell you all the nuances, and some documentation like tactical manuals and weapon manuals remain classified, even for the F-14A. In particular, F-14's were destroyed to prevent Iran from getting their hands on F-14 parts via the black market (or so it is believed), so information for F-14's may be very hard to come by.