Harrysound Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Yes. It wasn't part of the LockOn series. Is there any real reason why ED didn't just 'pretend' it wasn't part of that series. Seems silly to do something like that ,limiting your audience.
Maverick-X Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Is there any real reason why ED didn't just 'pretend' it wasn't part of that series. Seems silly to do something like that ,limiting your audience. I'm not sure if I get you, so my apologies if I got you wrong... The Su25T is not part of the series because it... well, was not in the series?! The original LOMAC featured the A-10A, Su25, Su27, Su33, Mig29, F-15C And giving a free module so people can try DCS w/o having to overthink spending money on it or not is imho a quite good idea
splash Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 So the Su-25T isn't "inferior" to the Su-25A, although it's free? At all, Su-25T has Shkval and Vikhr missiles, very effective against tanks, anti-radiation missiles, the impresive air-to-air missiles R-73, etc. Su-25T is more difficult to fly and takeoff, it weighs more (I can't explain in English, in Spanish would be "le pesa el culo").
159th_Falcon Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 SU-25 and SU-25T are both very capable platforms. SU-25 fills a more specific role in the CAS department SU-25T can fill roles such as SEAD/DEAD/CAS and others, at a cost of having extra avionics, bigger fuel tanks, overall more weight and thus less maneuverability. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] The keeper of all mathematical knowledge and the oracle of flight modeling.:)
Flying Penguin Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Easy, the size of the smile when you pull off an attack in the A is about double... :D Per Ardua Ad Aquarium :drink: Specs: Intel i7-9700K, GTX 2080TI, 32GB DDR4, ASUS ROG Strix Z390-E, Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2
Britchot Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Both of them have advanced flight model. Su-25 lacks guided missiles. The Su-25 can use laser guided missiles. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU - Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz; Memory - 128KB; 360KB double-sided 5 1/4" full-height floppy disk drive; 10MB Seagate ST-412 hard drive JG-1 MiG-21bis Checklist
splash Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 The Su-25 can use laser guided missiles. That's true, sorry!
seikdel Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Easy, the size of the smile when you pull off an attack in the A is about double... :D This, a thousand times over =D SU-25 and SU-25T are both very capable platforms. SU-25 fills a more specific role in the CAS department SU-25T can fill roles such as SEAD/DEAD/CAS and others, at a cost of having extra avionics, bigger fuel tanks, overall more weight and thus less maneuverability. I would add air interdiction to the list.
esb77 Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Here's one more difference, if you want to have the same degree effectiveness, especially in an environment containing hostile air defences, you need to be a much much better pilot if you're flying the Su-25. The 25 and 25T are a real clinic in the degree to which improved avionics, especially targeting systems, enhance a combat aircraft's lethality. I adore the Shkval, but to put it bluntly: any idiot can take off and slew a targeting pipper around a screen; to reliably put bombs, shells, and rockets on target though, you really have to know how to fly. Callsign "Auger". It could mean to predict the future or a tool for boring large holes. I combine the two by predictably boring large holes in the ground with my plane.
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