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MrChips posted:Oh man, a DCS F-104 would be incredible, I would buy it in a second regardless if it cost $100 or not. Not an emptyquote.
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MrChips posted:
DCS Vulcan Nuclear Holocaust. Scramble out of Biggin Marmite Worcesterfield, low level all across Europe, toss delivery for maximum panache. Secondary Fallout clone unlocks if you can belly land in a ukranian wheat field (or perhaps some post-apocalyptic Leisure Suit Larry is a better sub game). Reuse map resources in Tu-95 sim, high level penetration or sneaky defection game. Bonus in both cases, no need to worry about complicated dynamic campaigns.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 23:19 |
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MrChips posted:My favourite is the MiG-21. It's just a silly, stupid mostly impractical rocket ship. please please please tell me they are going to model the friction brake on the swing wings for maximum lawn dart action
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Ola posted:DCS Vulcan Nuclear Holocaust. Scramble out of Biggin Marmite Worcesterfield, low level all across Europe, toss delivery for maximum panache. Secondary Fallout clone unlocks if you can belly land in a ukranian wheat field (or perhaps some post-apocalyptic Leisure Suit Larry is a better sub game). Reuse map resources in Tu-95 sim, high level penetration or sneaky defection game. Bonus in both cases, no need to worry about complicated dynamic campaigns. Operation Thunderball as free DLC. Remember to turn on the underwater landing lights.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 01:17 |
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MrYenko posted:Ja... Geneseo, 2013
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 02:09 |
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^^^ Bomber Crew came so, so close, and yet so far... Anyway, got facetime with a beast today. (In case anyone was wondering)
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HookedOnChthonics posted:Bomber Crew came so, so close, and yet so far... I love Runner Duck has clammed up about the B-17 DLC lately.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 02:26 |
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Shame on you all who haven't hyped DCS: AJS 37 Viggen
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 03:39 |
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Viggen is trash because it’ll never be completed. :c e: I still love it, though.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 03:50 |
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Maybe everyone is already aware, but there was a Tornado sim released in the early '90s (DOS and Amiga) which seemed pretty detailed for the era. It had a big manual, mission planning where you could plan strike packages, and simulated both IDS and ADV. The graphics didn't exactly seem amazing at the time though so I guess they would look pretty bad today I remember it being fun trying to line up JP-223 runs properly, getting ALARMs to loiter, and trying to do well at the bombing range when practicing toss/loft bombing, but I'm not sure I ever did well at a campaign.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:18 |
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Buttcoin purse posted:Maybe everyone is already aware, but there was a Tornado sim released in the early '90s (DOS and Amiga) which seemed pretty detailed for the era. It had a big manual, mission planning where you could plan strike packages, and simulated both IDS and ADV. The graphics didn't exactly seem amazing at the time though so I guess they would look pretty bad today Oh wow I had totally forgotten about that but I definitely played it a lot. I was all about JP-223 runs smushing runways.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:26 |
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Copying from the California thread because relevant:
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:35 |
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Jesus that almost looks fake
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:36 |
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TheFluff posted:Shame on you all who haven't hyped DCS: AJS 37 Viggen That's because I want JA-37. I have the 37 already, but drat if it if I'm not reading the updates every time, thinking "'is it ready yet? Are the bugs out? Are they starting to model the RM-8B yet?"
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:That's because I want JA-37. I have the 37 already, but drat if it if I'm not reading the updates every time, thinking "'is it ready yet? Are the bugs out? Are they starting to model the RM-8B yet?" I love that airplane because besides looking awesome the RM-8 is basically an afterburning JT8D and I find that hilarious for some reason. I think my mind just jumps to the possibility of a 727 climbing out with a deafening roar and tail of shock diamonds behind it.
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Mary Ellis died this week, aged 101. Here is video from her 100th birthday, when she piloted a Spitfire for the last time: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-38852991/ww2-spitfire-pilot-mary-ellis-from-isle-of-wight-turns-100 The Economist has a stellar obituary (as usual): https://www.economist.com/obituary/2018/08/04/mary-ellis-nee-wilkins-died-on-july-24th quote:In Love with Spitfires Mzuri fucked around with this message at 12:09 on Aug 5, 2018 |
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hell yeah
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 08:46 |
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An excellent reminder that sexism has no place in aviation and anyone who doesn't think women are as good at flying as men can and should immediately gently caress straight off out of the industry forever, in my humble opinion.
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Previa_fun posted:...the possibility of a 727 climbing out with a deafening roar and tail of shock diamonds behind it. You’ve clearly never heard an early one with single digit JT8s.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 14:23 |
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Out of nowhere files, a Ju-52 crashes in the alps doing passenger duty. http://avherald.com/h?article=4bbf2069 I had no idea that "ju" air was a thing https://www.ju-air.ch/en/
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MrYenko posted:You’ve clearly never heard an early one with single digit JT8s. Mexicana also bought a set of 727s with provisions for RATO gear, though I don't think it was ever actually used.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 16:16 |
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slidebite posted:Out of nowhere files, a Ju-52 crashes in the alps doing passenger duty. If you are ever in Barcelona, there is apparently a company that does tours with the Spanish Ju 52.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 17:58 |
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Interestingly enough, I am going to be in Barcelona next month although I strongly doubt I'll have enough time to do that, even though it sounds awesome.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 19:01 |
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Now here's some proper weapons-grade Aeronautical Insanity:Grumio posted:General Dynamics HQ, 1976
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 00:08 |
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Nebakenezzer posted:If you are ever in Barcelona, there is apparently a company that does tours with the Spanish Ju 52. Between that one, Ju-Air's 3 remaining planes, and a few others, 7 remain airworthy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airworthy_Ju_52s Kilonum fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Aug 6, 2018 |
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Enourmo posted:Now here's some proper weapons-grade Aeronautical Insanity: more proof that we wound up in the lovely timeline
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Previa_fun posted:I love that airplane because besides looking awesome the RM-8 is basically an afterburning JT8D and I find that hilarious for some reason. I think my mind just jumps to the possibility of a 727 climbing out with a deafening roar and tail of shock diamonds behind it. The RM8 doesn't produce shock diamonds at low altitude, the nozzle isn't built that way. If you see shock diamonds on takeoff, you immediately know that plane is up to no good, because that means the exhaust is overexpanded and the nozzle is optimized for high altitude. Deeply suspicious and probably selling drugs. Compare the heathen Hornet corrupting our youth: to the god-fearing Viggen walking the path of the righteous: TheFluff fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Aug 6, 2018 |
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"Dispersed basing scheme" is really just a fancy way of saying "hiding jet fighters in the bushes" isn't it.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 02:04 |
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StandardVC10 posted:"Dispersed basing scheme" is really just a fancy way of saying "hiding jet fighters in the bushes" isn't it. Camouflage is an ancient and noble art
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 02:07 |
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Enourmo posted:Now here's some proper weapons-grade Aeronautical Insanity: Which anime is this from?
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 03:46 |
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FBS posted:Which anime is this from? Macross wishes it had fighter designs that wild.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 03:55 |
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I got to fly in a T-6 Texan today!!! The paint scheme is not correct for a T-6 but some of the last P-47s were painted this way, for whatever reason. You’ll notice that the rear canopy of this one is fully retractable. Apparently they were originally set up with a gun back there so people could train on shooting backwards. On most T-6’s when they removed the gun mount they just bolted the rear part of the canopy in place. The seat still swings around, but I’m too drat tall so I couldn’t do it It was fun and an 80 degree banked turn is, uh, a tiny bit unnerving when you’ve never experienced one before
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 03:55 |
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Kilonum posted:Between that one, Ju-Air's 3 remaining planes, and a few others, 7 remain airworthy. If the wiki is correct, that means there are now more airworthy Ford Trimotors than Ju-52s (199 built vs. 4845)
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 05:12 |
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Enourmo posted:Now here's some proper weapons-grade Aeronautical Insanity: I have questions. Questions about landing gear.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 06:11 |
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Shameful that DCS was mentioned but no thread was linked. All your questions will be answered, be it hardware or software. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3633891
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 06:20 |
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david_a posted:I got to fly in a T-6 Texan today!!! Nice! Was this with a CAF wing or something similar?
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 07:46 |
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PT6A posted:An excellent reminder that sexism has no place in aviation and anyone who doesn't think women are as good at flying as men can and should immediately gently caress straight off out of the industry forever, in my humble opinion. I might be misremembering badly, but I'm sure I read somewhere that biologically women may be better suited to flying fighters (or any aircraft really) for various reasons including less bullshit machismo and technically a better reaction to g-forces thanks to a typically lower body mass.... again could be wrong but dont normally see skew in favour of females so that's pretty awesome
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 09:43 |
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The lower body mass thing is minor, but the machismo thing is definitely a big factor and also very much a learned, not inherited trait so
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 09:46 |
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Surely the higher the G pulled, the more weight matters
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I wonder if it's something with body proportions and G-straining. Immediate Google result: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3753357 quote:G tolerances of 102 women and 139 men subjected to Standard Medical Evaluation (Medeval) G Profiles were compared. Unpaired t-tests revealed no significant difference between the women and men in either relaxed or straining G tolerance. Covariance analysis controlling for differences in tolerance due to age, height, weight, and activity status revealed the women to have marginally lower tolerance; the analysis also identified height as a factor having a strong negative influence on G tolerance, and weight as having a positive influence. When the women were matched only by height to the men in the comparison group, the women's mean G tolerances were significantly lower than the men's. On Standard Training G Profiles 88% of 24 women and 80% of 213 men completed the runs, but this difference was not significant. G tolerances of 47 women were measured on the Medeval Profiles both during and between menses, but no significant differences related to menstruation were found. No important differences between women and men in signs or symptoms of G stress were observed, except for two instances of urinary stress incontinence in women during the Training Profiles. We conclude that women should not categorically be excluded from aircrew duties for reasons of G intolerance. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3753357 "Not notoriously triggerhappy warmongers" might be a cultural quality instead of a biological one, but it does seem that the world would have benefited from staffing all armies with exclusively women.
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