Day of the Cheetah

[Fubar512 1,350]

The "Cheetah's" DTV (Differential Thrust Vectoring system) undergoing testing under military power. Full power test to come...

 

[wmv]http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1264640372/gallery_279_43_28822726.wmv[/wmv]

[Wrench 9,471]

now, we just need the Megafortress....

 

wrench

kevin stein

[Dreamstar 3]

Well we have the basic shape of the EB-1C Vampire with the (begs) imminent release of the B-1R.....

[UnknownPilot 33]

Damn....

 

That's way cool.

 

Were those front wing-lets flattening out (moving in a flapping type direction, not just twisting) or was it my imagination?

[Fubar512 1,350]

The canards act in both the pitch, and in the yaw axis. The latter helps slew the nose around, making it a cinch to keep a maneuvering target centered in the reticle.

[Fubar512 1,350]

Screw the Cobra maneuver......I present the "sidewinder Slide" http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1264974100/gallery_279_54_493202.wmv

[Dreamstar 3]

Fubar thats mental dude..... that behaves like the XF-34 Dreamstar would....

[Fubar512 1,350]

And now, how does the AI handle the flight model, and it's capabilities? Judge for yourselves

 

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1264974100/gallery_279_54_8015870.wmv

[Dreamstar 3]

So... the inevitable question.... when can i get my hands on that bad boy?

[Fubar512 1,350]

So... the inevitable question.... when can i get my hands on that bad boy?

 

And, the envitable answer: Two Weeks!

 

Seriously, that's up to FC. It'll be released when he's satified with it.

[FastCargo 412]

One thing to note folks with what Fubar has been doing...because the SF2 series in particular is single player, having an aircraft with extra capabilities does no good if the AI can't take advantage of it. Unlike other methods explored, Fubar's technique allows the AI to use those abilities...which makes things more interesting. Doesn't matter if you have a super fancy FM, if the AI doesn't use it...it remains a novelty.

 

This is one of the reasons I had abandoned the rear firing AA-11, not because it didn't work (it did...not consistently, but it did), but because the AI wouldn't use it to defend itself.

 

FC

[+sony tuckson 12]

nice work, and a very good book

 

Read it three times, never dissapointed

 

Brown's novels are full of such hight tech birds

[the test pilot 5]

One thing to note folks with what Fubar has been doing...because the SF2 series in particular is single player, having an aircraft with extra capabilities does no good if the AI can't take advantage of it.  Unlike other methods explored, Fubar's technique allows the AI to use those abilities...which makes things more interesting.  Doesn't matter if you have a super fancy FM, if the AI doesn't use it...it remains a novelty.

 

This is one of the reasons I had abandoned the rear firing AA-11, not because it didn't work (it did...not consistently, but it did), but because the AI wouldn't use it to defend itself.

 

FC

i remember that.

 

if i'm not wrong, you also tried a "over the shoulder" AIM-9X shot with the F-15D ACTIVE.

 

If i could only get the thread's link 

Edited February 12, 2010 by the test pilot