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Some clips of my first flight in Belsimtek's F-5E Tiger II module for DCS.

I normally fly the F-15 so it has taken some getting use to the flight controls and the weapons delivery system for this little bugger.

I miss the F-15's power, speed, and avionics but with the F-5 I get a better turn rate down low.

Flying this little fighter is a blast as well as a challenge as she is very forgiving and resistant to buffeting/departure; but, she needs a lot of trimming and has a much slower throttle response than the mighty Eagle.

Also, not use to flying without a HUD and advanced avionics to help me "see" what is out there.

Hopefully I can get the systems and switches down to muscle memory like I have done in previous sims like Jane's F-15.

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was taht a loft bombing?


uhh ohh that 90 degree rotation at the end... yeah realistic much :tongue:

 

love the cannon vents animation :clapping:

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was taht a loft bombing?

uhh ohh that 90 degree rotation at the end... yeah realistic much :tongue:

 

love the cannon vents animation :clapping:

Just straight up dive bombing

 

I was fooling around and figured I could try to land on the ground troops I just blew up. Still use the the F-15's flight model, so I expected to be able to aero-brake and then just toe break my stop...

 

bad idea

 

I started skidding. Thanks to the F-5's low height and wide "stance" I didn't tip over like I would have in the F-15.

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The F-5E is absolutely a treat to fly. The main problem I have with the beta after dogfighting MiG-21s and F-14s is the dysfunctional LCOS sight. I can fight just fine without it, but I love a well-modeled LCOS. Nothing more satisfying than putting the pipper on a specific aiming point like the wing tip, tail, or cockpit canopy and then squeezing off a very small burst and having nearly every round hit with a catastrophic result.

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The F-5E is absolutely a treat to fly. The main problem I have with the beta after dogfighting MiG-21s and F-14s is the dysfunctional LCOS sight. I can fight just fine without it, but I love a well-modeled LCOS. Nothing more satisfying than putting the pipper on a specific aiming point like the wing tip, tail, or cockpit canopy and then squeezing off a very small burst and having nearly every round hit with a catastrophic result.

I noticed some issues with the gunsight too, and the rudder and nose-wheel steering seem a little wonky. Maybe I'm not doing it right?

 

Trying to get all the sight settings mapped to my hotas, a much larger workload than in the F-15 and almost always fighting to trim her out.

 

Btw, can anyone guess which title's the SFX came from?

 

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