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Jungle Scooters - Almost done. I will also upload the D-704 refueling pod tomorrow.

New toys on HMAS Melbourne 1965 circa

Battle of the Bulge

Ok, I found my problem: I adjusted my cockpit position and changed the size of the gunsight a bit. After removing the old one by ini-edit the new one is roughly in position now. One small glitch stays though. If you move the head to the sides or up and down it starts to disappear at some point, but I can live with that.

Low-altitude parachute-extraction system credits: C-130: Dels, M551 skin: The Trooper,

Attached is a beta test FM for Veltro 2K's Hawker Tempest V, available here: https://combatace.com/files/file/14831-tempest-mk-v/ I will be doing some FMs this winter for Battle of the Bulge use. This one was relatively simple as I could use my Sea Fury FM with a few edits and a new engine table. The min/max extents have been done and some basic collision points added. Still have to take a closer look at the AI behavior but will leave that until I get some more late WW2 planes installed. Some things to note about my WW2 fm's: I spend quite a bit of time working on the engine table and tuning the CD0 values to get realistic speeds. The max speed at sea level for this 100 octane Tempest is about 372mph, very close to the 374-378mph range from actual flight tests. The maximum speed occurs in the 18000 to 19000ft range and seems to be within the test data range of 432-436mph TAS. In the data.ini, for MaxSpeedSL=xxx, I use the maximum indicated airspeed the plane is permitted to fly at. This is quite an impressive number for the Tempest V, from the flight manual: 10000ft-540mph, 20000ft-450mph and 30000ft-370mph. At standard atmospheric temperatures and pressures, those speeds work out to be Mach 0.836! From some light historical research I get the impression the Tempest V's were used mainly for low/mid altitude fighter sweeps, V-1 intercepts, strike missions, and armed recon missions. For armed recon, they usually were guns only and a couple of streamlined 45 imp gal drop tanks. Veltros model comes with the larger 90 gal tank. Wikipedia says the Tempest V wasn't equipped with rocket rails until the post war period but I know for sure the Tempest was tested with rockets early in the development period so it may just be that the RAF brass thought the Tempest was better used in other roles while leaving the rocket work to the numerous Typhoons in service. Postwar, the Typhoons were quickly scrapped and the Tempest took over their role. The service end date for the Tempest appears to be 1948 but keep in mind the light research. With a decent roll rate, good visibility, great low to mid altitude speed and climb rate, and a turn rate probably somewhere between the Bf-109 and FW-190, the Tempest was an excellent dog fighter at low and mid altitudes. ISSUES: The propeller on the Tempest V rotated counter clockwise when viewed from the cockpit but the propeller on this model is angled for clockwise rotation. The biggest issue is with the weight distribution when carrying bombs. For some reason, when carrying bombs the plane flies with the right wing down. It's very noticeable and annoying. I spent two days trying to figure out what was going on but now have to assume it's a model issue. When carrying drop tanks there is no problem. When carrying rocket racks, there seems to be a small amount of left wing heaviness but I can live with it. The reason I think it's a model issue is because when I remove the bomb racks via ini edit, the problem disappears. Unfortunately, a quick check on Veltro's Typhoon shows the same problem. For now the racks are removed while I try and think of a work around. It might be possible to make some "special" bombs with no weight but all the explosive power of the regular bombs and use the SpecificStationCode=xxx. That's all I got at the moment, any other ideas? Here's the FM and a cockpit ini with just the viewing position adjusted. TempestFM0.95.zip

A few weeks ago windows update installed the latest Nvidia drivers and after some hours of use, I can say that flicker his gone! my specs gt 720 2gb DDR 5 windows 7 I3-2100 3.10 and 4 GB ram Cocas

View File Berguet Siroco M by CAF (What If) Late 1950´s Breguet's project for a jack of all trades for the upcoming French Carriers, in the end, the project was scrapped wend the Aeronaval decide to use to buy two single role fighter instead of one multi-role fighter the rest is History! FM his just copy paste as usual all weapons are on Gunny weapons pack model ini edits skins and decals by CAF team Cockpit by TW To install just drop the file to your on you savegames etc StrikeFighters folder enjoy Cocas CAF team PS readme has lots of typos! LOL Submitter cocas Submitted 09/24/2017 Category What If Hangar  

Due to personal reasons, after a long hiatus of a year I decided to get back into video editing. Eagerly awaiting two things: GFX card prices to come down and the F-14. I hope you all enjoy, this has been a long and painful year..

I can assure you guys that the Firebar is impressive!

Siroco M upload pending approval!

Fuel tank problem with the Thunderbolt fixed! a bit more Firebar!

Love the Fairey .

This is a replacement for the Thunderbolt II 42 Sq. skin. 42RAF.7z

View File P-47D for CBI campaigns Set of skins for TurboSquid's (file404) P-47D Thundderbolts. These are very generic in nature and make use of decals from many different sources. You can get the SF2 compatible models from YAP. If you have A-Team's version installed instead, you'll need to convert the bitmaps to .dds format. Submitter amariani Submitted 09/23/2017 Category P-47  

part two don't want over image posts! the fairey was a real project by fairey for GOR 339!

pronto

View File Special Hercules Over Vietnam This is extra pack of special versions of C-130 Hercules used by USAF during Vietnam War period. Pack contains all required models and it is based on Dels great new C-130 Pack + update available here on Combat Ace. http://combatace.com/files/file/16427-c-130-hercules-superpack/ update here: http://combatace.com/files/file/16480-c-130-hercules-superpack-add-on-1/ All skins are based on templates by Dels and are done in 2048x2048 format. Credits: Original model + pit model: Dels C-130 fake pilot mods, AQM-drones, Cargo 1800gal fule tank and DC-130 pylons: yakarov Pack contains: C-130E(I) Combat Talon I. In 1965-1966 Big Safari program started programs Skyhook / Stray Goose programs resulting in series of modifications to C-130E airframes as Fulton Recovery System and AN/APQ-115 TF/TA Radar. On 8 September 1966, Stray Goose deployed 4 aircrafts and personnel to Southeast Asia as Combat Spear unit under PACAF as Detachment 1 314th Troop Carrier Wing. Aircrafts operated from Nha Trang AB in Vietnam. and became first Combat talon aircrafts used in combat. C-130E(i) Combat Talon I HC-130P Combat Shadow. In mid-1966 flight testing began of rescue helicopters equipped with aerial refueling receivers, and 11 HC-130H - the controller aircraft were modified as tankers and redesignated the HC-130P. SAR, Command and Control/vertical lift (helicopter) aerial refueling aircraft, entering service in Southeast Asia in November 1966. Amid few original ARRS units this set covers painting and decals of 39th ARRS. DC-130A & DC-130E. Operations over China and Vietnam could not be succesfulf if not drones operated by 350th SRS . Three C-130As (56-0527, 56-0514 and 57-0461) and three C-130Es (61-2368, 61-2369 and 61-2371) were converted in the 1965-6 timeframe. It is possible that the DC-130As were intended for tactical drone operations and the more powerful and longer ranged DC-130Es were intended for strategic operations with 'big winged' Model 147s over China. The DC-130As generally migrated to test activities after the war and the DC-130Es, after serving with the 432nd TDG, rejoined the transport fleet as C-130Es. During service in Vietnam all DC-130A were later retrofitted with four bladed Hamilton Standard props. Ive made all decals for all versions covering years of use in USAF service based on available reference materials. So all serial numbers are historicaly correct. National and squadron markings as always in my case are painted on skins. I did not include any new bump or specular maps. Great stuff for replacment can be found in Kulbit80 pack: http://combatace.com/files/file/16489-vmgr-152-hi-viz-skin-for-kc-130f/ As weapons AQM-34 - is EOGR missile - can be anything it will not work as drone anyway). Pylons are set as TLR - to acomodate EOGR -but somehow there is option to load one drone - do not use it. as it will apear somewhere in middle of aircraft. AQM-34 Drones covers three versions: G- ECM version equipped with ALE-2 chaff dispening pods. L-low-altitude photo recce Q- big wing ELINT version In HC version refueling drogue is deployed at speed near 120kts. (to simulate refueling helicopters too.) Note: In this pack (unlike original Dels C-130) JATO is activated by vector thrust controll (similiar as in latest Tu-22 pack) report bugs. Jarek Hereda. Submitter yakarov79 Submitted 09/20/2017 Category C-130  

Buuuut since we are very good chaps, and everything must have a beginning, here i present you the early pre and production Su-17 sans suffix detailing, still missing the bump and specular maps but, hey, something is something ;)

Iraqi Air Force Su-20 and Su-22 (Skins not final) Su-22 Su-20

Hello, Fulcrums* of the North Korea People AF : Green skin by WhiteBoySamurai (little modification) and Grey camo, created from the MiG-29K Template by Russouk. I would like to add a camo... any idea my friends ? * 9-12 and 9-13 variants

IRIAF F-4D over Tehran

Some old edited shots...