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1965... the TAC in action !

With regards to all my "Headhunter" compatriots, allow me to borrow a hallowed phrase...it seems to fit so well here: "You ain't been packed, till you been Wolfpacked"

Damn - Gonna be F#@kin BAD A$$ when done..............................Nice work so far!

SEAD

Right royal pain this is zur ur a bugger...lol...lots to reset as sizes reported wrong,luckily so far been lucky..lots of stray polys and vertices,weird edges from nowhere etc etc.....no awkward anim yet to redo....redone jpgs...sticking with 2048 atm....can be resized before its skinned. (geary get yer rivets ready lol).. ignore gaps and black spaces...textures will soon fill these up you bet ur ass lol....thats for the textures when rolled out...fo bit like intake and jet pipe etc etc sorted fuselage...jpgs are...JUST A TASTER...NO MORE PLEASE KEV...LOL...i NEED SAY NO ...JUST KIDDING M8...DONT MIND REALLY...fekkin caps lock sz... SAB FUSELAGE. SAB NOSE SAB WINGS.

Soviet Swingers...

Stealth Cats The very impressive F-14Z by the 1 25 Studio

at aviaskins skins here: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,61783.0.html

The first graphic in Russian says: Полньй форсаж = Full afterburner Максимал = Full throttle, i.e. highest throttle before afterburner starts Рис. 27 Перегрузки установившегося виража самолета с двумя ракетами Р-3С = Drawing 27 G-load during sustained virage of aircarft loaded with 2 R-3S (AA-2A Atol) missiles G=7500 кг = G=7500 kg Рис. 28 Радиусьй установившегося виража самолета с двумя ракетами Р-3С = Drawing 28 Radius of sustained virage of aircarft loaded with 2 R-3S (AA-2A Atol) missiles The second graphic in Russian says: Зона предупредительной тряски = Warning shake zone (probably refers to a warning shake of the aircraft controls, avialable to warn the pilot, that a critical level of certian flight parameter has been reached, for example a warning shake before stall) сваливания = stall Граница по максимальному отклонению стабилизатора = Limit of maximum deflection of the stabilizer Начало предупредительной тряски = Begining of warning shake На большом плече АРУ = probably means "at high level setting of the automatic booster control" На малом плече АРУ = probably means "at low level setting of the automatic booster control" Рис. 21 Изменение коеффициента подьемной сили самолета = Drawing 21 Fluctuation of the coefficient of aerodymic lift of the aircraft При остатке топливо <= 1200 л = At fuel level of up to 1200 L При остатке топливо <= 2200 л = At fuel level of up to 2200 L Рис. 22 Максимальнъйе разполагаемъйе перегрузки = Drawing 22 Maximum available G-load Hope that helps a little.

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Thanks Svetlin, that's very helpful. I'm taking a closer look at the low speed performance of the stock FM to see if there may be some potential for adjustments. The stock FM makes maximum lift at about 28deg AoA, the same as the AoA limit in the flight manual but the charts show the MiG-21 still making lift up to about 33deg AoA. The 28deg limit was quite conservative giving 5-8deg of protection prior to the stall/departure zone. There were large roll oscillations above 28 deg but the plane maintained pitch stability and American test pilots soon learned they could safely exceed the 28deg limit. Some anecdotal information indicates Soviet pilots were familiar with that capability as well. ThirdWire has the stall buffet starting at about 15deg AoA while the flight manual says the buffet zone starts at 16-18deg AoA range, so there may be some room to adjust the AlphaStall and AlphaMax values while maintaining the same lift slope as the TW original. I'm going to see if I can find some charts that might give a better idea of the instantaneous turn rates and deceleration rates as the stock FM seems a bit limited when doing hard turns at lower airspeeds. By all accounts the MiG-21 had a good instantaneous turn rate and very good pointing ability at lower airspeeds. It might just be a case of increasing the elevator range a bit but will have to find the right chart so I can run some tests. More translations might be required!

Hunting For Bears in The Woods.

RAAF Starfighters

The Phirst Phantom!

Thanks guys for the well wishes from this Yank. G*d Bless America!

Thanks for this work Baff, is very interesting to read this kind of posts.

Happy Birthday USA!!!

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DAMN!! I plugged in the code I have (BLC 29) as I'd lost almost everything, email wise, in the December 2018 HD crash and it won't take it bummer. oh well, the Mrs said I could do it, so I am!

I agree but thats up to the Iranians and we all know just how unstable they can be.

Just so everybody know Nihon Hitori 2020 is still very much on...

EAF F-16A

A change of pace from the usual Sukhoi screenshots - the Sukhoi Su-2 in action against a German column in June 1941:

Let's go round again...

The expansion to the newer il2 forgotten battles; tank sim. just had to pst as this looks hot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eCGocWGxmk

BAC Sea Tornado FRS.2 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, 1980

The engine "Sonderregime", special regime of the R-25 engine, increased the thrust from 69.6 kN to 97 kN. The climb rate increased from 180m/s to 225m/s. The limit of 3 minutes was caused by cooling problems. Overheating was possible. Combat flaps were not used on MiG-21. If the pilot forgot to "pull in" the flaps, the wind would do the job from a certain speed. I forgot the correct speed when this happend. Perhaps i can find it in my archive. To release the flaps in dogfight was common for skilled MiG-21 pilots. I have heared it from some pilots of LSK (East German Air Force). The main problem for the MiG-21 was the air intake. The design was not the best. In certain flight regimes the air intake was unable to let in enough air to operate the engine properly. Then the problem of "Pompage" (may be "pumping" in english, sorry dont know the correct term) appeared. Or even worse the engine got a stall and stopped operating during a sharp curve. The design of the wing was as good, that the MiG-21 could have a much smaller circle radius, but the air intake ... In the 80th a different air intake with additionally openings was tested. The plane got a much better agility. The Ye-8 successor of MiG-21PF had the same wing, but a different air intake. The plane was nearly as agile as the F-16A, but 10 years earlier. Flare dispensers were included in some types of ECM pods like SPS-141 for MiG-21bis.

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