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Still stuff to do, it's not going to be perfect so don't expect it...........

Three Lions Lightning (Happy St. George's Day!)

The C-5 Galaxy Show of hands; whose seen this massive aircraft up close and personal? I remember being at an airshow and they let you get your picture taken in the cockpit of this massive thing. The fact that it can even fly is impressive to me. She may not be sleek and fast like a fighter jet but this aircraft and other cargo planes certainly help keep things on move. The C-5 Galaxy's is tasked with Strategic Airlift meaning that it's supposed to take needed items from anywhere in the world into a theater or operations ... in other words its job is to bring supplies and equipment to the war zone. The amount of effort that went into producing this gigantic aircraft was equally impressive and employed a lot of companies all over the united states. Some of the companies were even small companies that were able to contribute to the project. Tools, maintenance, and other support equipment had to be custom made as well by various sub contractors. It was a large scale operation that unfortunately came with some massive drama ... straight up scandalous drama that we'll briefly talk about in this Quick Aircraft Facts presentation. While we strive to do a good job compressing information about an aircraft's history into 3 minutes or less. There are times I'd like to dive more into an aircraft's history; however, there are some documentries out there I think some of you may enjoy if you have the time. I'd like to point you to a Vintage C-5 Documentary released by the USAF. (In case the link doesn't take you to the right time you might want to skip ahead by a minute or so.) Oh heads up, a new QAF will be released on Tuesdays. Thank you so much or your support, patience, and time.

I have completed the operates for the unit using Fuse software.

Quite an interesting article from Air Force Times detailing some of the ongoing problems with the Lockheed Martin white elephant. https://www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/03/02/congress-is-ultimately-to-blame-for-f-35-fiasco/ Sadly, it appears the Australian government is stubbornly pushing ahead with this process, at a cost of over AUD$100 million per aircraft. Despite what some claim, the issues surrounding the F-35 debacle have not been resolved and don't appear like they will be any time soon.

Bloody Stupid, the Aircraft is crap, plus its pig ugly, and its designed for a cold war environment, which doesn't exist any more. We would be better served by buying Russian aircraft, those at least are built to do the damn job, The F-35 has no job, because it doesn't know what its job is FFS , it's the TSR 2 story all over again, but at least the Government had the sense to scrap that white elephant , even if it was for the wrong reasons..........Oh and the TSR 2 at least was a pretty aircraft !!

i checked my pictures from the Bundeswehr Museum Koblenz and i found many picture i made from the R-23 , i totally forgot about them , but they can help me to get this R-23U done this missile was from the former GDR Luftwaffe LSK here they are

I took the liberty of skipping to the part where talks about the story. Good for him that he has a sponsor and all but dang I wanted to jump to the good stuff.

There is a problem with the AI and missiles. 1) The AI can't use Laser weapons (well, that's not entirely true, under specific conditions your wingmen might use them, but not always, and no other AI plane, it's better to avoid them for AI use). 2) The AI uses the RocketAttackAI statements of their DATA.ini to attack, which means that while it is suited for rockets, it usually fails for modern, long range missiles. 3) Modifying the RocketAttackAI statement means you will tailor it for a certain range-class of missiles but means the AI won't correctly handle rockets and classes of missiles requiring another attack profile. You could tailor planes to have a better attack profile for Mavericks, but then the planes won't be able to have an efficient dumb rocket attack, or missiles with a different profile requirement. The parameters in the plane's DATA.INI are (values are there as an example for dumb rockets, not missiles) : [RocketAttackAI] RollInRange=8000.0 RollInAlt=1400.0 PullOutRange=900.0 PullOutAlt=200.0 ReleaseRange=2000.0 SecondPassRange=4500.0 SecondPassAlt=750.0 ReleaseCount=16 ReleaseInterval=0.08 AimPitchOffset=0.6 Everything is in meters, except ReleaseCount (in number of weapons fired), ReleaseInterval (in seconds) and Aim PitchOffset (in degrees). RollInRange and RollInAlt are the distance to target and altitude the AI tries to reach before starting its attack pattern. PullOutRange and PullOutAlt are the distance to target and altitude from which the AI will break out of its attack pattern. ReleaseRange is the distance to target at which the AI will try to fire its rocket/missiles. SecondPassRange and SecondPassAlt are the parameters for an eventual second (or subsequent passes), useful if you want to have a first pass at long range but don't want to wait for the AI to go all the way back to do another pass if the missile can be launched at closed range. ReleaseCount is the number of missiles launched per attack run, ReleaseInterval is the interval between each release. AimPitchOffset is for dumb rockets, and the number of degrees above or below the target the AI should fire (to attack for gravity and the pitch angle of rocket attachments), it's mostly useless for guided missiles. In the example above that means the AI will try to be 8km away from its target, at an altitude of 1400m, then will dive toward it, aiming 0.6° above and firing 16 rockets, 1 every 0.08 seconds when it is 2km away from the target. I can't remember if the PullOut values are the limits after which the plane disengage or a target to reach after firing. Once disengaged from it's first pass, if the AI still can fire the same ordnance it will try to get 4.5km away from the target, at an altitude of 750m and repeat the process. What happens in your case is probably that the plane tries to use the default, suited for dumb rockets, attack profile, meaning by the time it tries to fire the Maverick, it's already closer than the MiniLaunchRange for the missile, hence the passes without firing. The slamming into the ground might be solved by changing the PullOut parameters. The failure to call Rifle though is a bug that probably can't be solved that way and is probably tied to the number of sound voices playable simultaneously and their priority.

seen em at airshows, and watched one take off in a hurry one fine day in Iraq. found out later the tower told them to abort take off due to the ongoing mortar attack, and the pilot decided he wasnt sitting in the biggest target on the runway!! too bad the old dying whale imitaing a vacuum cleaner noise is gone with the new engines

AIM-9 project - next point: the "reduced smoke" motor. One probably reads about that when reading/finding info (old books, lists with AIM-9 variants) in connection to the AIM-9E-2. Its true, but it is only the tip of the iceberg :D And it was not in use in the late 60s. The new motor has a new grain which burns cleaner, producing less smoke. Theres more to it, the motor also has more thrust and gives the missile a higher impulse. Production of the new SR116-HP-1 motor started in 1978, with first deliveries 1979/80. While thrust per second is slightly increased over the old Mk17 motor, the burn time is 3.2 seconds versus 2.2 seconds of the Mk17. The new motor is used with variants of the 9B/E/J/N/P series. The combination of motor and fuse define the AIM-9 variant in combination with the Letter-specific Guidance and Control Section (GCU), the basic variants have no dash-suffix (e.g AIM-9J = basic J variant) Variant = motor + fuze 9J = Mk17 + Mk303 9J-1 = Mk17 + DSU-21 9J-2 = SR116 + Mk303 9J-3 = SR116 + DSU-21 This matrix applies to all B/E/J/N/P variants, the 9P has two more: 9P-4 = SR-116 + DSU-21 9P-5 = SR116 + DSU-21 Fuses: the Mk303 is the original IR influence fuse, the DSU-21 the new optical/laser fuse available from ~1979. Thus the -2 and -3 are generally the best variants, with the 9P-4/P-5 which have all-aspect capability having a further improvement.Of all the variants mentioned above only the 9P-4 and 9P-5 seeker can be slaved to the radar. For all other variants it is required to point the seeker directly at the target to obtain a lock-on. To be continued.. EDIT

View File Crotale SAM system CROTALE mod by GKABS 1) Historical background The Development of the Crotale Surface-to-Air Missile system began in 1964. The Crotale is a very short range SAM system (Sol-Air à Très Courte Portée or SATCP). It was said that South Africa paid 85% (France: 15%) of the first step development costs of this SAM System. The Crotale was named "Cactus" for South Africa. Thomson-CSF for the radar and the electronics, and Matra (Engine division) for the R440 missile were the two prime contractors. South Africa received the first systems in 1971. In 1971 France placed the first order for operational tests: 1 Acquisition Unit and 2 Firing Units. The Armée de l'Air bought this SAM system in order to protect their airfields. The Crotale in this first opérational version (Crotale 1000) was above all engaged for the Egypt-Libya and Angola wars in the 1980s. Further developments were launched for several customers among the 15 ones which ordered this system. 2) Installation in your Strike Fighters 2 installation(s) There are 2 options : - The "Sand" version in order to put in any "Desert" type SF2 install, - The "Green" version for any "European" type SF2 install. So you'll find them into 2 separated packs ready to play :) If you need any further help please read the Knowledge Base at: https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/ 3) Credits - Coupi for suggesting the model, document, creating the data files, and testing. From the bottom of my heart thanks. 4) LICENSE: You are allowed to use this model and everything included with it for personal non-profit use for Strike fighters 1 and 2. For use outside of this scope, you need to contact me for permission. gkabs@gkabs.net Software used: 3d Max 2009 UVLayout v2 Pro Substance Painter Adobe Photoshop If you need any assistance please contact me at gkabs@gkabs.net https://gkabs.net Submitter GKABS Submitted 04/23/2020 Category Ground Object Mods  

coming soon to theLuftwaffe...maybe !

Don't diss the beautiful, tiny-winged white elephant; the TSR.2 was a thing of beauty, the problem was more on the insane specs and expectations than the manufacturer abusing the system to get infinite money. The F-35 program, at this point, is just a gigantic scam, it's no longer about making a plane fit for a mission, it's about extracting as much wealth as possible and funnelling it toward Lockheed Martin and its backers. To think that some European countries are paying insane prices to use these things for air defence and air policing makes me sick.

Nice pictures. Its real a training round. The red letters stands for "utschebno dejstwojuscheji", what means "training object" or "training device"

Since I can't go to work for the last month, there is nothing to do except creating models and get full pay from work.

I'm just curious, do you ever sleep???

I remember you telling us that story! I couldn't remember who it is was on this site that said it before but I remember you saying the pilot replied "F*k you! We're out of here!" I often wonder what happened to the pilot. I mean to me it makes sense the big fella needs to move. But I had nooooooo idea how so political and bureaucratic the military really is. You think doing the obvious would be acceptable but I'm betting there's some officer somewhere going "That pilot ignored protocols. We can't have that going on in this modern military service." Never served by the way I'm just saying, until recently, I never knew how bureaucratic the military can be at times.

Thanks to Coupi this wouldn't happen.

I walked through one at an airshow back in 1988 when I was six years old.

Found in my saved files, Egyptian launcher vehicle with the backside of the turret visible.

Completed the model next I need to make the operator

(cough cough) dont forget recent efforts to improve the appearence and hsitorical accuracy behind the original mods https://combatace.com/files/file/17301-bone-guardians-b-1b-in-ang-service/ https://combatace.com/files/file/17300-sac-twilight-b-1b-bones/ the second one researched to match up every Bone with its original unit (minus ones that crashes before that skins year)

Marineflieger F-4F's

Preparing for ECR.... so , MFG won't be final standart. 2.0 will be . 3d model at least 99% correct (corrected, remapped and reskinned), improved (centered) HUD and cockpit with new skins and almost no bugs ...

View File L-410UVP LARAF camo skin LARAF skinpack for great Gepard/Monty L-410 Turbolet. A little hors d'oeuvre for a bigger Gheddafi's pack incoming. WHAT's IN: - a LARAF camo skin - Historical serial numbers - Hangar, Loadout CREDITS: - MontyCZ: plane model - Gepard: SF-2 porting - paulopanz: skin, decals, hangar, loadout.tga TO INSTALL: - Grab here the plane: - install it following Michael readme - put all in your mod folder and overwrite That's all paulopanz Submitter paulopanz Submitted 04/21/2020 Category Other Origin  

It's really not so easy ;-)

I need some help please, with the missile silo head that needs to get separated from the main silo after the missile gets shot out. so my question is do I animate it or does it get set in INI file? file.

Naval Starfighters on deck!

BAC Lightning FGA.7 - No.38 Group, RAF Air Support Command, 1968

Made some new tiles to blend the London Cityporttiles with the generic city tiles. So it looked before i made the blending tiles and so with the blending tiles:

Lightning FGA.7 - No.1 Squadron, 38 Group

Okay, I have removed the gray color, and soon I will try to implement what russouk2004 has just shown me.

What a cool SAM, well done mate!

Mediterranean intercept.

I have been having a lot of free time lately and I used most of it working in this project, so there it's completed the Crotale firing unit, radar, and the missile, need I will be singing the complete model to Coupi to make the data files and the testing.

BAC Lightning F.51 - No.119 Squadron, IDF/AF, 1967

Engine smoke and heat emitter ... next Pierre (my private Spielberg ) video.

R440 missile completed skinned and animated. The firing unit about 50% completed I will post photos soon.

Rivet counting starts!

for the Moment yes except somebody wants an other Training missile , the UZR-60 and the R-3U are done and the R-23 will be next ( in my spare time ) by the way what is the full designation for the R-23 Training missile ??? here is the R-3U , have fun R-3U.7z MiG 21 with R-3U

Thanks for that info , the R-3U was easy to make i took my AA-2 and made the necessary changes

I own a book called Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons since World War Two by Yefim Gordon. Unfortunately does not talk about the training versions of the R23 or R24, only about the R3U. And this pic from the R73, will keep searching for more info and pics.

Not my problem. This mod does not change stock nations, Dhimar and Paran exist as in the stock SF2 game, they are not flyable. If you want to fly for Paran and Dhimar, you'll have to make your modifications to it. This file is an extension of the stock _nations.ini, it does not remove anything.