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WIP finishing touches to the LOD

i'm curious about one thing, are you updating the DATa of those birds? Racers are prone to engine failure and adding some skids on the belly will allow players to belly land... Yeah yeah I know, there's no engine damage in Sf2...

98% no F-16s had the capability to carry AIM-7 operationally until 1989 despite several sources saying otherwise (looking at you Egyptian F-16Cs) . Those EPAF countries (Belgium etc) would have had to flight test, and pay for the capability and develop new pylons and the radar dev.........either to GD / Westinghouse or some other contractor. They would have been seen carrying AIM-7 and being a non classified thing many pilots and engineers would have stated as such by now. (No evidence of such a thing) No idea if it was even an option for them............but they did have some differences like Penguin (Norway). Would probably need someone that dealt with the negotiations back in the 70s to know. Basically if you look back back to the 1970s/80s they were really holding out for AMRAAM which was started around 1976 and expected in 1985/6 but was delayed with the first LRIP AMRAAMs delivered in 1987. (first separation AMRAAM launch from F-16 was about 1981)

In reality there is a lot of confusion but will try to clear it up. F-16A Block 1 was built from the start to carry Sparrow and had the cooling, space, power and provisions....however due to politics USAF decided not to put it on and dropped it in 1975. So the APG-66(V) did not have the bits to support AIM-7 like the CW module because they were intentionally left off. Long story short AIM-7 was not properly certified on F-16A until 1989 (F-16ADF) that used the APG-66(V)1 (according to Lockheed Martin/GD) It was not certified on F-16C until 1989 either and not ready until 1992. (according to Lockheed Martin/GD) After 1992 Lockheed advertised it as an option on any F-16A or F-16C regardless of the Radar if you wanted it but very few users ever had it. For example the EPAF MLU F-16s with APG-66(V2) probably didn't have the capability to fire AIM-7 they just went with AMRAAM instead. However the Taiwan Block 20s with APG-66(V)3 could fire AIM-7s (they were not allowed AMRAAM at first) Basically the USAF were given costs and a 3 year lead time in 1976 to put Sparrow on the F-16A so it was viable......................so for fantasy world you can just stick it on.

They must add this kind of mission as well in MSFS 2024: https://www.instagram.com/p/Csz3-eDrPca/?igshid=Y2IzZGU1MTFhOQ== Airlifting cows with a helicopter from Swiss mountains to the vet.

This sounds interesting, can you share the link for that article? And please don't be shy and share that mod once you feel happy with it!

Been practicing a moving carrier now, as I was used to the stock carrier not moving once I launched.

Found a YAP-RW carrier that works, i.e. moves so I can now do traps while it's underway.

It's only too bad we don't have the original 3D model of the cockpit, as this could use some work. Still, not a bad plane to fly. Needs some tweaking and updating but I had an okay time with it. simonmiller416 did a good external skin though.

Red team heading out to set up the OPFOR CAP while the Blue Force get ready to mount up...

'Papero'

Aegean Falcons..

Sufa..

(later as other Kevin attempts to access the old SF1 archives from the zip discs......)

I think it got lost eons ago, during one of the crashes the site had. (asteroid impact!!!). I used it as the basis for the "Mid West USA" map, highly modified!!!. I may have it archived, i'll have to go through my CDs and Zip Discs (yeah, it's that old!). I"ll see what I can find

] Good review. I've always considered WoV a diamond in the rough. My father flew hueys with C Co 227th in Vietnam. I grew up learning about torgue, collective, cyclic, density air, dynamic rollover, blade stall, ground vortex and all sorts of things that most people don't talk about over a meal at Western Sizzler. I still think with some more work this would be the pinnacle for a Vietnam gunship sim. Other than that, I make my own Huey gunships with working armament so I can light it all up. .