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Unusual loadout inspired by Zhuhai AirShow2024

I won't comment on the "eternal friends" thing here, I think the ridicule itself is not from an objective perspective, but... I don't know, maybe simply pride. Besides Su-57, I can see a lot of discussions about "under electronic warfare conditions, both the J-10 and J-11 can easily destroy the F-22 fleet", etc. To me, this is complete nonsense, but if someone refutes it, they will "become" "traitor". They are not laughing at "friends", but they are just looking down on everyone. We can see that the mysterious east has indeed been advancing at an astonishing speed in the past 10 more years, there are many surprising achievements, she is strong indeed, so much so that a few people have forgotten that objective facts need to be viewed objectively. I mean, many comments are not based on objective facts, but on positions, it's not fair, and most of them are just kids, we don’t need to pay too much attention to them. ======== Again something from Zhuhai too:

Peace Gate III/IV embargoed Pakistan F-16A Block 15 OCU with late production WAC HUD. Nearly used by New Zealand, operated by the US Navy and ultimately delivered to Pakistan.

Secret flight testing... somewhere over China ! Very beautiful mod !!!

Something pretty new from Zhuhai Airshow 2024,still waiting for more information, I may make one for SF2. It looks like a fold-fins variant which probably would let J-20/35 carry 6 round in their bay(now is 4 with PL-15), but its name conflict with former export type of PL-15.

Gunners over the Gulf well over some major body of water.....

the kick i'm getting out of Zuhai is the Chinese reaction to the Su-57 someone in the west hates on it and "we are F-35 fanbois" or hate anything Russian. so what now, now that the "eternal friends" are laughing at it too? semi appropriate screenie for topic

And I do like me some Laura Dern....... Besides, if I can do the job with a HD Can of Standoff WhupA$$, I'm all for it.

Still getting used to a curved monitor.......

Now some screenshots with the correct Phantom for that terrain.

Strike Fighters 2 has two major limitations compared to modern sims: no multiplayer and no native VR support. Minor limitations include dated terrain system (low resolution meshes) and things like air-to-air refueling. But if you are primarily interested in having fun flying a huge variety of aircraft, some of which are modeled as well as many current sims, in a huge variety of terrains and historical scenarios, nothing can beat Strike Fighters 2. Being an older sim, it tends to run very well on modern PCs, but sometimes encounters gpu driver issues as updated drivers are released. Despite its age, it tends to run just fine on Windows 10 (and I presume Windows 11 as I haven't tried it on 11). Some people do encounter technical issues running it on modern PCs/Windows. I love VR and was a proponent of online multiplayer when Strike Fighters Project 1/WoX series had a basic, limited multiplayer. DCS World expanded to include many of my favorite Cold War era aircraft such as the MiG-21, F-5, F-86, MiG-15, and UH-1 and now have finally added may all-time favorite, the F-4. So, I switched to DCS World quite some time ago. I was able to get SF2 to run in VR using a third party software package called vorpX, but that package was constantly updated, which periodically broke SF2 support. The stock cockpits were never designed for looking outside of certain view angle limits and are therefore incredibly ugly in VR. SF2 shines with historical missions packed with AI all over the map: great dogfights, intense AAA/SAMS, etc. The dynamic campaigns are somewhat historically accurate in scope and feel. The problem is that an accurate Vietnam campaign means there aren't many MiGs to fight, and you often get tasked with bombing the same meaningless targets mission after mission. Israel is where the historical action is with lots of combat with short range mission profiles. The fictional campaign allows you to fly as a mercenary pilot in a war between fictional countries in the middle east where you earn money to buy better planes and build a squadron. Overall, SF2 can be set up to give you whatever you want out of combat flight simming as long as you don't mind the aforementioned limitations. But you won't see the real benefit until you realize the volume of mods available. Almost anything you can imagine from WWI to the 1980s is available, though you will need the separate game using the same engine, First Eagles 2 , for the WW I experience. If you have the cash, the complete SF2 package will all games/expansions/DLC for $100 is a bargain, then $40 more for First Eagles 2 if you like biplane combat. On the other hand, if you have a decent PC/gpu and like the idea of VR, DCS World and the IL-2 Battle/Flying Cirucs series offers brilliant graphics, decent multiplayer, and the amazing immersion of VR.

When i was watching the US elections, saw and heared the hate between the two political partys, i was thinking" How about a "Trump vs Harris terrain"?" Located around the big lakes in the USA, lets say Michigan. Only such an idea. Okay, wrong nation markings on the Phantom. My fault.

F6F Hellcat WIP. Now that I've retired...I like detail. The more the better

A picture of better days: The mighty An-124 looks tiny in contrast to the majestic An-225 Mrija.

Dude, what about the old school "lock on" diamond? Make it "shake" when growling, then make it "soild" when its locked on... Falcon

F-4J(UK) over Michigan, USA

if you are not looking to replicate the exact experience of flying a combat aircraft (checklists, switches, comms etc) i second the suggestion for SF2. out of all the combat sims, it has the largest set of free third party mods ranging from terrains and campaigns to skin sets to fly a given aircraft for any nation or unit you may desire. and if we dont have what you want, its quite easy to mod and create for yourself what you want

View File AVIC Shenyang J-35 Beta Beta Version. In case someone don’t know much about them, J-35 is 5-Gen stealth multirole fighter from the mysterious country in the East too. It is designed for air superiority and strike missions and powered by two medium-thrust turbofan engines the WS-19,and in theory, it has similar situational awareness and collaborative combat capabilities as the J-20.In addition to being an advanced naval tactical fighter, it will also gradually replace the old third and fourth generation fighters in the PLAAF inventory such as the J-10 in the future. On October 29, 2021,carrier-based variant made its maiden flight,air force variant on September 26, 2023. PLAAF Officially revealed the J-35A on November 5, 2024. =========================================================================================================== What does this mod probably have? (1) It contains 1 birds, J-35 ①J-35,Navy type,aircraft carrier based variant with a catapult launch bar and folded wings; (2) Cockpit from J-20s; (3) The Chinese alarm audio generated by AI, of course, fabricated. There are related videos circulating on the Internet that prove the existence of cockpit voice, but we are unable to determine the exact content; =========================================================================================================== 3.Usage: Unzip and copy Sounds, Effects and Objects these 3 folder to where your game is installed; =========================================================================================================== Note: (1) No weapons included. Due to potential maintenance needs, I made a separate PLAAF weapon pack, you need to download it separately, I'm sorry if it causes you any inconvenience; (2) Like the J-20 and F-22,the J-35 uses AESA radar too, I set a higher scanning frequency and strength to avoid the disadvantages of traditional mechanical scanning radar and improve the resistance to old type of ECM; (3) IRL, there is no sign that the J-35 carries a cannon so far,just as J-20,but I still add rumored 4x23 rotary cannon; (4) After referring to the prototype FC-31, I decided to only set 4 stations for the weapons bay, which makes it lack the means to mount SRAAM, so I set station 1 and 2 under the wings as PL-10 stations, which is similar to the F-35, kinda "What If"; (5) At the time this model was made, there weren’t a lot of reference images, so there is a certain degree of “distortion”, and I did what I could when I made the further adjustments; =========================================================================================================== Credits: 1.Ice is silent water (off-site user,I purchased all resources from him); 2.Me (base on orignal resources, add a lot of detail objects,do a lots of animation and texture works); 3.T'Ilacis (off-site user,decals); =========================================================================================================== Special Thanks: 1.JAT81500（For the JHMCS/pilot mod） 2.Crusader（For parts of HUD textures） I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants. Submitter simonmiller416 Submitted 11/08/2024 Category J Type Other  

J-20 update has been released and is awaiting approval. It is mainly an iteration of the canard function, which will act as a traditional flap during takeoff/landing and have independent operating logic. J-35 (navy variant) is out too,unfortunately, it has similar small aerodynamic model problems as J-20s, but not obvious most of time.

i hope you'll excuse us for wondering, given the forum on this site has been cleared out, and its been a significant amount of time since the last updates we do understand that life happens. but even an update to say "life is happening, projects on the shelf for a moment" is appreciated by those that follow