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Not to their profit table. Southwest has been around since deregulation and is the only airline in the US to make a consistent profit every quarter except for one. One of the ONLY airlines in the US over the same time period to have never furloughed a pilot. They have some of the fastest turn-around times in the industry because they don't assign seats. Other passenger airlines WISHED they could control costs like SWA. And they are one of the few airlines in the US that can turn away passengers, because they are full. It's a free country, so fly whatever airline you want. But not assigning seats a mistake? Hardly. FastCargo

Actually, it would probably get you NOT flying for ANY decent airline. Airlines don't take kindly to pilots with bad histories, and airlines DO find out about them... However, friendly fire accidents have happened before and since. Each circumstance is different, and can have different outcomes based on the situation. FastCargo

Actually, now I think about it some more...in total A2A missiles, the F/A-18 may carry more. I've seen pictures of Hornets with 12 Slammers. However, since there are no AMRAAMs with IR seekers, total IRM count still belongs to the Flanker variants. Anyone with Typhoon/Rafale/Gripen knowledge can pipe in on this one...I'm probably missing something... FastCargo

Which part? The F-14 downing a USAF F-4 is true. I remember when that came out in the news. I'm not sure about the exchange pilot story though. FastCargo

Well, if I had to take a guess, I'd say of modern aircraft, any of the Flanker variants. Not only can they carry their smaller IRMs (Atoll and Archer) but their larger Alamos have IR variants as well, both in normal and 'long stick' varieties. The number of hardpoints escapes me though. I suspect you'll get an answer from some Flanker fans soon enough. FastCargo

What kind of missiles? Air to ground? Air to air? Anti ship? Air to Space? FastCargo

I've met Jim LeRoy. "Extremely stupid" is not a phrase I would have used to describe him. Have some respect for the dead. FastCargo

As far as we know the Flankers are still freeware. FastCargo

What part of "Keep nationalism out of it" do you NOT understand? Final warning! FastCargo

I had something similiar, me in an F-18, followed by an Su-27, followed by an F-15...that was one of the most vicious battles I had in a while. I lost, but the Su-27 died a second later under the F-15s guns... FastCargo

Just tested it, download works fine. Try again, or make sure there isn't a problem on your end. Also, I would recommend you don't post your email address on a message board. Set up for getting on a spammers list. FastCargo

Gentlemen, Keep the nationalism out of it. FastCargo

Another project (not mine) very much a WIP! "What the hell is that?!?!?" FastCargo

It's already available...goto Capun's website, register, and download. Done! FastCargo

Lakenheath Is Bombing Your Ass! Sorry, flew with some F-111 guys who were in that strike who had this patch... FastCargo

nele, I'll have to go with Typhoid on this one...pictures, especially external view pictures, have very little to do with what you see until you sit, and especially operate an aircraft in the cockpit seat. FastCargo

I think you can specify the specific rack name in the data file for that hardpoint. I'll do some research to see if that's true. FastCargo

Tweak, tweak and tweaking! Taking it as a personal challenge, I decided to totally screwup USAFMTLs F-16XL model by making a fictional F-16G, using a F-23-class engine, adding CFTs, and redoing the hardpoints to fix clipping and loadout errors. Also, I found these when researching the F-16XL loadout, and based a lot of my work of them: Also, found this website with lots of F-16XL pictures, inflight, and on the ground...learning some stuff I didn't know about the XL version. Plus learning about some of the deeper issues with the original LOD file. http://www.f-16.net/gallery_item16628.html Anyway, after LOTS of experimentation, I came up with some interesting results. Note you'll see no clipping errors. And everything is user selectable, with the exception of the CFTs. Old school style air to mud: ADF Mission: You could also loadup a total of 10 Slammers (!) and it looks absolutely correct...no visual issues or trying to shoot the 'front' pylon. Super FAC or CAS: Need some range? Eat laser death! (Or laser guided anyway) Need to take out a few ships? J-Daymn! And when it's too expensive to drop real bombs... Obviously USAFMTL did all the hard stuff, I just stuck it in a blender and messed around with it. Man, I learn so much fooling around with ini files...like don't try having 39 hardpoints on an aircraft... FastCargo

Luiz, Which era are you talking about? WWI, WW2, or the jet age? Jet age, especially 60's era and later, usually have cannon in the 20mm or higher range. Also, except for certain specific ground attack aircraft, most jet age aircraft do not have a lot of armor, and have systems a lot more sensitive to damage. Jet engines, especially modern ones, are very sensitive to foreign objects (ie shrapnel or gun slugs). Hydraulics, FBW computers, thin honeycomb skins, also don't take cannon fire very well. FastCargo

USAFMTL, Yea, I figured you'd know. FastCargo

Hey y'all, Was flying today and saw this: Any guesses? FastCargo

It's definitely got potential - here's a JDAM LOD file for SFP1: And it can handle complex shapes...just not LODs (yet): FastCargo

Not a bad idea, it might provide some publicity for his site. The USAF mods he hosts are pretty awesome. FastCargo

It works pretty good for the simpler LOD files. I used it when I was evaluating the F-16 CFTs. Works pretty good for simple shapes, weapons. Planes tend to come out wonky. Orbiter files look awesome though. Hey, related question. I have been scouring SimHQ, here, and Thirdwire and haven't found a definitive answer to this yet. You modder types can help me I hope. I know about the 3ds Max exporter to LOD...and that SFP1 has been able to use 3ds max (using the exporter) all the way back to 3ds max version 3.1. 1) Is there ANY other 3d program that can output to SFP1 LOD files? 2) If not, are there any reliable and effective converters out there to convert to SFP1 compatible LOD files? I'm not looking to reverse engineer existing models, but create new ones and then import them into SFP1. What I'm looking for, if I can't find a 'native LOD output' program, is a 3d program/converter combo that effectively does the same thing. The wife's baulking at the $3000k+ price of 3ds max 9.. :) . Finally, if neither of those are an option, I'm assuming older versions of 3ds Max are perfectly viable (3.1 and above) alternatives. Anyone know where I can buy a used copy? FastCargo

Digging up an old topic, I actually found a LOD viewer on Gulfknights USAF website. It's free, don't need a download pass. It's not perfect...but it's a quick and dirty way to look at the simpler LOD files. FastCargo