Lt. James Cater

LOL! Good to see you back in action! I also just happen to be checking things out just prior to taking off again. Time to down more of the Yankee imperialists and their lackeys!

For starters, the campaigns can be anything but boring depending on which you are doing. Want a truly insane challenge? Do a tour or two in WOV Gold. Second, fly DiD and see how long you can fly with one pilot. As for bombing? Get the Range mod and practice. Soon you'll be instinctivly rolling your aircraft into a 45 degree dive with ease and making textbook drops. Since you'll have no CCIP, stick and rudder work will be needed to get the job done.

http://combatace.com/gallery/image/19350-img00779/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/19351-img00781/\ Success! Got a Shrike hit from 70 miles! Went up in an A7A again armed with 4 Shrike Bs and engaged in the same manner as with the Standard ARM. The first missle was woefully short but the second flew well and homed in for a near miss just about 50 meters short of the target. The third overshot and so everything was set for the final Shrike, which was a direct hit! The key is in the pitch up angle and smoothly getting the nose up so as not to abruptly bleed off speed that is crucial to the launch. I'll go back to the Range over the next few days and see if i can consistently repeat the shot. If so, i'll make sure to take screenshots of the instrument panel to show the proper angles.

Depends on the target. Going in close to a formation of Beagles is just asking to be shot down by their tailgunners.

Forgot to mention the pitch up angle, which was about 30-35 degrees. Nose was raised at 81 miles and launch altitude was 21,500+ IIRC. Also tried making some shots from 90 miles but something seems to be preventing taht. The missle will only climb so far before abruptly leveling off and going no further tha 35 miles at the most. Experimenting with long range Shrikes will be more difficult since it doesn't have as much thrust. It'll need to be launched at higher speeds and altitudes to get it on a flight path that will allow it to come down on an angle that will be needed to reach the target.

Tried some shots on the Range and after a few attempts, made a kill at a range of 80 miles. Aircraft used was an A-7A at 20,000ft. Ground speed 491kts before the pull up.

One thing i'd advise with a Shrike is altitude. Yesterday, i went to the Range and set up an A-7 with Shrike Bs. I flew towards the target at 20,000ft until the radar showed on the RHAW, then reversed course. At 55 miles out i pulled back towards the target, lined it up on the scope and at 50 miles range pulled the nose up about 20 degrees and fired. Direct hit! What i've been tryng to do for the longest time is see if i can find the right altitude, airspeed, and pitch up angle to hit with a Shrike from 70 miles out. With a Standard, 70 mile hits are rather routine, as i said above. In a little while i'll head back out to the Range and see how far i can better that as well as logging the firing info.

Provided you are lined up with the RHAW you should have no problem hitting a radar with the Standard. In tests on the range, it is pretty routine to score from 70 miles out provided one raises the nose at a proper launch angle to allow the seeker to home in once the missle is dropping down on a ballistic flight path. In actual action, the furtherest kill i've ever scored was about 36 miles.

We all do it, using an aircraft in ways that would never have been tolerated in reality. Unless you are seriously stuck on historical roles, these planes can be used in ways that never would have been seriously considered by their users. F-102-Ground attack. For certain CAP missions or reconnaissance i would load up the aircraft with HVARs. After taking care of mission requirements i would go to Soviet bases looking for things to blow up. IIRC, in one campaign i destroyed about 7 MIG19s and 21s with the rockets. Then it was back to altitude and home. A-7-Fighter Bomber. Given the fact that in WOE you have the availability of the 9L, it was a given that enemy fighters were fought against rather then us running. Another thing was after a strike and on the way home, check with Red Crown to see if any enemy aircraft are heading your way on their return to base. If they were on a course that favored an intercept attempt, then go for it. F-105-Interceptor. Variation on the way the A7 was used. Used in it's usual strike role but armed with a pair of 9Bs. Outbound from a strike, monitor radar and Red Crown to see if any enemy are on near reciprocal course. If fuel allows, stalk and engage. F-4-Weasel varient. This one is for strikes on certain routes or targets. Load up with 4 ARMs while your wingman carries the bombs for the primary target. After take off, fly to a point where you'll release #2 towards the target, then go high up and monitor the RHAW and radio for SAM activity. As you will be above and some miles behind him, you can really do a number against the foe. If things are quiet on your srike, engage the enemy firing on other friendlies EF-111-Weasel varient. This one is virtually a gimme and it helps strike aircraft. Load up with HARMs and go really high and fast. What you are going to do is hunt for SAM radars in a certain area and take them out. You want to be able to destroy the overlapping coverage so a section of airspace can be opened up for others to be able to fly through with minimum danger.

Perhaps some con will be caring enough to beat the crap out of this fool?

The scariest thing in the world is being at the mercy of Politicians.

I had the Shadowrun stuff too! However, my gaming group thought all the elves and stuff was pretty stupid so we just ignored all that and played it out more like William Gibson's works.

Wow, i haven't played Battletech since 1990! I actually found the RPG first and then the games. I had all the house books and readouts until i lost everything to a housefire. What great times were had!

I might one one of the few people around who are praying to GET laid off. Take a hell of a long paid vacation and then go back to work. At my job, we have one lady that got laid off when her position was outsourced and had a ball for about 11 months until she got a bit bored and came back to another department! I'd do the same thing as there are maybe 6-7 positions i could do.

Remember this thread? http://combatace.com/topic/56049-a-view-on-ilegal-immigration/page__hl__latino Right now at work i have a Cuban co-worker who's sending all kinds of money to a lawyer down to Ecuador so he can get his niece's visa paperwork in order. Recently, one of my Cousins got here to the US after a 4 year wait. Good thing he has family here that knows how to deal with the red tape.

Just a little note to let everyone know i'll be back in the skies by the end of ths week.

Thanks for the clear pics. I wassn't 100% sure on the aircraft in in the video.

I was thinking the same. Absolutly no AAA tracers to be seen and it looks a bit high for small arms fire unless a whole bunch of people happened to be shooting at just the right spot for the golden BB to strike.

First off, i'd suggest you go to the downloads section and install Nato Fighters I-IV. Get "The Range" as well so you can have a nice place to experiment. Then head over to the knowledge base and start reading and taking notes. Also, use the search function here since a lot of questions and solutions just like yours have been disscussed in the past.

All these end-timers really make me wish it was certainly the end of THEIR time!

Great clip, love the Veronica Lake impersonator!

Just wanted to add to this even though it's some months later. The CF5-A is one hell of a dogfighter. If in a 1V4 situation don't hesitate to make a few evading moves and run for it.