JediMaster

Also known as the "rail gun".

That large dish looks vulnerable to being hit by bullets itself. Or worse yet, an RPG.

"Just take off and nuke 'em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure!"

We have trouble with the 135 fleet being stretched too thin right now because there aren't enough! They need them in more places, not to carry more where they are. In fact, if there was something smaller than a 767 available I'd say THAT would be probably the better bet.

"...and I'm not drunk!" *door slam* "Yet!"

Yeah, it's more designed to the spec the B-1A was then the B-1B we put into service, but I'm sure its RCS is closer to a B-52 than a B-1B! As for numbers, I had a book or something that talked about it and actually had two line diagrams superimposed so you could see the relative sizes (wings swept back), that's where I got the size comparison from. Let's see what numbers I can find: B-1B: L: 146ft (44.5m) H: 34 ft (10.4m) W: 137 ft out, 79 ft swept (41.8, 24.1) Empty weight: 190k lbs (86k kg) MTOW: 477k lbs (215k kg) power: 4x 30k thrust GE (13.5k kg) range: 7500 miles unrefueled, 3500 with normal payload (12k km, 5600km) Tu-160: L: 54.1m H: 13.1m W: 55.7m out, 35.6m swept Empty weight: 110k kg MTOW: 275k kg power 4x 25k kg thrust HK-32 range: ~12k km So, from these rough numbers the 160 is just over 20% longer, 33% larger wingspan unswept, 48% larger swept, 25% taller, 28% heavier, and similar range without refueling.

External tanks or not is determined by the loadout ini for that plane in that role. Plane X on "strike" may have 2 external tanks and 2 bombs while Plane Y on "strike" will have 12 bombs and no tanks. To alter that you'd have to fiddle with the loadout ini for each plane in each assigned role.

Well, in "Real Life" you need a station specially setup for AIM-9's because of the cooling lines for the seekers. That's why it can't carry them on its belly, nor could the F-4 or F-14.

More like "which company will be filing its protest over the award this week?" I think neither plane is ideal. The 767 is too old to start with NOW and the Airbus is too large compared to the 135s it's replacing. We won't be able to get enough at that size.

I don't think I'd classify the 160 as "1/3 larger" than a B-1B. It may be 1/3 heavier, or carry 1/3 larger payload or something, but the dimensions don't add up to that. Maybe 15-20% larger max...

Quagmire = Best. Pilot. Ever. "This is your captain speaking...we have a bit of a headwind today, giggity..."

You got it from the classified ads? Someone was selling a Viggen in the paper?? What town do you live in!?!

I largely agree with that review. MP has been and likely will always be a weak point in TK's sims, but he's not looking to change that any time soon.

Take out the "side by side" pit and you've got the F/A-18 Hornet, the real scaled-up F-5.

Roger that!

Try landing the Su-25 in LOMAC: Flaming Cliffs, that makes F4 look easy. Otherwise, I think F4 is the hardest to land I've flown.

I think it's more a case that the plane is rarely shot from that angle. Actually, the nose cone is different, too. I don't recall seeing one looking that color before, it looks smaller than normal as a result.

Wings Over Tony Shaloub

All delta winged fighters like the Mirages (excluding F1 of course), F-106, F-102, etc bleed energy in turns. It's a function of that huge wing acting like an airbrake when you pull high AOA. You must keep your speed up by limiting the number and duration of turns you make.

Are you setting the server up as dogfight or coop? I think on dogfight that's the way it is, ownship is blue and all else are red. Coop has red/blue sides.

Until patches are released to bring them up to the same standard, WOI is currently the most advanced of his games. SFP1, WoV, and WoE are all at a common point and indeed the only differences are the terrain and planes included and what the menus look like.

I've done it in LOMAC many a time, but unless you have bombs or rockets or something it's nearly impossible to strafe them easily.

All that size is in the wings. Take them off and it's a rather normal-sized plane.

TWELVE GIGS???!?! I thought UT3's 8GB was large...

Remember, when in landing config you control altitude with the throttle and speed with attitude!