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Now there's a real American hero, even after the war. Great video. Thanks for sharing!
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*snort* Oh, the irony!
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Oh yeah! I'd like to see China's CIWS shoot down a round flying in at Mach 10.
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Santa Claus has been located with his new sleigh over Iceland... Merry Christmas everyone!
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Keep fighting the Good Fight, Falcon. Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas everyone! Joy to you and yours.
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Dave's new secret weapon...Eel Drones: http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/12/why-eel-drones-are-future-naval-warfare/100500/ There's a cool Salamander Drone here too. " rel="external nofollow">
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How is everyone embedding videos? There used to be an embed button, but now I don't see it.
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Like this? Yay! That's got it. Thank you!
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NK doesn't have any birds to export. While Kim was eating cheese-stuffed lobster, the common people had to eat the last skinny sparrows to hold off death by starvation.
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F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
Fun with .ini editing Whenever I look at the A-4 Skyhawk I think, that should have been a fighter. It's small and nimble. It has the advantages of a delta wing with a conventional tail. Sometimes I wish they'd stuck a J57 engine with afterburner from the Crusader in there, and saw what it could do. Well, with the miracle of flight simming and some judicious .ini edits, we can do that. I replaced the J52 with the J57, added weight to match the difference in the two engines. I added a little wing area to cut back on the higher wingloading, changed the mission roles, and edited the loadout file. And gawd, this one is fun to fly. Now it has power to go along with excellent maneuverability. If the F-8 was the MigMaster, then the F/A-4E is the MigDaddy. This can happily get into a knife fight in a phone booth with a Mig-17 and win it every time. Mig-21s? Bah! That's light work for this bird. This carries winders on strike missions too. So when Migs arrive to spoil your fun, they've got a nasty surprise waiting. Below, are the files to install your own. It's just a modded A-4E so there is just a few files there. I've included a folder with the loadout file for a 6xWinder version. I think the "ter" rack needed to get 4xWinders on one pylon affects performance though, and personally I prefer the 4xWinder version. FA-4E.zip And now some pics... A-4 Cockpit using F-8 radar -
F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
I loaded the A-4M_78 with the F404 engine (from the F-18) as suggested and man, it's awesome. I loaded the afterburner in it too just for kicks. An interesting note is that I can't get it past Mach 1. There's something else in the flight model that's stopping it. It's still tremendous fun. Mig-23s jump me while I'm attacking fuel tanks. I just calmly blow the snot out of the tanks, light the burner and catch the Flogger before he knows what's happening. He can't accelerate nearly that fast and he can't out maneuver me either. He's doomed. Once, I smashed the fuel tanks, obliterated the hanger, strafed the parked aircraft, and downed 4 Mig-23s. Then the Air Force showed up. Landed back at base and it was Miller Time. -
Yep I Did Do This...
ShrikeHawk replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I guess I'm just a rocker. I really only like the lead in this song, so that's why this video show's a guy covering the lead. Sorry. I can't remember how to attach videos. :( -
F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
That is an outstanding point. Scheisse. I simply assumed advanced jets (60s and later) all had a flying tail. Honestly, that's mind-boggling. I didn't expect that. It makes sense though, if they never expected the Skyhawk to break the sound barrier. I have to say that A-4M (even without "what If" modification) is just outstanding. It gets up to 500 kts in a blink. Armed with Sidewinders it's a serious Fresco-Killer. -
Dodging carriers
ShrikeHawk posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Sometimes, when I'm trying to land at home base on a carrier, the bloody thing starts dodging me! It goes into a hard turn to the right or left. Carrier landings are difficult enough when your home starts running away from you. Is there a way to fix this? -
Dodging carriers
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Nice. That makes sense. Thank you! -
NK's going after our files? Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war! Time to launch the drones, and destroy the most precious thing in Kim Jung Un's arsenal...his cheese factory.
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Newbie's plight
ShrikeHawk replied to tselepides's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Nick, If you are running Windows 7, the "Mod" Folder is located in C:\users\<username>\Saved Games\Thirdwire\<game installed> Where, if you log into your computer as "Nick" you would see C:\users\Nick\Saved Games\Thirdwire\<game installed> (bolded for emphasis) And Where if you installed Strikefighters2 NorthAtlantic you would see - C:\users\Nick\Saved Games\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic And/Or if you installed Strikefighters2 Israel you would see - C:\users\Nick\Saved Games\Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 Israel The folders StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic or Thirdwire\StrikeFighters2 Israel are the Mod folders. It's where you put your downloads. But when you look in these folders, things might be confusing. If you dowloaded Green Hell 3.5, you were told to put the file in the "Terrains" folder. You get to the StrikeFighters2 Vietnam folder and you can't find the Terrains folder. What gives? The game uses a default file structure that you cannot see. So you simply create the folder, "Terrains" and anything you put there will be used by the game instead of its internal default. You download Stary's SARCASM 1.5 and are told to put the files in the "Flight" folder. You look in StrikeFighters2 Israel and there isn't a "Flight" folder. Same thing again. Just create an empty folder named "Flight" and put the files inside. You will see the changes when you play the game. Hopefully this helps. -
Love it. Just focus that sucker on the cans of diesel fuel in the pirate's skiff. Should make a mighty nice kaboom.
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I guess when someone is no good at all at fighting REAL military men, they must resort to killing children to get their jollies. Pakistan thought it was cute to tell the US that they couldn't help fight the Taliban living inside their border. Now their chickens have come home to roost. Their "tolerance" for the Taliban has a cost. A terrible one. I feel awful for the children and the parents of the children. This is a tragedy. No one in any country should be forced to experience this. I hope we keep the drones operating with a token force left behind. I really want to GET these b@st@rds more than ever.
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F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
I just now located the A-4M_78. I wanted the uprated Marine version from the beginning, and now I have it. The A-4M is already awesome without a super-engine, but I'll still try planting the F404 in it and see what happens. -
If only Maverick & Goose had flown the F-14B/D
ShrikeHawk replied to MigBuster's topic in Military and General Aviation
That's very well written and researched, MB. A great and informative post. :) -
F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
I think I'll give it a whirl anyway. Could be fun. Thanks! -
F/A-4E MigDaddy
ShrikeHawk replied to ShrikeHawk's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
Seems like somebody moved the topic. Sorry if I put it in the wrong place.