ShrikeHawk

Oh yeah! I'd like to see China's CIWS shoot down a round flying in at Mach 10.

I'm wondering how much of this should be believed. The US CIWS fires 4,500 rounds per minute, so naturally the Chinese CIWS fires 10,000 rounds per minute. Our weapon is a 20mm, theirs is 30mm. It seems like China is saying, "oh yeah, well...well...Ours goes up to eleven!" As though they looked at our specs and decided, whether in reality or not, their weapon would do everything one better. Can anyone confirm or deny the Chinese specs in the link below? http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141211000100&cid=1101

Keep fighting the Good Fight, Falcon. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Joy to you and yours.

Santa Claus has been located with his new sleigh over Iceland... Merry Christmas everyone!

Like this? Yay! That's got it. Thank you!

How is everyone embedding videos? There used to be an embed button, but now I don't see it.

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">

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.

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.

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. :(

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.

Nice. That makes sense. Thank you!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

That's very well written and researched, MB. A great and informative post. :)

I think I'll give it a whirl anyway. Could be fun. Thanks!

Seems like somebody moved the topic. Sorry if I put it in the wrong place.

Yeah, I think the airframe would have to be modified (lengthened, widened) to accept the J57. It wouldn't look the same, but I don't have the ability to modify the 3D model. I think I'll try putting in the F404 (from the F-18, correct?). That would make a lot of sense. I like it! Most interesting. It would be an even more potent light attack aircraft. I would've expected Singapore to go with Korea's T-50 Golden Eagle. I believe that uses the F404. The light attack/fighter aircraft are very interesting as budget fighters with a lot of bang for the buck.

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