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I can see the "chaff" dispenser becoming a popular add-on accessory for those who must commute during heavy rush-hour traffic.

Of couse, that's true of any radar-guided AAM or SAM. Are you having issues acquiring airborne targets? This informative thread should help (though the vector display RWR shown is an SF2-series-only feature): http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2343&start=0

Active homing missiles (such as the Phoenix, AMRAAM and R-77) are equipped with their own radar sets, and only require initial targeting data from the launch aircraft. After that, they will track a target on their own.

Yes....don't use the widesky overcast settings, as they cause clipping.

The anology that comes to mind is "pretty, but stupid". Graphics are nice, but you need real computing power to run a simulator (even a "lite" one ), as opposed to an arcade game, which is what consoles are best suited for.

I've always simply hovered the mouse pointer over the model (in 3d Max, of curse) and taken the min and max measurements in the x, y,and z coordinates, for the various components, and used those coords in the data.ini.

In a word, no. Intel CPUs have had thermal protection (throttling) in hardware, since 2000. Besides, the CPU could not overheat until it started loading the OS. Here's a video of one running in windows (albeit at 1.2 GHZ), sans any cooling at all:

Are you serious? The SF A-10 is probably overmodeled if anything, as it sustains higher G-loads in-game, than an F-4 Phantom could at the same airspeed. And, its instantaneous turn rate seems to be close to published data. Of course, I can settle this in the time it takes me to send an email to someone who has both access to the game, and a ton of stick-time in the A-10. Video under hard flight mode, with no external stores: Hog.wmv

look at the specs, JM. That processor will NOT overheat, even if one were to remove its heatsink.

The A-10's roll rate is purported to be well in excess of 270 degrees per second. Watch this video:

If it was the CPU, he would not even get as far as the splash screen, JM. Remember the POST cycle: CPU, Video, RAM, etc. The beep sequence for HPs since 2001 is: 1 Long Beep: Memory problem 1 Long, then 2 Short Beeps: Video error 1 Long, then 3 Short Beeps: Video error

Are you implying that they are falconing, or even sparrowing, instead?

Check the RAM modules again. It sounds like they are not properly seated.

And a Happy New Year to all...

Happy birthday, Brian!

Actually, that model HP sports an ASUS P5LP-LE motherboard: http://www.esaitech.com/cgi-bin/showimg.pl?url=/objects/catalog/product/image/img476921.jpg

You did not give us much to work with, other than mentioning that it's an HP. Is it a notebook? A desktop? When a PC's first powered up, it goes through the POST cycle (Power On Self-Test). First, the CPU initializes, and looks to the system's ROM BIOS for instructions which are stored in CMOS. These instructions direct it to find a video adapter, set bus clock speeds, and then check for installed RAM. Then it queries other harware addresss, such as the keyboard controller, drive adapters, ports, etc. Normally this activity is displayed on the monitor during the POST and boot cycles, but some PC manufacturers (HP,Dell,Acer, etc) hide this behind a splash screen....dumb idea, as now one doesn't really know at which point in the cycle the unit is hanging up at. If I were to take a guess, I'd say try reseating your system's RAM modules and and add on cards (Video, Sound, etc.)

Yes, you should listen to Kevin because he's quite familiar with the whole process. Isn't that right, Mr. Gsh-301, errrr, I meant Wrench...OK?

Is this the effect that you were trying to achieve, Xclusive?

That's it....'21F/'21PF/'21MF-early-21bis

The only authentic cockpits, are those by Paladrian for the various MiG-21 variants. The others are substitutes.