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F2J-GN Super Fury on board of german carrier Graf Zeppelin in mid 1960th.

In a german forum i found a description of the MiG-21PFM cockpit: (You need to register to see the attached pictures and all is writen in german language.) https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/mig-21-cockpiterklaerung.44630/ There is to find: 1 Geschwindigkeitsanzeige, der am Staurohr "eingefangene" Luftdruck wird ins Gerät weitergeleitet und über Druckdose(n) mechanisch an den Zeiger weitergegeben. 2 Kurs - (Kreisel) Anzeige: erhält elektrisch die Daten des Mutterkompasses im Seitenleitwerk 3 Radarhöhenmesser: misst mit elektromagnetischen wellen die Distanz zwischen Flieger und Boden. Benutzt hauptsächlich bei geringen Höhen 4 Künstlicher Horizont 5 barometrischer Höhenmesser: misst den das Flugzeug umgebenden Luftdruck 6 Variometer: zeigt steigen oder sinken des Fliegers an. Zusätzlich hier noch ein integrierter Wendezeiger 7 Kraftstoffanzeige (Durchflussmenge) 8 - Kommandosteuergerät Lasur ... zur Übertragung von Leitkommandos 9 Machmeter 10- "Zweizeigergerät" Druck Hydraulikhaupt- und verstärkersystem 11- "T10" - Leuchtfelder für diverse Ausfall- bzw. Statusanzeigen 12 Triebwerksdrehzahl n1/n2 in % 13 T4 Abgastemperatur des Triebwerks 14 Uhr 16 Schmierstoffdruck 17 Bordspannung 18 T4 Leuchtfelder 19 Notabwurf Anhängungen " Nr.8 is the instrument you are looking for. It is the LAZUR command data link display. I think the game engine can't handle it.

IIRC it is the "display" of the LASUR command data link. But i will ask some guys who know it better than me.

The ukrainian Abrams have no armour plates made by depleted uranium. Thats true. But depleted uranium is not much better than steel, when attacked with HEAT warheads. And drones with HEAT warheads are the most dangerous enemy of a modern tank in Ukraine.

For the Ukraine terrain we have western tanks, like Abrams, Leo1 and 2, in the basic shape, as they are used in the western military. I the last year the ukrainians found out, that the armour protection of this tanks was not good enough to defeat russian ATGM or bigger drones, like the Lanzet. Thatswhy they fitted the tanks with Kontakt 1 ERA blocks from soviet times. Here some photos: This Abrams was captured some day ago in Sumy region. It has ERA blocks on the turret front and sides, but no side skirt. This captured Abrams has massive thick side skirts. So does the Abrams look with ERA and folded turret cage, short after delivery Here a sideview with unfolded cage. Good to see is the massive side skirt. Leopard 2 with ERA blocks on turret and side skirts. Nice to see the anti drone jammer antennas on the turret roof. Perhaps one of our talented modders could make Abrams and Leo 2 models in 2025 standard.

Chicago Midway International Airport (WIP)

Black planes mean, that the skins are not available. The reason can be, that there are no files in the folder or the files have the wrong format (jpg instead bmp or so). This can happen if you try to use a first generation (WoV) plane in SF2 world.

ПР (Пуск Разрешен) came with the MiG-29, Su-27 fighter families. The earlier radars had IIRC a lamp that gave the signal "lock on" and "ready to fire". Edit: The following photo is taken from an east german book. Point 3 in the diagram is the "green lamp", i mentioned. The same book said, that in the Radar screen of the MiG-21 the signal Пуск was readable, when the target was in weapon range.

Downtown.

Butterfly on Phacelia blossom. Phacelia is a plant which come originally from Greant Plaines in North America, but is now used as bee pasture in Germany. Red butt bumblebee. Honey bee. Polistinae, or how we call it in Germany Feldwespe (field wasp).

And touch down.

Always think positive and hope for the best.

MiG-21F-13M2 The MiG-21F-13M2 was an upgrade program made by East Germany and Czechoslovakia. The maiden flight was in 1978. It was developed to counter the F-16 and to bridge the time till MiG-29 arriving. The Czech were responsible to integrate leading edge flaps and two additional hardpoints on the wings. They also installed the R-25-300 engine, which had the same dry thrust as the older R-13-300, but the afterburner gave 69 kN and it had a special dogfight regime which gave enormous 97.1 kN thrust for 5 minutes. With this thrust the MiG-21F-13M2 accelerates faster as any other fighter plane in Europe. With the new designed wing and the strong engine the maneuverability of the plane was dramatically increased. The East Germans integrated a small but powerfull radar in the nose cone, which had a maximum detection range of 45 km and were able to detect a fighter size target at 22 km. They gave this bird the ability to carry a SPS-141 jamming pod. And they integrated the R-60 missile into the weapon system. In the late 1980th the missile R-73 became part of the weapon system. At the same time the plane was fitted with a helmet mounted sight for the pilot. Positive was: The plane was agile, nimble and highly maneuverable. It accelerated very fast and had a very good climb speed. Negative was: The plane had a short range and a short flight time. It was not able to use radar guided missiles.

YF-110 Fishbed-C over Chicago

Strange thing, the CollisionMesh does not work. And i don't know why. Here one of the entries in the types.ini: [TargetType116] Name=Hochhaus1_100m FullName=Skyscraper ModelName=Hochhaus1.lod TargetType=CITY_BUILDING ActiveYear=0 TargetValue=-100 UseGroundObject=FALSE DamagePoint=100.0 ArmorValue=30000.0 ArmorType=1 RepairRate=0.050 StartDetectChance=80 StartIdentifiedChance=20 IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0 CollisionMesh=Hochhaus1.lod <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< the same lod as in ModelName MaxVisibleDist=18000.0 DamagedModel= DestroyedEffect=LargeOilFire DestroyedModel=Hochhaus1.lod SecondaryEffect=LargeExplosionEffect SecondaryChance=10 And the result is, that i still can fly through the building without damaging the plane. Screenshot shows, that the right wing of the plane is scratching the skyscraper Second screenshot shows, that the plane is not damaged. Strange thing.

F-4J(UK) ready for take off.

I have a strange problem with the skyscraper buildings. I can destroy them by bombing them, but when i use unguided rockets or gunfire, i'm shooting through the building. I also can fly trough the building without damaging the plane or the building. Has someone an idea, how i can salve this problem?

And touch down!

MiG-23FA MiG-23FA is a dogfight optimized version of the Flogger. It has no swing wings, but swept wings with a sweep of 38° leading edge. By omitting the swing wing the plane was made one ton lighter. By selecting the 38° wing sweep, the danger of flat spinning that occurs with the 45° sweep was avoided. Two additional hardpoints under the wings were installed. Negative points were the lower top speed of Mach 1.7 and the higher landing speed compared with the swing wing Floggers. Positive were better agility, bigger weapon load and easier handling behaviour. The MiG-23FA was made for the soviet Frontline Aviation (FA) and was comparable with the latest Mirage F.1 versions.

At the moment i use the building LOD as destroyed model too. The big fire, i think, is a good indicator for destruction of a skyscraper. For a completly destroyed skyscraper i would need a completly new destroyed model, in the shape like the debris of the Twin Towers of NY on 9/11. On the other hand, if you look at the Ukraine, how stable modern buildings are and how difficult to destroy them completly. Sometimes they look so, as a short cleaning, new windows and a little bit paint would be enough that people could live again in this buildings. Thatswhy i will use the Hochhaus.LOD file as destroyed model.

Yes. They can be destroyed. As destroyed effect i use LargeOilFire effect. Because since 9/11 we know, that a skyscraper will not fall into debris immediately, but is burning for a long while. The screenshot is showing 2 skyscrapers burning after hit by 3 bombs M117 each.

Captured by Israel, flown as YF-110 by the USAF.

For the downtown tile i used amixture between skyscraper TOD objects and a target area with skyscraper LOD objects. This gives me the chance to change the skyline of different cities. The TOD obejcts will be the same in every city, the LOD buildings can be set by free. The bluish buildings are LOD objects, the greyish buildings are made by TOD.

Downtown Chicago, USA, Michigan terrain (WIP)