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Just a few comments on the a-10 video. Fist I would like to say the rez was not good enough for me to see much of the HUD so most of my observations are on the video itself and some interesting things I noticed. Whoever was flying the Hog in the video I loved the way you were flying cover for your wingman before rolling-in to do your attack , that was real world tatices in action! I also noticed it was number two doing the attack so there must be a way to tell the AI which target to hit, either in mission builder of during flight, that makes me feel good. I also like the way the Mavericks “go high” after launch and dive on the target, nice realistic touch. I did notice the TVM was blank after launching the maverick where it should be showing “snow” or the video from the remaining mavs, maybe this is not implemented yet but it would be nice to see static after the mav is launched. I wish the video would have stayed in the cockpit a little longer when firing the Avenger, I would have liked to see what it looked like from the pit. I love the GAU-8A smoke but I wish is was a little darker or.. dirtier ..I think it’s just to clean and white. Also IMHO I would like to see the tracers taken out, the A-10 only used them during gun tests but I understand some may like them to help “tweak” their aim. In the real Hog the gun piper is all you need because that is where the rounds are going to hit, and it would be nice to see smoke when I pull the trigger, a second of “silence”, then watch as the rounds pepper the target like CBU bomblets! I would have also liked to have seen the HUD vibrate during gun fire but Andy Bush and I beat that horse to death a few months ago LOL. The bomb drop was cool and I loved the video, everything above is just MHO... Can’t wait to get my hands on the Warthog! :D :D

Sorry about the slow responce time from me but they are working on the phone lines in my area and I can't get on the net from home... hopefully this will only last another weeek or so! :( I don't know if #2 was AI or Matt but like I said.. it looked cool the way they did it! :shock:

Good ones Chief, I got a big smile out of those! :D BTW here's one I made right after 9/11

Hehehe don't even give them the cover of darkness!

...and here's some pics of the real thing in Afgan-land taken through NVGs...

I may start some crap with this one but hey, it's a slow day! :D "Flying The F-22 Raptor During the recent Air Armament Summit sponsored by Eglin Air Force Base and held at the Sandestin Hilton I was fortunate enough to get a tour in a mock-up of the F-22 by Dick Mather of Lockheed Martin. I must begin by sharing my dated flying experience so you can appreciate the paradigm shift I went through. I flew in F-4 Phantoms through the mid-80s and afterwards the most state-of-the art aircraft I had the opportunity to fly in was an F-15 during a Cope Thunder mission in the Philippines. The F-4 like many aircraft of its era has the more common radar scope and instrumentation most of us are familiar with (that round dial gauges we inherited from steam engines). Many round dials incorporating primarily analog technology and the radar using relatively low-tech sweep and tilt with targets as mere blips. Notable improvements in radar certainly followed in the F-15. After the typical fighter pilot bonding ritual we jocks go through - where you been stationed, what did you fly, do you know Joe Blow, yada, yada, yada etc. I stepped into the cockpit. Ok, well not a real one, the seat was more like it was purloined from a car. Remember here….they want my full attention and not to be distracted by cockpit accouterments. The mock up was not a flying simulator per se. It didn’t have full instrumentation nor did it move. The primary focus was the simulation of the heads-up weapons and communications displays. Most of the orientation was focused on the throttle and side-stick functionality. Each had numerous buttons and switches. Reminded me of the reference the F-15 guys made to their similar set up. They referred to it as “playing the piccolo” due to the dexterous finger actions necessary to target, interrogate and sort. But if working the F-15 target system is akin to playing the piccolo, I felt like I was playing 3rd Oboe and my music had fallen to the floor. The maestro raised his baton and all of a sudden I was screaming along at mach 1.3 in military power! I couldn’t help but wonder what it would have done full out and figured I wouldn’t ask as it might be classified. Dick is an old fighter jock as well and had flown both the F-4 and the F-15. He said, “Do you recall the acceleration power of the F-15 when you had your ride in it?” I recalled that I do remember being able to accelerate going straight up. “Ok, add 40% more to that for the Raptor!” At that point I figured that the only reason my hand was on the throttle was to learn to fight with this powerful beast and that no matter where I was going I was going to go there fast. The adage “speed is life” has found a new level. However if “speed is life” than “stealth insures it.” The stealthy aspects were dramatically illustrated. We began with a 2 F-22 versus 4 SU-27 set up. We allowed sufficient distance so that I could get comfortable with the mechanisms on the throttles on the stick. The multiple flat panel radar displays allow one to call up any display as the primary one with the simple finger touch. The pilot can automatically set up the radars in the manner which the pilot deems best for his situation. The target symbology display is very powerful in it simplicity. You see the battle airspace from a top-down perspective. Hostile aircraft are red dots, friendly aircraft are green, unknowns are yellow and your wingman is blue. But wait there’s more……I can see if any of my wingman are emanating radar energy (remember, once you transmit either radar or communications you are at risk of being detected and you mitigate the stealth advantage). A small symbol shaped like a dish shows up to indicate RF radiation. However, (this is where it gets very interesting) it is also possible to detect RF radiation from an enemy aircraft and project the approximate distance upon which you might be detected. The red enemy dot symbol will exhibit a fan of radiation that extends out to the approximate range upon which it should be able to detect. Now before we begin to target and shoot anything Dick shows my graphically what my situation would be if I had exhibited the radar cross section of an F-15 instead of an F-22. With a flip of a switch I am all of a sudden inside the radar range of the SU-27s. Now it is matter of who has the first look, and hopefully the first shot. The stealthiness of the F-22 allowed me the critical first look and first shot before the SU-27 even saw me. Controlling the radar is simply achieved without having to take hands from throttle or stick. A crosshair can be moved easily around the scope to interrogate and/or target other symbols. Even targeting and sorting within a flight of 4 hostile aircraft is simplified by a simple lever action with my left index finger. The simplicity of the weapons control has taken into account the need to fight under extreme g-forces. Moving a finger but a quarter inch under 9gs is better than having to move a hand or other limb. A key element of the fire control system is the incorporation of a common integrated processor, or CIP, manufactured by Hughes Aircraft. This computer system is a next-generation, integrated suite of signal and data processors that serve as the aircraft's computer brain. It is a key element in providing the F-22 with its unique war-fighting abilities. It ties together the entire signal and data processing thus giving pilots a single, integrated understanding of their in-flight situations. We approach the range for the AIM 120 and I fire on the leader. How do I know when to shoot? Because it tells me so with a “Shoot” symbol. And within a few seconds I can engage the other targets and fire as well. The next scenario is a 2 F-22 versus 8 SU-27s. Not the type of odds that a non-stealthy F-15 flight would want to take on unless they had some superior tactical advantage. But with the stealth mode my wingman and I have a clear picture of the tactical situation and now just where we stand with respect to being detected the whole time. Oh by the way, I don’t need to get a fuel check from #2, I can get it via special communications interface and get his fuel and weapons status on my display. Our two aircraft are unseen as we approach the enemy and we are able to fire first shots before being detected, a critical advantage for the F-22. It is an aerial warfighting axiom that the aircraft with the first look will have the odds stacked overwhelmingly in their favor. After the engagement we reset the simulator for an air-ground mission. You thought the F-22 was purely air-air? The Raptor has multiple weapons configurations that reside inside internal weapons bays. It can carry two Joint Direct Attack Munitions as well as its air-air armament. In this flying scenario we approached a target area from 40,000 feet. Facing an imposing array of surface to air threats depicted on the display I am also presented with symbology depicting the likely threat radius of the missile. The stealthy qualities of the aircraft shrink the threat radius significantly and allows the aircraft to ingress through the seams. Again, Dick flipped the switch to show me what a non-stealthy aircraft would face and the display clearly put me in harm’s way and diverting my attention to performing evasive maneuvers and countermeasures. The F-22 integrated weapons system, its powerful performance and its stealth qualities make it the dominant force in the skies. I was admittedly smitten with its capabilities and commented that about the only thing it didn’t do was after shooting down an enemy aircraft it didn’t email the pilot’s family to inform them of his unfortunate encounter. Therefore I constructed a mock email as if the F-22 did something like this and sent it to the guys at Lockheed-Martin. **************************** From: Raptor02@lmco.com To: robowski@hotmail.com cc: Subj: So Now You’re A Bereaving Family Dear Ms Robowski & Family THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL GENERATED BY THE INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS AND WEAPONS SYSTEM OF THE F-22 RAPTOR. Thirteen seconds ago your: ( ) Husband (X) Son ( ) Boyfriend ( ) Other Was shot by Raptor02 operating with total dominance of the skies. His status is: (X) Dead – blew up in fireball ( ) Ejected and drifting to ground ( ) Unknown He may be picked up or his remains collected at coordinates N352345 W1172403 47 seconds from the timestamp of this msg. This automated response is sent as a courtesy. Suggest you forward this to those that have failed to comprehend the sheer power of this aircraft. To be removed from this email list and all future mailings forward this email to your military and civilian leadership and type “Stand Down All Aircraft” in the subject line. A bereavement floral arrangement has also been ordered online and should arrive within 2 days. Raptor02 pilot (callsign Shadow) extends condolences. Have a Nice Day" LOL :)

Matt says no video this week but a big one next...with the A-10!! :shock: :D http://forums.ubi.com/messages/message_vie...mac_gd&id=zyrzk

pathetic amount of flyable planes.....unbelivable statment! :D How many woul...no, no, I'm going to leave this one alone. As Madjeff said, this is the LOMAC section.

Here's one site... http://www.powmiaff.org/screensaver.html

Hi BBQ..welcome aboard! :D

Most of the activity is on the LOMAC boards tonight with the release of all the screenshots and system specs today. 8)

Happy you liked the card, I think we may be putting a lot of these "on target" soon! :D

..added spice to all the sim forums I visit! Right now there is a debate over whether it’s a sim or game, whether it’s going to be hard-core or a “survey” sim/game and I can’t count the number of threads I’ve read on which aircraft is the best the F-whatever or the MIG-whatever. Sometimes I get caught-up in the frenzy and the threads either make me mad or I get a good chuckle from them. Whatever you think LOMAC will be one thing is for sure, it’s taken eastern (Flanker) and western (Falcon4/F-18 ) hard-core and survey simmers, and graphics V playability and mixed them together in one large pot! I don’t know who will come out on top when the dust settles but one thing’s for sure, no one will be completely happy and some will feel they have been screwed! I think I will go to my local computer store today and pick-up another kind of game…sim…first person shooter…O’whatever strikes my fancy and leave all the debates alone for a while. I’m off all next week so will not be posting much but I will be around in the background watching…2003 is going to be a very interesting year and I shudder to think what the forums will be like the first week of LOMAC’s release! :shock: :shock:

Sorry this is Dice-man a friend of Dice...has anyone seen his mind here? He has lost it and can't find it..anywhere? No, OK if you see it can you let me know at.. http://hogpen1.tripod.com THANKS :D *bumps into wall* Sorry.... now what happen there I didn't even see that wall! :roll: http://forum.a-10.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2302 http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bb...TML/005850.html

I also see they are "tweaking" the A-10 3D model, can anyone spot a couple of small changes from earlyer shots of the Hog? :twisted:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New dear....Year to everyone here! :shock:

OK Boomer don't blow my cover here! :shock: welcome aboard and talk about whatever strikes your fancy! :D

Have go guys hear this one...funny stuff!!! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/bruceirving_music.htm

I love the wallpapers on the ACC website but they are only in 800X600 resolution and I would like to see at least 1024X768. I emailed the Webmaster before (about a year ago) but he said they didn’t want to change the resolution at that time. I would like to reengage and thought you guys/gals might like to help. There’s some great talent there and to have all those wallpapers to choose from each month would be great! If you would like to help please take the time an email the webmaster at the ACC site and request they increases the size of their wallpapers. Here’s a link to the wallpapers section so you can see just what I’m taking about and I’m also including an example of the work which can be found there! http://www2.acc.af.mil/gallery/contest/vote.asp

All from the UK show... :shock: http://www.lo-mac.com/screenshots.php

Injun that is great! :D Children are fun (most of the time) and enjoy the time they are small...it don't last long! :shock:

I will be TDY to Langley AFB VA. all this week if anyone sees a post in the Warthog section (I will put a sticky up but sometimes people don't look) let them know I will be back on Sunday...see yall later! :)

I hate it for the guys looking forward to flying this aircraft because i know how I would feel if it had been the Hog! :( I do understand why they did it but it doesn't made it any eaiser... http://forums.ubi.com/messages/message_vie...mac_gd&id=zzgkh

That's for sure! :shock: You should see a Hog after firing a few thousand rounds of 30mm! :shock: As a Crew Chief the first thing you do when you walk-out to your aircraft in the morning is look at the ground under the plane as you approch it for any large puddles of liquid. That's the best way to find major leaks... Low tech I know but it works! 8)