sophocles

Guys I almost had it. I used dtmdragons idea to set up the pylons as Fuel tanks and everything was working fine untill I went beyond the "magic" number of only 6 StationGroupIDs available .. Is there any way to get around this 6 number for StationGroupIDs? I happened across this in one of my forum searches by Wrench.. "..yes, you can have a 7th station, if you want something permantently loaded. Can't remember what plane we used it on, but it did work iirc.." Can anyone help? One idea I've had is the refueling probe; does anyone know If it can be attached in a way other than setting it up as a weapon (I'd save a stationgroupid right there)???? However I liked the fact that the game user could select it in the weapons option menu and not have to fly with it on always.. Really appreciate any help!!!!

I have no idea; anyone know?? The caption for the photo says "..and a friendly "zap" bulldog from a Marine attack squadron adorn the F-5 flown by Challen "Choni" Irvine.." What is meant by the word "zap"?

That's interesting; would the pylons retain their regular pylon abilities (carrying ordnance)? I'd really need some more details dtmdragon; could you provide some of the code that would make this possible? Thanks much!!

..that's better! Thanks Nyghtfall

Actually Nyghtfall you're quite right! VMA Bulldogs was 223 .. looks like there's some editing to be done in someone's future..

Hello Gentlemen, I've been having fun researching the Skoshi Tiger programme and have tracked down most of the pilots in the "provisional" 4503rd Tactical Fighter Squadron- and have assigned their names as decals on the aircraft.. and have also added decals for some "outliers" including this particular aircraft which "borrowed" nose art from a marines Skyhawk aquadron! Not long to go now; would've been great to add a little more authentic capability to the F-5C, like the ability to jettison all weapon pylons; but this just isn't possible in game. I've got the documentation left to do now and it should be ready soon ..

..and the VNAF represented too .. 522nd Fighter Squadron 1967..

Hopefully I can find time to finish these off by the end of summer..

I second this wholeheartedly .. shadows in the cockpit would be a dream come true!!! Glad to see you posting again Stary

Nam, 1966..

I just received this gem from ravenclaw_007 .. " ..about the replaced displacement gyros in the F-5C , it does not mean that the ADI in the cockpit was replaced it is just the gyros in the avionics bay ( a black box ) what makes me more curious is what extra formation lights where added to the aircraft and are this lights now standard to all F-5A i know from experience by starting up my CH-53 that sometimes the ADI does not come up and is hanging to a side , that does not mean that the instrument is broken it is more likely that the displacement gyro in the avionics bay is hanging and has to be replaced , happens some time.." the mystery deepens! LOL

Hello Streakeagle. I had read the post some time ago. The photo is of the CF-5a cockpit (which is a wildly different animal). Although it is true that many of the reccomendations of the Skoshi program were implemented into the NF-5a(and CF-5a), no evidence exists that the cockpit of the F-5A and C differed. The only difference is the twin gyro (which may or may not have necessitated different instruments in the cockpit. The answer to this question would be key to solving the issue.

Unfortunately, though repeated in many sources, this piece of information is actually false. the F-5 didn't get a lead computing gunsight till the F-5E model (though the NF-5a and the CF-5a had quite complex gyro/not radar based lead computing capability) everything else however is accurate. (see below)

Hello all. Work is being completed on the F-5C external model and textures, but I really need some clarification on certain elements of the cockpit in this "C" model. I've yet to find any pictures/photographs on the net or in any of the F-5 books and publications that I have, depicting what the cockpit looked like. I know that the "C" avionics were essentially the same as the "A" except for the gyro (read the info above). Would anyone know If the use of the two-gyro platform mentioned in the text would necessitate a change in the attitude and direction gauges in the cockpit (from the "A")? I know it's a stretch, but someone may know. Thanks fellas! Sophocles

Yakarov79, that would be nice.

Thanks gentlemen. I thought as much, as I don't believe I've come across a plane in Strike fighters that can do this. Oh well, scratch one "feature"..

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Ok Gents, fuel probe is now selectable; what about the pylons? Is it possible to be able to jettison these as well (as we can do to drop tanks)? The F-5C, unlike the F-5a, had the ability to be able to eject all 5 weapon pylons in an emergency.. would love to be able to achieve this! Thanks in advance! Sophocles

Bloody Brilliant! thanks a lot Guuruu!!!

Excellent! That should be easy enough to do; thankyou Svetlin!

Hello all, I've been working on the Skoshi Tiger F-5C variant and will be requiring some help (I'll be asking in this thread) so If anyone can help with my questions, that would be great! First, how does one make a weapon pylon jettisonable? (I know I can do it for fuel tanks, but have no idea If it is possible to do with weapon pylons.) Second, Is it possible for the refueling apparatus to be included as a weapon (so that one can select it or not in the weapons selection menu in the game)? Thanks in advance for your help. Sophocles

Thanks Coupi; I realized that I'd inadvertantly made multiple installs, which ended up as a complete cluster f@%k on my machine. Have since cleared everything up and all's good in the world again!

Hello Gentlemen, I've just got round to installing the latest strike fighters all in one pack and some weird things are happening.. First, instead of the installer creating a mod folder in the "saved games" folder, it's creating one in the "my documents" folder.. Second, when i try to play the game, it loads but none of the keyboard commands stay assigned, so I can't even exit the game without ctr/alt/del; What on earth is happening!! I'm running windows 7 and it's a clean install. Some help would be greatly appreciated