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Yeh its a little tedious but making your own templates can be fun... Plus you can do it for odd aircraft...

Nice shots, looks like you got it wet. I took over 1500 images, so i have a few to review. I'll post some up when i've processed some. It was nice and dry on the saturday...

I keep getting Mig 19's departing normal flight in dog fights. Also when i'm clod busting in A-4's i usually get a Mig 17 or two decide that life isnt worth living and plough into the ground when they try to engage me...

I'm going to be there on the Saturday. Anyone else going? I cant wait to get some pics of the Vulcan!

When you say roll, do you mean Longitudinal (Roll left/right)? From the above i assume your mean your not playing with the vectored thrust AT ALL? Could you have an oddly configured axis (rx/ry) on your vector controls in the controls screen?

I've done a lot of testing with the harriers in SF2:E, are you talking VTO or STO? In VTO I get no issues, nor with STO. However I have had odd issues with VTL, with the plane flipping out at improbable rates of turn.

Answering my own question but it may help others, XHOTAS seems to cover the X36 X45 and X52. I'll try it when i have a moment and report on it.

Nice to see another user... not one of these young fly boys with an X45 or 52 ;) Out of interest what software do you use with it? Since i "upgraded" to XP x64 and i cant find anything with which to program it. So most of the time its in "dumb" mode.

I'm still using my almost 9 year old sticks, and wondered if anyone here still have any of these venerable bits of hardware.

Hmm dont get this in SF2/V/E are you running original SF1? which patch? Can you see the texture bmp in the squadron's folder?

I guess AA and MANPAD's are too cheap and advanced for that. Nice to see the Jag is still getting used, I guess its a stop gap for something home grown? I liked the jag, my only nits were the small high load wing and the thirsty engines. Though the high wing loading makes it stable at high speed and low level. The pics show some kind of LGB? But no designator?

I think it's due to the bucc's nickname the flying Banana. "Due to secrecy, the aircraft was called BNA (Blackburn Naval Aircraft) or BANA (Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft) in documents leading to the obvious nickname of "Banana Jet". (Other sources have described the initial project title as 'ARNA,' 'A Royal Navy Aircraft,' with Blackburn ARNA quickly becoming 'Banana'.)"

The engine does pretty well in the Hawk but i have no detail on 821. I assume its an afterburning model?

Oddly as a modder for some other games i always found people asking for updates as good. It meant that someone was interested in it and awaiting it. Obviously different people see things in different ways. I'm not asking "OI WHY HAVE YOU NOT SPENT EVERY WAKING MOMENT ON THIS MOD YOU GIT" or anything which should be construde in that manner. I'm only making sure people are aware i'm still interested. I wont post on this thread till its out then...

I have the figures in Knewtons...

The GR.7 seems to have a max take off weight VTO of "18,950 lb" http://www.military-aircraft.org.uk/jet-fi...harrier-gr7.htm Are quoted thrust figures wet or dry?

:P Thanks Dave...

Being in IT, editing an ini holds no fear, but out of interest what units is the ini in? Metric or Imperial? If its simple i'll extract it and give it ago.

If i read right total thrust must be at least in the ratio of 1.1-1.2/1 to achieve vertical take off. So GR.1 Empty: 12,190 lb Internal Fuel: 630.21 Gallons = 4285lb Total = 16445lbs Thrust of Rolls-Royce Pegasus 101 turbofan 19,000 lbf + 1,000 lbf from reaction stabilisers. = 1.21 to internal weight. So the GR.1 "should" be able to VTO with max internal fuel.

The Kawasaki C-1, it is a little dumpy but has given good service to my knowledge over the years. Isn't it due for replacement?

Wow with then phasing out their Mig 23's etc i thought the Jag's would be next, but their upgrading them? I'm surprised.

Two weeks? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFWwe5F8cDE

Interesting KB, so my question stands, is the Harrier GR.1 underpowered in game? Also bob's GR.7 (not a crit of the plane it flies great) as the GR.3 can VTO with rockets in game! I can live with STO but it would be nice to VTO if i want/need to. Anyone else noticed that the engine (game) really has issues with the harrier when it comes to VL, i had a nice slow but steep approach. I was comming in at about 70kts and an angle of about 70 degrees. My speed dropped to 60kts and the harrier suddenly span on its Z axis 90 degrees with no rudder input! I was expecting some wallow not to be suddenly be pointing in the wrong direction! Then it flipped over on the X axis! I'll see if i can repeat it and record it.

Ok done some testing. After patching. GR.1 Can VTO (just) with 75% Fuel and 0% ammo. GR.3 Can VTO with authority with 100% fuel and ammo (i didnt try this aircraft last night). GR.7 Can VTO (JUST!) with 75% fuel and no weapons!

Thanks KB. I thought it was possible but not usual (having seen footage of GR.3's in the Falklands doing VTO with fuel and rockets). Now back to my original question, why cant i go vertical with no weapons and only 75% fuel in game? This is with the GR.1 and GR.7