EricJ

That's some beautiful shit there, nice work!

Looks good!

Looking good!

File Name: [Fictional] Su-25T Ferris Scheme File Submitter: EricJ File Submitted: 15 May 2015 File Category: SU-25T Skins Su-25T “Ferris Scheme 4” This is a completely fictional scheme that uses the same FT markings from my previous European 1 scheme. It’s loosely based off an F-15C scheme that was developed by Heather Ferris during the 1980s when researching various schemes to confuse enemy opponents for future camouflage use. Click here to download this file

And a cheap false canopy: After this and some tweaks I'll upload it.

Dunno, i"ve launched quite a few Mavs and CBUs and I'm kllin left and right so... And this is while I'm piloting too so I don't think it's just AI modeling, I mean the screenies I posted in the screenshot thread was the worst I had suffered, so it's not like you don't get scratched and suffer, but yeah... it's a trend I've noticed in games like Battlefield and the like, the enemy stuff is so good while the BLUFOR stuff is shit sometimes, unless you mod it (Arma 3).

Current progress, having internets issues:

The most I've survived was the A-10 and the Su-25T though... I've gotten rocked hard by AAA and still managed to fly home... the Su-25T is a tough bird...

More work, and thanks to a couple people, got ModelViewer working again :):

Meh back into the gruove here after some Arma 3 work. Anyway, started on a "Ferris" Su-25T based off an F-15 design I found on my hard drive:

Just shaking off some rust:

I know man, but we're also not new to the DCS series (I've been flying since Flanker 2.0) so we understand... tha'ts why we're scratxhing our heads why it hasn't been fixed.

I think the point is that if the damage modeling was done conrectly for an AI aircraft then the 30mm GAU-8 would have shredded it compeletely by itself. Given that the Mi-8 isn't an armored helicopter it would have done some considerable damage, along with the two AIm-9 hits, which so far have no issue in bringing down an opposing fighter. And I concur with ironroad, it seems the gunners on combat vehicles have a "Sniper" ability to hit a moving target with ground fire. I've gotten pretty low and all of a sudden a BTR gunner is able to expertly shoot me dwnn... yeah, right.

Yeah one reason I fly DCS every once in awhile rather than the amount I used to. It was all cool at first but now? Just waiting for them to fix shit will put me in my legal retirement age bracket. So yeah, DCS is fun and cool but yeah, I don't see any rush to play it anymore.

Me: F/A-18F EPE Block II with 4 x AIM-9X, 6 x AIM-120D, gun, tank Opposition: Rafale M F3 with IR and Radar MICA Bout 1: Bout 1 started fairly typical, me coming from behind and entered in a very quick energy circle. I can say that the FM of the Rafale isn't UFO-like, it's just very good at the knife-fight turns. So I decided that this wasn't going to be easy (and didn't expect it to be really) and I'd have to work for this kill. I decided to go vertical and lost him visually (small plane) and therefore didn't know his real position even though I had the padlock going. From what I think happened he simply managed to pull his nose on me quicker than expected and managed to spike me with a MICA IR in the face... Bout 2: Same setup before and had to well... get a 1/1 streak anyway, so learning from my mistake I entered the same energy circle, this time not using burners but using the agility of the Super Hornet to it's advantage, keeping my turns smaller but still keeping the burner going when needed. At the start by doing this I managed to try and "cut off" the Rafale from maintaining a circle and evading me and opening him up for me to take a shot. Well after nearly blacking out (again) I managed to stay with him for both (mindful that going vertical wouldn't be a good thing against this aircraft). Afrer the second circle he got a bit tired of it and tried to extend and come around. At this point I decided to take a shot (really good position for one, why not take it?) and so one 9X left the rail and shot him down. Also a reminder to keep ready to manever should your missile not connect. Having already figured it out from beforehand kept me ready for maneuveirng as he ejected flares and failed to decoy the missile. Takeaways: The Rafale isn't a joke and you need to keep and maintain the energy fight as much as possible as well as keeping an eye on him and what he's doing and you need to be aggressive iwith it You may black out ("Lose sight, lose the fight") but using the padlock feature is highly recommended as without it the small size of the aircraft makes it harder to spot after a mile or two. Aggressively work him into your favored position, keep him out of a firing postion (don't discount the MICA's ability with JAT81500's updates!) and you'll be okay. Again Energy, Energy, Energy as it's a very high energy fighter and coming at always with full burner to maintain isn't always the best option, as it'll make you black out pretty fast as you try to compensate for it's maneuverabilty i a knife fight. Keep the burner ready as you'll need to gain advantage but sometimes taking it easy in the knife fight will keep you alive as you can have some to maneuver him away from shooting you. Again the MICAs are much better than previously (as evidenced by taking one in the face) so the newer versions by JAT81500s give it some teeth. And I'd highly recommend anything that has both high alpha (not so muich the Hornets but...) and push to maneuver, so an experenced Tomcat driver shouldn't have any issues when dealing with this fighter. It's a good aircraft and shouldn't be taken lightly when its your opponent in the WVR fight. And again be aggressive with it as the AI is very aggressive with this aircraft. Overall don't take i lightly.

I still have to do that Super Hornet vs. Rafale fight... been putting it off...

Good thing you're doing good man, and always beautiful weapon work...

Russouk2004... you remember how to setup ModelViewer to run? When I lost my laptop I havent' gotten around to it... as I totally forgot how...

Hahahahaha I got my Eels so it's all good

I've donated since I'm a Platinum Member...

After watching Interstellar I may want to go on a space trip....

The Rafale has nice lines and so on but I'm a Super Hornet Fan through and through :)

In all honesty both you and saisran has helped quite a bit as most know earlier gen fighters I use mainly for target practice, etc. So yeah I was pulling stick way too hard expecting some good high-alfpha maneuvers and... yeah And no help on the card issue saisran, I don't muck with campaigns at all anymore (or much of SF2 other than here of course) so may need to reinstall it? May fix the issue but so far I've noticed freezups when recording that regardless of outcome I never save.