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With regards to the performance and range of the AN/APG-66NZ radar in the project Kahu upgraded A-4K Skyhawks: Yes the radar dish/ antenna had to be made smaller to fit in the A-4 nose cone and normally that would result in a decrease in performance. HOWEVER the very cleaver people at Westinghouse (now Northrop Grumman) came up with a software modification/ upgrade specifically for the AN/APG-66NZ that prevented any decrease in range or performance due to the smaller antenna. The same software modification was also required to solve a few issues created by the length of wiring between radar components due to some of the radar components being located away from the nose in the fuselage avionics bay. Again this was due to the limited space in the nose. This information comes first hand from an ex RNZAF avionics specialist who I asked a bunch of questions when I did my A-4K Kahu mod for SF2. He spent his career in the RNZAF working on the radar and avionics systems of the post project Kahu A-4K. He has also recently co-authored a book on the A-4K in New Zealand service.

Great work!

Nice work!

Awesome work guys I for one appreciate every once of effort you put into this site and community!

I recently read a book about how in 1972 Buccaneers aboard HMS Ark Royal (R09) took part in a long range strike mission over British Hondura shortly before its independence to deter a possible Guatemalan invasion. The book also discussed the negative effects on the UK’s naval power with the scrapping of the Ark Royal and Eagle along with their conventional fixed-wing aircraft. So I thought to myself “I wonder how differently the Falklands campaign would have gone if the HMS Ark Royal (R09) and HMS Eagle (R05) had remained in service with thier Phantoms and Buccaneers?” So I decided to modify the Falklands Mod from here at CombatAce to use the HMS Ark Royal (R09) and HMS Eagle (R05) instead of the Hermes and Invincible. I replaced the Sea Harriers and GR.3 Harriers with F-4K Phantoms and S.2D Buccaneers. Because of the time that had elapsed from when these aircraft were withdrawn from Royal Navy Service and the Falklands war I updated them to the same standards as RAF Phantoms and Buccaneers were in 1982 including weapons capability. The difference was both obvious and devastating! The Phantoms absolutely dominated the air and gained complete air superiority with the use of BVR missiles and high speed intercepts. The all weather Buccaneers with their radar and larger weapons carriage were able to hit the Argentine forces on the island twice as hard as the Harries could. Their ECM pods and upgraded countermeasures/ RWR also gave them a higher survivability rate. The campaign was noticeably easier to complete and win than with the V/STOL carriers and aircraft. I wonder if Argentina would have thought again in 1982 if it knew it was going to be up against a conventional carrier force and air wing?

Yes I armed the Royal Navy F-4K Phantom with Skyflash missiles as RAF Phantoms were using them in 1982 and I updated the Royal Navy F-4K Phantoms to the same standard as the RAF Phantoms were in 1982

I am at the latest patch level (unfortunately) and my wingmen equipped with a gun pod and no internal gun will not use it in air-to-air combat, does anyone else have this issue? I am Using the AV-8B II Plus but have removed the internal gun and replaced it with removable gun pods linked to the gun pod nodes so I can have LID’s instead of the gun pods if I want etc. The LID’s are from the GR7

Love it! The griffen engined Spit has to be the most 'bad ass' air superiority fighter to come out of WWII

I had this problem and ended up having to re install the game(s) to stop it.

There is sort of a way around that. Add the gun/ cannon and gunner where it should be in terms of x,y,z position. Obviously there are no yaw or pitch model nodes etc. Create a copy of the gun/ cannon and rename it "xxxx_No_Fire_Effect" edit the copy of the gun by removing the 'fire effect.' This way you will have defensive guns firing but with no fire effect you won't have gun fire appearing randomly all over you ship which is what happens when the guns/ cannons are not linked to a yaw or pitch model node. I used this method for my 'what if' New Zealand Navy Essex class carrier: Objects.7z

Nice! Love special paint jobs on operational aircraft

I got lazy moving the rabbit hutch on to fresh grass last night and instead of taking the rabbits out I just pushed the whole hutch with them still in it. At the worst possible moment my 3 year old daughters mini lop popped out and got its foot caught under the hutch. In its panic to get its paw out it snapped its arm and had to be put to sleep. So now I am holding my crying three year old daughter who is the apple of my eye and doesn’t understand why the ‘animal doctor’ couldn’t fix her bunny or why it is gone forever. :-(

Im planning on going this weekend, very much looking foward to it!

Thats a good way to think of things, cheers mate.

Try the remove node method with the slimmer nodes? [AircraftData] Component[xxx]=remove1 Component[xxx]=remove2 [remove1] ParentComponentName=Nose <<<<<<<< Use the .out file to get the node and parent component names. ModelNodeName=sensors_02 <<<<<<<< DestroyedNodeName=sensors_02 <<<<<<<< DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE

2010 replacement for the Navalised A-4K Kahu and HMNZS New Zealand: http://combatace.com/topic/78246-royal-new-zealand-navy-fleet-air-arm-skyhawks/

I tend to fire in quick 1 second bursts one after the other to avoid the same problem. The longer your burst the more likely it is to jam. Jamming is related to the following line in the guns xxxx_data.ini file specific to that gun: Reliability=85.000000

No.6 Squadron A-4K Skyhawks embarked on HMNZS New Zealand (Essex Class) Aircraft Carrier: New paint jobs for the Skyhawks after thier 1988 Project Kahu upgrades:

Alright guys how about a Royal New Zealand Navy replacement aircraft and aircraft carrier for the Skyhawks and the HMNZS New Zealand? If we follow history and 'what nearly was' history we need a replacement by 2008- 2010 at the latest which was the original planned out of service date for the Skyhawks when they received the Kahu upgrade in 1988 (There was a Kahu II upgrade planned for around 2001 which never happened due to the planned F-16 replacement in early 2000 and then subsequent scrapping of the entire air combat wing.) Any Ideas? Don’t forget cost will be a major factor. I'm thinking the HMS Invincible with its GR.7/9 Harrier airwing would have been going cheapish around 2010.....