dtmdragon

Cool! Southern lights here in NZ at the beach a few years ago in May 2024. Not normally seen here in the North Island.

View File IAI Lavi DATA, LOADOUT, COCKPIT & AVIONICS update IAI Lavi DATA, LOADOUT, COCKPIT & AVIONICS update. I reworked the Data, Loadout, Cockpit and Avionics inis of angelp’s IAI Lavi V 0.9b to reflect an operational Lavi TC.1 aircraft. It is based on some extensive research over the last week on what the operational Lavi would have looked like in service. The two seat aircraft were to be fully combat capable and likely utilised for deep stike and SEAD like the F-16D and F-16I in Israeli service. I have also corrected the various entries in the data ini that were from the F-16 3D model such as the formation light positions etc. Changes: - Aircraft nomenclature changed to "Lavi TC.1" T= two seat C= canard aircraft .1= first iteration. - Almost all [FlightControl] figures to the results of the Lavi flight testing or program goals. - [DetectSystem] and [RadarData] radar performance in line with Elta EL/2032 information. - Empty Inertia figure from a Gemini AI calculation using TW Aircraft data plus CA forum information. - CG Position corrected. - Wing tip Vortex Emitters corrected to canard tips and wing tips. - Fuselage ‘Viper’ wing root Vortex Emitters correctly located. - Canopy opening animation fixed/ activated. - [Engine] wrong data corrected for PW1120, F15AfterburnerEmitter used. - All weapon station position, limits and types tweaked. - 600 Gal tank positions changed to that in photo of wind test model. - More accurate shape/ size fuselage 300 Gal tank added. - Internal fuel tank volumes corrected. - Countermeasure locations corrected. - Internal ECM added. - Bouncing on landing gear and wheels sinking into runway bugs fixed. - Formation and gear light positions corrected. - Changed HUD texture. - Loadout ini file overhauled to reflect Israeli weapons carried by their F-16 fleet over the years. - F-16C block 40 cockpit used with modified view, sidestick controller removed and alternative symbology. The block 40 WAR HUD better reflects the larger physical Lavi HUD. To install: Drop the content into your mods folder and OVER-RIDE when prompted! You MUST have angelp’s IAI Lavi V 0.9b already installed and you will need the Israeli F-16C/D/I viper packs installed for ravenclaw’s awesome weapons and probably his other weapon packs to. Credits: - angelp - ravenclaw_007 - Viper Team Enjoy, Dan, Dtmdragon. Submitter dtmdragon Submitted 06/01/2026 Category ini File Edits  

Not ideal when I was thinking about a new PC in the next few months, hopefully its just a glitch and back up in 24 hours.

You will be surely missed my friend, you were the fist modder I ever collaborated with and boy those really were the good old days! Skyhawks forever!

Nice maybe it will help me finally finish my 'Pueblo incident' mod....

Cheers everyone. After spending the last 18 years helping others with thier fires and emergencies you think that you have learnt and implemented all the lessons, to the point of being over cautious, so it wont ever happen you and then it nearly does!

He has done a few good podcast episode recently to. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mhKDJtMyeuoGnX7wGaqor?si=DFUOfdFHSluave0_xwFViw https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eAht45xSeUnkACF7LteqS?si=84Mnxs8vQJak7XwLtbn6bw https://open.spotify.com/episode/6auxr8ikLqZTF7hCGPza4N?si=NFK1jC0xTKCGqTPr5X7Kpg https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xU2MmWco5DcivWQCsrToB?si=FTgOpvPzSVadwLFAsFsuGg https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvOo2Zq3FnCJJe6eoLvxv?si=MTVtcnIsQf-pnbv-zPduVw

The cause was an overload electrical multi-plug box plugged into another overload multi-plug box for the teenage son's gaming setup. An electrician working on a separate issue turning the mains power off and on caused (through no fault of thiers) it to finally blow.

A few of you here will know but I am a full time career firefighter in New Zealand. My family and I live in a small town half an hour from Tauranga city where I work. I had just got to work for a night shift at 5pm and was about to play pickleball in the engine bay with my crew for physical training when my wife rang in a panic that the neighbors house was on fire and it was getting to ours. The first photo is taken by my wife only 5 or so minutes after the fire was noticed as she is going to the children who are down the drive at another another neighbors. My 15 year old daughter had taken our younger children including our 18 month old past the fire to safety while my wife shut our windows and doors and my son moved the cars. I had only left 30 minimum before. The volunteers that cover our town arrived pretty quick as the station is only 500 meters down the road. Two career fire engines including mine from the city attended aswell because we automatically back up the nearby volunteer brigades. Thankfully there was no damage to our place and my wife shut the house up so we even avoided being smoke loged. The neighbors were home at the time and got out okay including thier kids but they have lost the entire house and everything in it. It is also the father's second familly after loosing two kids in a house fire in the city a long time ago. A fire that some of my colleagues and the fire investigator also attended. A big scare for everyone. Messenger_creation_A8C01E7C-B5B5-49DD-98DE-BE634E3C707B_0.mp4 Our place is the house highlighted below. The back of our garage and sleepout shares a block wall with the neighbour's house so another 10 minutes in the brigade arriving and this would be a different story...

Awsome! I also remember playing the JSF PC game flying the XF-32 and even making a plastic model of it as a kid and hoping it was going to be selected as the winner!

F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce Cockpit Pack 1.0.0 uploaded here:

View File F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce Cockpit Pack This is the F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce Cockpit Pack for my F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce pack, these cockpits will not work with the TW F-4E Kurnass´s at least not without some major rework. Full credit goes to ravenclaw_007 as these are his stunning new F-4E cockpits matched with the appropriate Kurnass variant/ block and modified where appropriate (RWR, CM, station lights, special weapon panel etc). I tested these cockpits several times with new installed F-4E Kurnass´s from my pack and every time it works perfectly, so there should be no problems with these cockpits, if you will find an error please let me know. To Install: just drop the content of this folder in to the respective aircraft folder and let overwrite if ask to, same with the files in the flight folder. Cockpits included: F-4E_Kurnass_APS107 = F-4E_70 cockpit F-4E_Kurnass = F-4E_72_MIDAS4 cockpit F-4E_Kurnass_72 = F-4E_72_MIDAS4 cockpit F-4E_Kurnass_73 = F-4E_72 cockpit F-4E_Kurnass_75 = F-4E_72 cockpit ( with Israeli modifications ) F-4E_Kurnass_78 = F-4E_72 cockpit ( with Israeli modifications ) F-4E_Kurnass_Super_Proto = F-4E_72 cockpit ( with Israeli modifications ) If you don't have the F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce pack you can download it here https://combatace.com/files/file/17879-f-4e-kurnass-israeli-airforce-pack/ Credits: ravenclaw_007 Have fun, dtmdragon. Submitter dtmdragon Submitted 04/16/2026 Category Jet Cockpits  

Sorry guys this one is long gone off my PC to

Oh no mate! I am so sorry to hear this! Wishing you a speedy and full recovery

How does it stack up next to the F-15C/E/I we already have?

Listened to a Podcast interviewing one of the Red Eagles recently, he talked about his journey to get there and how the only dedicated air-to-air F-4E units in the USAF after Vietnam were the 36th TFS out of Osan in Korea and the 57th FIS out of Keflavik in Iceland. He made his way to the 36th in order boost his chances of an aggressor squadron posting. On a side note when I was researching the 'Hill Grey' scheme for the 36th I learnt there was an initial 3-tone grey 'Hill Grey 1' scheme used on the first F-4E to be repainted. It was closer to the original 3-tone grey scheme on the F-16A with all light grey undersides (and drop tanks), it only really appeared on US F-4E Phantoms in Korea.

@ravenclaw_007cheers mate that's really interesting

Hey @ravenclaw_007, I'm curious about the "pitch control unit" in the cockpit of your F-4F. What's its purpose and function other than the obvious from its name? I don't see it in any other of your F-4 cockpits I believe...

Technical question @ravenclaw_007, the AN/ARN-101 Digital Modular Avionics Suite (DMAS) specifically gave the appropriately upgraded F-4E and F-4G the CCIP function. Do you know what components in the Peace Rhino upgrade gave the F-4F the CCIP function?