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I'm very happy with the terrains, effects, visual models. Hate to see it just get more graphically intensive - we'll all be forced into newer video cards and faster processors. My vote is for realistic air-to-air refueling, a fully depressable gunsight, and perhaps a more realistic navigation system with TACAN/ILS - but that's getting away from the "light sim" design I guess. Mike D.

Count me in - I like the simulated version as it appears in YAP2 and here as an add-on mod, and I would like it even more if it was incorporated for real in a patch for the existing TW sims. Mike D.

Very nice textures - looks super real. One of my favorite...ummm...oh well, nice job.

I can't find any information on an IR-guided version of the AIM-26B, or licence-built by Saab RB-27. Could be just a nose cone stuck onto a museum piece. This is a nice add-on for the soon-to be released F-102A though! The AIM-26B was used in Southeast Asia on deuces of the 509th FIS - one or two on the center rails. Seen on USAFE deuces and several ANG units also. The nuc version reportedly by ADC. One of the first units to receive the missile was the 482nd FIS which shifted to Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis and loaded up the nucs there. Are you planning a new AIM-4A/C also? Thanks for the add-on, Mike

O.K. I admit is is a bias - would really like to read more real from Harrier drivers about what they really think about the plane and the occasions it was used in combat. It is always easy to find a pro and con opinion about an airplane. But also be careful about saying that "no other airplane could have done a particular job"...there are any number of possible airplanes who could do a particular job. Want to fly off a short deck, stay on station for a long time, and haul a bunch of iron while doing that...the survivors of ejections in NVN/Laos were glad to have Skyraiders on station! Maybe the Marines should have bought A-10s for CAS...carry 16,000 lbs a lot further.... Not meaning that we should reopen the Douglas Skyraider production line, but just using an example of capabilities and possibilities. Sorry I stepped on Harrier fan's toes...my apologies. Me

Can't begin to try to figure why this airplane was purchased in any numbers by Britain - the idea of supporting and actually using such an airplane from an FOB like a road or schoolyard is someone's fantasy... but my guess is that it has lots to do with politics rather than informed reason. A technical marvel it may be, but so is the B-2 and B-1 for that matter, and they should have never have been built or purchased in any number either. The USAF should have kept F-111s... Mike

Not meaning to hijack this thread (well, I guess I do..), but this airplane has to be my least favorite of all time - it should NEVER have been purchased by the U.S. Marine Corps - it's vertical ability is zero with any type of reasonable weapons loadout, it blows out a HUGE plume of exhaust which is a magnet to anything IR-guided (check out losses during Desert Storm - it had to be withdrawn to behind the lines to keep every one from getting shot down), it's slow, carries next to nothing for ordnance, it's accident rate has been horrendous since it's difficult and dangerous to fly low and slow - and on and on. It's great to amuse the kiddies at airshows, but the Marine Corps should have kept the Phantom to drop iron and fire on the bad guys when it was really needed. I actually know someone who was on the development team for the AV-8 for the Marine Corps, and we don't get along well. I have never even flown it in the TW series.... Mike D.

Could not agree more - EVERYONE should buy this! It's all very well done, and everyone should appreciate the hard work that went into it. I have always been a supporter of John and the YAP team members, and am in no way affiliated with them. It's just a super idea that I wish I had thought of first! Too bad he received such poor treatment in the forums on occasion just because it was a payware product. I don't get it - people shell out $20-30 for a single MS flight Sim Cessna or King Air and think nothing of it. Can't beat your value for a buck with YAP and mission sets. Mike D.

That looks VERY nice! post it by all means! Mike D.

A very welcome addition to the SEA War stable - very nice mod that was awaited by myself for a very long time. Thanks very much. Looks great! Mike D.

These really look nice, and the Pfalz is my favorite WWI acft. Are these submitted yet for public download? Thanks again for all the hard work. Mike D.

There you all go! A good mod - both. Thanks you guys.

O.K. Ant, thanks from everyone. I'll post it this afternoon after work. It really is a must-have! Mike

See 2007 thread with Sundowner's posts: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showt...p;hl=rocket+pod

Kevin, I have this mod - think I received it from Sundowner. I can post it here but it probably needs permission from whoever created it. Would not want to hurt anyone's feelings! Mike Druzolowski

Another superb modeling job! Nice work... Mike

No limitations that I remember in the Dash One on weapon release airspeeds, but the classified stuff may have more info than I had access to. MPD

Thanks for the replies you guys. Yes of course, the rack can be selected in the new loadout.ini for wingmen or you in a scripted mission. But if you fly a random mission and wish to change loadout, you need to select the correct combo or it looks goofy... Hardcoding it is beyond me though. Just curious if anyone had any thoughts that this was going to be more of a pain than the accuracuy is worth - in which case I won't bother putting it out for everyone. Mike

Sundowner has this mod already I think. Let me see if we can get it released for everyone to enjoy. Mike

I would take that story about PACAF deuces in Vietnam attacking campfires with AIM-4s with a very LARGE grain of salt. I have only read that in ONE account on the Internet, and have been hanging around ADC and interceptor pilot types all of my adult life and no one has ever heard of that being done. Just because it is in print on the Net does NOT make it instantly true. I would bet that PACAF 7th AF command authorities would have frowned on this practice - whose campfire are you atacking anyway? With the abundance of much better armed and capable ground support aircraft in use throughout Southeast Aasia in the 60s and 70s, I highly doubt the truth of this story. The deuce stood alert at Tan Son Nhut, Da Nang, Bien Hoa, Don Muang and Udorn just like it did at Naha and Clark in that time frame, with the occasional practice intercept or ID pass at someone inbound with radio problems perhaps. The B-52 escort duties also reported were pretty rare too - the plane had legs way too short, and was not capable of being air-to-air refueled (that was a bolt-on deal done at SAALC for the deployment of both the 64th FIS and 82nd FIS from the states to the Pacific, then was removed. Yes, one deuce was reportedly whacked by a Mig also. Some sources also say possible SAM on that day though. The Falcon worked pretty good according to all the guys who did live fire exercises annually at Tyndall against (usually non-maneuvering) Firebee drones carrying flares, with missiles tweaked by dedicated ADC maintenance guys, and fired from internal weapons bays under perfect conditions. It would have worked fine against TU-95s against a cold dark blue high altitude sky. If the Third Wire series projects the Falcon AAM as not working in those conditions, then the AIM-4 PK needs to be adjusted upwards. As Robin Olds said, carried externally in a rain-soaked tropical climate with minimal maintenance against an aggressively maneuvering fighter-sized target, fired out of parameters by a pilot with no previous air combat training, it had an even lower kill rate than the AIM-9 or AIM-7 - both of which were almost as useless. Read exerpts from the Ault Report and Project Red Baron portions which have been declassified and are readable on the Net why all those missiles never hit anything. Mike D.

A common misconception because the airplane happens to have a tailhook....

The Navy F-4 LAU-7 pylons are not finished - so this will be for USAF F-4C/D/E Phantom IIs for now. (Did the Navy fly Phantoms also...?)

An ongoing Phantom II project I've been working on is correct and detailed pylon/rails for the F-4, lately with the kind help of Crab_02. This is close to release as an add-on for existing WOV Phantoms, but I was looking for just a little more feedback from anyone who is interested. I have made the pylon setup as a separate weaponstation entry in the pull-down weapon selection list. It will require you to know what you want to load for ordnance first, then a corresponding pylon setup selected in the pull-down menu. I will enclose diagrams to clarify the choise. Select the wrong one, and you will have missiles/bomb racks sitting in space. I will enclose stock loadout.ini files which include the pylon setup. The weps entry can be done two ways - "Pylons A1" or perhaps a cryptic description in the small space available - "3Tnks,NoAAM" or "2Wngtnks,2AIM-4", or something to that effect. My question is: Is this just way too complex for most folks to bother with? The only other option would be to make multiple airplanes - each with its own pylon setup. I'd appreciate any feedback on this. Looks pretty good on screen, but just may not be worth bothering with for evryone. Thanks for any feedback, Mike D.

I'm using the Saitek as a temporary fix until I get all new-CH products setup. My old CH products devices did not work with Windows 2000/XP (all analog) so they all went into a garbage bag. I would recommend the CH stuff with no hesitation. Mike D.

Thanks you guys (and gals!). Much appreciated. Mike