ColStafford

Finally going to try this wonderful mod again. Have downloaded all 10 installments of the Mod. I have all the Strike Fighters Titles including EXP 2. All are at the Nov2011 level. What is the word of it running correctly on the Nov 2011 patch Level from Thirdwire? Advice Please.

What models of the F-86 will be featured? Will they have seperate flight models? Will the MiG have a flight model identical to the one in NATO4 Plus?

Strangely Cubba Codding being in both. And really making no comment on the first. Took awhile to get used to Pearl Harbor's smoke, mirrors, and magic. Just glad something is being made.

I have been told the H.B.O. version was better. We'll have to see?

May I ask cost?

If equal attention is put toward the flight models as is evident in the graphics this should be wonderful!

Didn't I read somewhere that the flight models where going to be updated also?

Is this for SF2? It looks like IL-2?

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!

what version of the F-86H are you planning on building?

Retrofit came about in the 1960s with ANG service.

YUP!!!!!!!!!!!! North American was also world fameous in lobby efforts in the U.S. government. Another prime example "Project Apollo!" Wiring and hardpoints where not included in the F-86H. They only appeared in the naval FJ-3 and FJ-4.

LOL Long and short the F-86F was the A2A choice.

Nope. The 15th F-86H-1-NH was fitted with the "6-3" wing of the later F-86F, with extended wing tips and wing fences. Wing span was increased from 37.12 feet to 39.1 feet and wing area rose to 313.4 square feet. The F-86H-5-NH, which appeared in January of 1955, introduced an armament of four 20-mm M-39 cannon. The M-39 was formerly known as the T-160, which was first tested in Korea. These guns weighed 286 pounds more than previous Sabre gun installations, but packed a lot more punch. Ammunition supply was limited to only 600 rounds, which was only about six seconds of firing time. The last of 60 F-86H-5-NH was delivered in February of 1955. In the meantime, on June 11, 1953 the USAF approved an additional contract (NA-203) for 300 F-86H-10-NHs. These differed from earlier F-86Hs primarily in having different electronic equipment and in having the J73-GE-3E engine. The first aircraft was delivered in January of 1955, and the last aircraft on the order was delivered in April of 1956. The last ten H-10s used the so-called "F-40" wing, with extended wingtips and slats on the extended leading edge, which improved low-speed handling. Eventually, all of the remaining Hs in the USAF and ANG inventories were retrofitted with the "F-40" wing. Since the airframe of the F-86H limited it to subsonic speed in level flight no matter how great the power, the production run of the F-86H was relatively short. 473 were built, all but the first two at North American's Columbus, Ohio factory. The first production F-86H was delivered to the 312th Fighter Bomber Wing at Clovis AFB in New Mexico in the fall of 1954

Development of a purely fighter-bomber version of the Sabre was initiated by North American Aviation on March 16, 1951 as the NA-187. As compared to the F-86F, the F-86H had a shorter takeoff run, a better rate of climb, a higher ceiling, a larger combat radius, and better air to ground gunnery characteristics. All of these features made the F-86H a better fighter bomber than the F-86F. The increased power of the J73 engine did provide better acceleration and higher cruising speed, but aerodynamic limitations kept the improvement in maximum speed from being anything other than marginal, except at altitudes above 35,000 feet. However, the F-86H's higher wing loading made it less maneuverable than the F-86F, especially at high altitudes.