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Hat es eigentlich schon jemand geschafft, der 104 ein ordentliches Flugverhalten zu verpassen? Die Standardkiste ist ja fürchterlich. Habe jetzt den halben Abend daran gesessen und bin mit dem Hochgeschwindigkeitsverhalten recht zufrieden (M 2.0 clean und schaffe einen 7G sustained-turn mit Klappen auf T/O bei etwa 470KIAS). :yes: Im Langsamflug komme ich nicht so recht weiter: In der jetzigen Konfiguration hat die Karre zu wenig Widerstand (Gleitzahl einer cleanen 104 sollte etwa mit 9,4 bei 260KIAS liegen). Das äußert sich im Gleitverhalten und im Powersetting im Landeanflug (zw 82% wg. BLC und etwa 90% für eine völlig zugehängte Kiste). Hat da jemand schon ein passendes data-file mit in etwa stimmigen Werten in allen Flugbereichen? Pitch-up Ürobleme lassen sich wahrscheinlich nicht simulieren, nehme ich mal an.

Man müsste ja nichtmal auf das Visier verzichten, wenn man den mast verkleinern will...

Hmm, muss ich dann wohl nochmal probieren. Hatte immer versucht, die neuen Weapon-inis einfach mit der Merge-Funktion direkt in die Weapondata.ini zu übernehmen.

This appears to be the South African testbed F.1 Check the retractable refuelling-probe and the RD-33 engines...well, once you've taken your eyes off the chicks

And F4H-1s didn't have maneuvering slats :ph34r:

F-4s - almost exclusively. The "hard wing/ short gun housing" F-4E is my favourite of them.

Dave, is that Rhino in your sig one of the Charlies? I can't load up Sidewinders on any of them, thatswhy I'm asking...

Very nice, thanks MF! Is there any plan on a RF-4B? I'm not quite sure about the differences between the B and C, maybe a different skin will do it. Keep the Rhinos coming

Would be nice to have a clean-nosed model with correct LE droops *nudge nudge* :yes:

There is one indeed. But since I'm sitting behind a low connection, I'd rather just DL the a/c and not the entire campaign. Is there any way to upload the a/c as a "stand-alone"?

mppd, is there any chance for a clean-nosed D-model? I've always liked the looks of it :yes:

The R-73s are looking like dummies to me, they're lacking the IR-window at their nose...

Within LV/LSK (East German Air Force), the MiG-29s flew among JG 3 at Preschen AB (don't remember if they were 1st or 2nd Squadron - the other Squadron in Preschen flew Fishbeds). After the reunification and a thorough flight-test programme, it was decided the Fulcrum-ops would be continued within the Luftwaffe. However, a new base was needed, as Preschen's traffic-pattern was partly conflicting with polish airspace. Thus, a new Fighter-Wing was formed, JG 73 (JG 73 was formed out of the to be disbandened JaboG 35, flying F-4Fs as fighter-bombers and fighters in a secondary role). The new base was to be Rostock-Laage AB. The Fulcrums formed JG 73's 1st squadron, while the ex-JaboG 35 F-4F (from Pferdsfeld AB, which was to be closed) later on became to form JG 73's 2nd squadron. The only major changes for the "G/GT" mod were western avionics (NAV) and panels with english titles. At first, the main core of Fulcrum-drivers consisted of ex-GDR pilots that were able to pass into the reunificated Luftwaffe (only few of the eastern-block trained pilots were to pass the rigorous screenings). But the Fulcrum-drivers were soon a mixed team of ex GDR pilots and ex West-german Luftwaffe pilots. For some more information on the Fulcrum in Luftwaffe service, visit the following site: http://www.fabulousfulcrums.de/index_e.html JG 73 was the first Luftwaffe Wing to transition to Typhoon ops.

FC, just one lil question... Is it true, the T-38 could attain a roll-rate of 720°/s ? Sounds like quite a bit of fun...

The "bad reputation" on the 104 only existed in the press and public mind. No pilot ever expressed distrust in the 104. Any alumnus 104 driver I had the chance to talk to loved his ole Zipper. The problems, the Lw had with the 104 were man-made. The a/c were rushed into service much faster than the MX circuit could acommodate. There was no ground-support avaliable at first. Aircraft were standing outside for weeks. Rain/ snow made it's way into the electronics bay and caused many malfunctions. Pilots didn't get enough flight-hours at first. Many of them got overconfident or CFITed. (there was one pilot who pitched-up while trying to fly the quickest visual-pattern) Crrash-reates peaked in '65 (fith year of operations). After that, a newly established programme which called for more flight-hours per pilot helped to drop the rash-ratio. Furthermore, a 0/0 seat was put in. In fact, the 104 was much safer than many contemporary fighters. Take the F-100 or F-8 for comparison. Bad wx was a serious issue - the Canadian Air Force operated in similar conditions as the Lw and Marine and had similar accident-rates, whereas other air-forces in "nicer" places, did much better. The original Lw fighter-programme seeked for a fighter that could deliver a single nuke at low alt as far as possible. The 104 fit right in. Neither the Mirage III, nor the proposed "Super Tiger" could match the 104 in that regard. The 104 was a better recce platform than both jets mentioned above and it had the best A-A performance. When NATO changed it's policy to "flexible response" in '67 (?), the 104 quickly showed deficiencies. It's recce-potential was considered unsatisfactory. Thus, all RF-104Gs were phased out and the Lw ordered RF-4Es as successor. (AG 51, based at Leck and AG 52, based at Bremgarten) At the same time, it got evident that the 104's A-A envelope was quite tight (it handled best above M 1.0). Therefore, A-A could only be trained above the North Sea, as sonic-booms would annoy public life. Therefore, the Lw was forced to search for a new, interim fighter (originally, the Panavia Tornado was planned to fit the fighter-role as well). It quickly became obvious that only one fighter would meet the requirements: The F-4 Phantom. What was initially planned to be a single-seater version came out as a "stripped-down" F-4E, called F-4F. It was the first Rhino, to get the maneuvre-slats right from the start. Two Fighter-wings transitioned from the Zipper to the Rhino (JG 71 at Wittmund and JG 72 at Neuburg). As the 104's lack of payload-capability became obvious, it was clear that some pressure had to be taken off the 104-community. Consequently, JaboG 36 (based at Hopsten) transitioned to the Rhino and one light Fighter-Bomber Wing transitioned from the G.91 to the Rhino (JaboG 35 at Pferdsfeld). The two fighter-wings had A-G missions as secondary role, while the two fighter-bomber wings trained A-A as secondary role. JaboG 31 (at Nörvenich), JaboG 32 (at Lechfeld), JaboG 33 (at Büchel) and JaboG 34 (at Memmingen) continued to use the F-104G in it's fighter-bomber role until it was taken over by the Tornado. The german navy-wings (MFG 1 and MFG 2) used both, the RF-104G and F-104G all the time. MFG 1 was the first NATO-unit to transition to Tornados and MFG 2, together with JaboG 34 was the last Starfighter-flying active-unit. Some pilots that were "too old" to transition to the Tornado, or that were simply quite far down the list for conversion-courses, flew their required hours in a special F-104-wing at Erding during the 104 phaseout-days. Out of the 916 F-104s the Lw and Marine had, 292 were written off, killing 116 pilots.

F-104 for me. Quick, nimble (well, @ speed) and will do two rolls per second (not without bending the airframe, though). The 104G had a TFR and was one heck of a fighter-bomber. It only lacked payload. For Zipper-stories (including those few 104Cs at Da Nang), go here: http://www.916-starfighter.de/tallyho.htm

It's really hard to pick one. But I gotta say F-4 Phantom. Unique jet, unique sound (at least those J-79s, never heard a Spey-Rhino).

Alright, thanks

Just a short sidekick-question: What does a "lot" number indicate? Is it similar to the "Blocks" on F-16s or is it a whole new thing? Also, you guys talked about Blocks on the F-18. Is there any source where I could read and collect unclassified data about that?

Gerald, an East German MiG-21 pack would be nice. Is there any possibility to add JATO/RATO bottles?

Some time ago there were screenshots floating around, showing an F/A-18 double-seater (not sure if it was a B od D model). Is this model is being worked on? I'd like to fly that one ASAP - looked really fine

Hi fellow simmers ! I got a problem with the third party Lightning F.Mk 6: It's rudder does not deflect sideways (as it should), but tilt along a "pitch" axis. Is there any way to edit the direction of the rudder's deflection ? Looks a bit off, thatswhy I'd like to remove that little issue Thanks in advance

Thanks a lot, capun

Israel recieved Mirage III C(J)s prior to the Six Day War which took place in 1967. The F-4E Phantom II arrived just in-time to participate in the War of Attrition (1969-71). Prior to the Yom Kippur War in 1973 Israel recieved another badge of F-4Es as attrition replacements. Meanwhile France had placed a weapons embargo upon Israel and reclined to deliver surplus Mirages and vessels. Therefore Israels intelligence agency (known as "Mossad") stole both, the Mirage's lueprints and the vessles out of France. Later, Israel started to produce their own Mirages - they began with the IAI Nesher, which was an Mirage 5 derviative (basicly a Mirage III stripped of RADAR and bad-weather avionics; initially offered to Israel as "launch customer"). However, the weapons embargo included the SNECMA Atar jet-enngines of the Mirages. Therefore, Israel was in need of replacing enignes in surplus-built Neshers. Out of this urge, IAI develloped the "Kfir" which was basicly a Nesher with a GE J79 engine. The new engine delivered more thrust, but also increased weight. All in all the Kfir represented a decent fighter-bomber and saw heavy action in the war with Lebanon and Syria in 1982. Both, the Nesher (exp. name "Dagger") and the Kfir were exported: the Daggers went to Argentinia, where they saw action against the British fleet. The Kfirs were exported to Columbia and the USA (for adversary training;dubbed F-21s). In the late 70, Israel also recived a new batch of high-tech from the US: F-15A/Bs (dubbed "Baz") and F-16 A/Bs (dubbed "Netz"). F-15s and F-16s earned their respect among the IDF for acts such as destroying the iraqi nuclear reactor near bagdhad (Osirak) and bombing the PLO headquarters in Tunis. Furthermore, both types saw heavy action in the '82 war against Syria and the Lebanon. Israeli Baz and Netz scored a total of 84 aerial victories in the so-called Bekaa-Valley Turkey Shooting; that stood against no losses. Later, the amount of F-15s and F-16s was increased: Isreal recieved more F-15A/B, but also C/D models. Same happened to the F-16 fleet: Israel recieved F-16 Block 30s and 40s and old Block 10 Alpha-models (from US-stocks). The newest member of the F-15 fleet is the F-15I "Ra'am" which is nothing but an F-15E with differnt avionics (the one that is dubbed "F-15E" in the post above; the "F-15I" is, in fact a B or D model). The newset F-16 fleet member is the F-16I "Sufa", which is basicly an F-16 C Blk. 52+ with differnt avionics. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have left out the IAI Lavi and the "Kurnass 2000" projects.

The A-4 Skyhawk was Kuwait's fighter during the DS-time.