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What a blow - that is just unbelievable - the amount of work that has been done and shown! The time and financial requirements are beyond comprehension for high fidelity simulators - and without a dedicated team motivated by a common goal it will always be the same - lets hope they sort out the problems they have. my 2c - DCS and its third parties might be better pursuing an FC3 to Hi Fidelity model - that way at least something will be released - even if the HiFi version never sees the light. Looks like the thread has been pulled by ED already Found this Originally Posted By: Dolphin887 Being on this project since day 1, I am very sorry Laszlo put this message on forum without consultations with the team, and any collective decision really made. Project is still fully active and this message surprised us (the rest of the team, 4 people) while we were actually working on it. Any internal problem need to be dealt internally, without any negative effects outside the team. In that sense, be reserved towards Laszlo's message for now, as we believe we will fix the issues soon (Laszlo is currently on the business trip). I personally hope Laszlo won't make more harmful moves until we discuss this matter. As from our part, 21 is not closed project, no worries.

Blimey - had to hang in the trees for a bit! - Glad to see they got out.

You mentioned you could get to CA using a Proxy site (when you couldn't otherwise) - so that says to me is has to be your ISP screwing around with its infrastructure. Have rang mine in the past and they admit to doing maint - so could be a case of being patient if so.

Video on the BBC about it as well http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-25782214 I guess he did what he felt he had to..............some people might have just thought sod it where is everyone else and joined a local nudist colony - but its probably fair to say that discipline and serving the emperor was drilled into the group he was in.

Nice landing - lucky they were still close to the field - and they got to use the tailhook!

Could be down to cost as it implies. In a ideal world all platforms would either use the same wireless protocol - or they would develop a single protocol and make newer versions backwards compatible with older ones. F-35 is advertised with another called MADL But way to solve a problem with modern technology - by using airframes designed long before digital packet switching networks were invented.

Short Blue Flag footage

WASHINGTON — A man was arrested on charges of attempting to ship technical data from the F-35 joint strike fighter to Iran, according to the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Mozaffar Khazaee was arrested Jan. 9 at Newark International Airport in New Jersey after the first leg of a trip to Tehran. Khazaee, who became a naturalized US citizen in 1991, was charged with “transporting, transmitting and transferring in interstate or foreign commerce goods obtained by theft, conversion, or fraud,” a crime that carries a maximum of 10 years imprisonment. According to a US government affidavit, federal agents began investigating Khazaee in November, when he attempted to send a shipment from Connecticut to the Iranian city of Hamadan. When agents inspected the shipment, they found “numerous boxes of documents consisting of sensitive technical manuals, specification sheets, and other proprietary material for the F-35. Those documents came from a company that Khazaee had last worked at in August of 2013. Overall, the shipment included thousands of pages of documents, including diagrams and blueprints of the high-tech fighter jet’s engine. Some of the information was marked as being ITAR- and export-controlled information. The affidavit does not identify which company Khazaee was employed by, but said he worked on a team conducting strength and durability evaluations for components for military engines. However, Matthew Bates, a spokesman for engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, confirmed that Pratt is the company referred to as “Company A” in the affidavit. “Pratt & Whitney has been cooperating fully with the government on this matter and will continue to do so,” Bates said. “Because the investigation is ongoing, any additional questions about the investigation are better suited for the government to address at the appropriate time.” Property of two other unidentified companies was also included in the shipment. Rolls-Royce, a subcontractor on the engine program, is one possibility; the affidavit cites Khazaee as returning to Indiana, home of Rolls-Royce, after he left Connecticut. A spokesman for Rolls confirmed that Khazaee is not a current employee, but deferred further comment to the Department of Justice. A spokeswoman for Lockheed Martin, the lead contractor on the program, said the company is cooperating fully with the investigation but declined further comment “as the investigation is on-going.” “The F-35 Joint Program Office has been alerted to the investigation, and will cooperate fully with legal authorities pursuing the case,” Joe DellaVedova, the program’s Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. “No additional comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.” In early 2013, government officials acknowledged that hackers, most likely Chinese in origin, had stolen information about the fifth-generation fighter, which is expected to be the backbone of American air superiority over the next several decades. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140113/DEFREG02/301130030/

Heres a similar French mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDaNALBKgxU

Ace - seems to be similar to my P-51 experience!

Fly in a V formation? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25737960 Cant help thinking - where do these people get funding from? - couldn't they have just asked someone who does Aero to look at a video? Next week - why do birds fly in a circle under clouds.

Also posed here http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3895732/Re_CombatACE_server_not_respon#Post3895732

Some interesting thoughts about improving the US low end fighter. Miscalculation: the need for a new US fighter export strategy in the global fighter market Part 1 http://manglermuldoon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/miscalculation-need-for-new-us-fighter_7.html Miscalculation: the need for a new US fighter export strategy in the global fighter market Part 2 http://manglermuldoon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/miscalculation-need-for-new-us-fighter_13.html

Depends how you look at it - the F-16/79 was a massive downgrade over the Block 1/15 - you had an old J-79-GE turbojet with higher fuel consumption and 5860 lbs less thrust at AB compared to the F-100-PW turbofan and capability was intentionally limited. The F-16V on the other hand needs to be the most advanced version ever and offer capabilities (In a new airframe) at least on par with the Gripen if the US wants to stay in the lower cost market. As far as the US goes what else does it have to offer? - I mean F-35 is not an F-16 replacement - its F-15 size, has far more internal hardware / avionics and stealth, will likely sell far less, will never be anywhere near as cheap to procure or run. and likely will only be sold to select countries. If you did an F-35/79 - what would it look like - downgraded engine / radar, the DAS & EOTS would probably be removed, the RAM coating left off, other materials used on panels - and now you (could argue )have a airframe far inferior to the F-16V in everything but range.

Well hey at least its something for you long suffering DCS fans http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=119201 Hey guys, I can't believe it's the middle of January already, this year is going to fly by, excuse the pun!! Development of the Hawk is going very well and she is up and running in DCS World 1.2.7. with full weapons capability so all my stressing on that front is over, thank you ED!!! This takes us to the next stage of development, BETA...yes you read that correctly We have a small group of public testers that will become the first closed Beta testers alongside our dedicated VEAO testers team. They will be testing all aircraft functions to make sure it's purring like a kitten and biting like a tiger. Which will then move us to the next stage, hmmm I wonder what that one is, suggestions anyone?? Following a team discussion last night and pending any natural disasters, zombie outbreak, IPR lawyers putting the breaks on or Tango getting hit by a bus; we are pleased to make the following announcement. Hawk Open Beta will be released as an FC3 level aircraft with fully clickable cockpit before the end of February 2014!! Confused? yes we thought you might be so please let me clarify. We are still working on the AFM, in fact that's going very slowly so we will be releasing the open Beta version of the Hawk as an FC3 level aircraft (as it doesn't have AFM) but it will have the fully clickable cockpit as some of you have got used to in the public alpha release. Should you not wish to use the clickable cockpit, we are looking at an option to turn that off/on. Now some of you may argue that this is in fact a DCS level aircraft because of the fidelity of the systems and clickable cockpit but we felt that without AFM it would be unjust to call it DCS level. So do we call it DCS:Hawk or simply Hawk or something else. We think in line with ED's FC3 products we will simply call it T.1A Trainer to differentiate this version from the full DCS AFM version. Costings; well we have considered the cost of standard FC3 aircraft add-ons and cost of DCS level add-ons (current and future) and have taken a decision as it will come with fully clickable cockpit functionality. The product will cost $39.99 and when we have the AFM version ready for release there will be a $10 upgrade charge should you wish to go for that. Final DCS:Hawk product will be $49.99 We feel that is reasonably priced for what you will get in this version which is basically everything you would expect in a DCS level fidelity aircraft apart from AFM. By releasing the aircraft next month and taking sales it allows us to further invest in the AFM programming. As you know I have fully funded development over the past few years but further investment is required and this is the best way to do it. We get investment and you get to fly the product, win win on both sides. To clarify; this will be a paid-for BETA version. Some things will not be implemented fully yet and we will make it very clear at the time of selling what is included and what is still left to be completed. Thank you again for all of your support and interest in our products. Chris and the VEAO team. Also please note that past competition winners will receive the FC3 Hawk and the upgrade to DCS:Hawk when it's available.

He does state in part 1 The judgement of what is considered low and high-end purely reflects pricing and not performance.

Sorry to hear that - I thought there were quite a few serious players on the more hardcore side of things

if its for SF1 could be a ton of things wrong - enjoy: http://combatace.com/topic/44026-converting-older-planes-to-work-in-sf2-%E2%80%93-a-basic-guide-by-migbuster/

Well some got their P-51 - I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt for now - their organisational skills seem pretty amateur. Although we are the customers you certainly have to put up with what little supply we can get in this business. I think they will come through.- no radars, MFDs, missiles etc - should be easy this WW2 lark :)

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As Streak says - never give up - although I certainly hope things turn to the better for you. - I was expecting better news when I saw this - so am really sorry you are having this bad luck

Don't worry I've probably scared him off with may last comment

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The U.S. Air Force has recently announced that the 4 year repair process of the B-2 Spirit of Washington has been completed. The plane burnt down back in February 2010 during a take-off from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. A minor engine fire turned out to be disastrous for the airframe and all four powerplants of the stealth bomber. The process took so long mainly due to the complicated structure of the bomber that is based on a composite airframe. USAF did not publicize the estimated costs of the repair. Both USAF engineers and Northrop Grumman professionals were involved in the process. The repair made the B-2 reachieve its full operational capability with the entire USAF force of stalth batwing planes back to 20 Spirit bombers out of 21 delivered (one was lost in an accident at Andersen AFB on Feb. 23, 2008). It was on Dec. 17. last year that Northrop Grumman celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first B-2 delivery. http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/10/spirit-of-washington-back/#comments