MigBuster

Hope it was worth it - suspect you will still be surrounded by 8 MiGs at close range.................

Just a few pit shots from the Beczl MiG-21bis for DCS

Northrop Grumman has begun company-funded development of a Directed Infrared Countermeasures (Dircm) system for fast jets, anticipating a requirement to protect the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from heat-seeking air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles. “We believe the requirement is there, and coming quickly, and that the first opportunity will be on the F-35,” says Jeff Palombo, senior vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self-protection systems division. Northrop plans to begin testing a prototype of the Threat Nullification Defensive Resource (ThNDR) system in its system-integration laboratory by year’s end, he revealed at a briefing in Washington Sept. 12. The timing for development of a laser missile jammer to equip the F-35 “is still in question,” Palombo says, “but we want to get out in front of the requirement.” Northrop has supplied more than 3.000 Dircms to protect large aircraft and helicopters against heat-seeking missiles by directing a modulated laser beam into the seeker head to confuse its guidance. A Dircm is not part of the requirements for the initial, Block 3-standard F-35 now in development. But draft requirements already exist and Northrop says a laser jammer is now expected to be part of the scheduled Block 5 update. The system must meet low-observability (LO) requirements and be packaged to fit in a restricted space available inside the F-35. But it will have a smaller, more-powerful laser than current Dircm systems and require liquid cooling, Palombo says. The ThNDR, which includes the laser, beam steering and LO window, is packaged to fit inside volume available alongside sensors for the F-35’s distributed aperture system (DAS). There would be two jam heads, one on top and one underneath the aircraft to provide spherical coverage with minimal change to the outer mold line. The DAS, which has six infrared sensors located to provide a 360-deg. view around the aircraft, would provide missile warning, detecting and declaring incoming threats and cueing the pointer/tracker, or jam head Beyond the stealthy F-35 and Lockheed Martin F-22, Northrop sees requirements for a podded version to protect aircraft such as the Boeing F-15 and Lockheed F-16. “It can be put in a self-contained pod, and it can be air-cooled,” Palombo says. Tests in the system-integration lab will look at challenges such as the high-speed hand-off of targets between the upper and lower jam heads as the F-35 rolls at rates of up to 170-deg./sec., he says. The competitive technology-development phase for Circm is scheduled to end early in 2014. A request for information for the engineering and manufacturing development phase has been issued, and a request for proposals is anticipated early in 2014, Palombo says. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_09_12_2013_p0-615904.xml&p=2

Started playing this when I wasn't in a state to use a PC - I quickly got bored of flying for Israel, was far too easy - so contract fly for the Arabs now. You do certainly get a semi historical education on all the different MiG-versions and the weapons they use.

What system and what SF games are you running today out of interest?

And don't come back Janeway! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153 The Voyager-1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to leave the Solar System. Scientists say the probe's instruments indicate it has moved beyond the bubble of hot gas from our Sun and is now moving in the space between the stars. Launched in 1977, Voyager was sent initially to study the outer planets, but then just kept on going. Today, the veteran Nasa mission is almost 19 billion km (12 billion miles) from home. This distance is so vast that it takes 17 hours now for a radio signal sent from Voyager to reach receivers here on Earth.

Now's you chancre to get rid of that old iPad The company is offering at least a $200 token to go towards products such as the Surface RT and the Surface Pro. Microsoft is far behind Apple in terms of global tablet sales and market share. One US-based analyst expressed doubts that many people would swap their iPad for a Microsoft product. Microsoft has launched a US marketing offer for people to exchange "gently used" iPads for Microsoft products such as Surface tablets. "Do I think that many people will take [Microsoft] up on this offer? In a word, no," said Gartner mobile device analyst Van Baker. "The app ecosystem is the problem for Microsoft and this offer doesn't fix that problem." There was a far greater range of mobile apps available for iPads than for Windows devices, giving Apple a competitive edge, said Mr Baker. Microsoft has been engaged in an aggressive US marketing campaign to try to tempt Apple iPad users to buy Windows-based tablets. In May, Microsoft launched an iPad v Windows comparison website, coupled with head-to-head advertising campaigns. Microsoft has experienced problems trying to sell Surface devices. In the first quarter of this year, Apple shipped 19.5 million iPads, compared with 900,000 Microsoft tablets. In the second quarter, Microsoft shipped only 300,000 Surface devices, technology publication CiteWorld said. Although Microsoft announced a revenue of $853 million on Surface sales in itslatest financial regulatory filing, the company took a $900 million loss after failing to shift Surface RT devices. Microsoft's $200 (£150) gift certificate offer is valid in its bricks and mortar stores. A Surface RT tablet costs $349, and a Surface Pro retails at $799 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24079527

What a mess........... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24104304 Salvage experts in Italy are making final preparations to raise the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. The vessel has been lying on its side since hitting rocks off the island of Giglio in January last year, killing 32 people.

Quite a few of them taking off here

Yes your problem was mod related I suspect

or mini PC.......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDAw7vW7H0c&feature=player_embedded#t=0

You have to assume variables in the flight model are incorrect for drag, and lift etc - not as simple as changing the power figure for the engine though.

Driver issue or resource issue could be Maybe post dxdiag.exe output

Anyone tried this: http://bitsum.com/about_cpu_core_parking.php Have seen improvements regarding stuttering on a DCS and BMS (only basic testing on SF2NA so far) Basically stops cores on your CPU being put into park mode and makes them available all the time. So if you have a multicore CPU like mine (mine has 4 cores and 8 virtual cores) then it may help Benefits depend on your system and configuration. Use at own risk. Yes you may be able to get better results by setting up your graphics drivers properly etc

In this case the difference is probably down to older applications such as Falcon 4 being designed for single core CPUs - whereas SF2 has had a lot of programming changes made specifically for multicore CPUs. The idea is if none of your cores are parked then they are all available instantaneously. I would have to check but in the single Core CPU days I would be surprised if parking was ever used except in prolonged idle states.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DBI7uiDQA6Y

No improvements with SF2 for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylMZPZeozQ&feature=youtu.be Noticed a Sea Vixen poster on the wall - wonder when that ones coming out

If you cut out and paste the mod folders to a different location does the game run okay in default?

Wow impressive!!

Ha ha brilliant - now that's a killing machine

35 !! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24018472 Sir Patrick Stewart has married jazz singer Sunny Ozell, in a ceremony conducted by fellow thespian Sir Ian McKellen. The Star Trek actor, 73, announced his nuptials on Twitter, simply writing, "Yes, married" under a picture of himself and Ozell, 35, in a ball pool. ...........................................

Claims it could do the cobra - hmmmmm Born as an in-flight simulator, the F-16 VISTA (Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft) had the task to simulate the performance of the newest fighter jets. It was built around a standard production F-16D airframe and introduced many features which a classic F-16 didn’t have. In fact the airframe included a larger capacity hydraulic pump, a programmable center stick controlled by the digital computer installed in the front cockpit and a custom designed variable stability system which allowed the VISTA’s very different flight envelope. The distinctive characteristic of the VISTA was that controls to manage the flight envelope were put in the back cockpit and, only after successful access they could be transferred to the front seater: this particular system set-up enabled return control to the backseater in case the front pilot faced a dangerous situation. After VISTA made its maiden flight in April 1992 the program founds for the next two years were withdrawn. Luckily the VISTA was resurrected by the General Electric which had the need for a program to demonstrate how the vectoring thrust could improve the F-16’s maneuverability. The Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring (MATV) required major modifications of the VISTA to be uninstalled, and the addition of a spin chute along with the characteristic vectoring engine nozzle. Even if a Eurofighter Typhoon pilot explained to The Aviationist that thrust vectoring (TV) is not essential in an air-to-air scenario, it could give the pilot the advantage to point the nose against an enemy fighter controlling its aircraft beyond the stall, in a so-called “post stall” regime. At that time, this concept was more or less theory and the task of the F-16 VISTA during the MATV program was to demonstrate the effectiveness of the thrust-vectoring during some post stall maneuvers as well as the advantage it could give to the fighter during Within Visual Range (WVR) engagements. The results were that during the MATV program, the F-16 VISTA was able to perform the “cobra” maneuver and to prove itself extremely capable in 1 vs 1 and also in 1 vs 2 WVR engagements against two normal Vipers. When the MATV program ended, the original VISTA features were reinstalled on this one-of-a-kind aircraft that was then delivered to the Test Pilots School at Edwards Air Force Base where it is still flying today. Some features of this F-16 were eventually embedded in the F-35. At Edwards, it was finally able to serve as an in-flight simulator, demonstrating to be perfect in training pilots about particular handlings. Thanks to its centre and the side stick installed in the front cockpit the F-16 VISTA can be re-configured after the take off to fly like a delta wings aircraft, like a canards one or like a large cargo airplane. http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/10/vista-f-16/

Interesting........... Last week we reported the news that, on Sept. 2, the RAF Typhoons based in Cyprus, to provide the air defense of the island following the Syrian crisis, were scrambled from the British base at Akrotiri whereas two Turkish Air Force took off from Incirlik airbase and headed towards the island. In the following days, more details about the Cyprus incident emerged. Journalist Andrew Potter talked to the British MoD spokeperson who said: “The MOD can confirm that Typhoon Air Defence Aircraft were launched from RAF Akrotiri yesterday to investigate unidentified aircraft over the Eastern Mediterranean; the aircraft were flying legally in international airspace; no intercept was required.” On Sept. 8, The Sunday People / Sunday Mirror revealed that Syrian Su-24 Fencers were actually involved. “RAF Typhoon fighters won a mid-air showdown with two Syrian warplanes heading towards Britain’s main base in Cyprus, the Sunday People can ­reveal. The dramatic confrontation came after President Bashar al-Assad’s air chiefs sent two Russian-made Sukhoi Su-24s to probe our air defences. The Syrian bombers refused to respond to repeated attempts by the control tower at the UK’s Akrotiri air base to contact them.” RAF Typhoons from the XI Sqn in QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) duty on the island, were scrambled before the Su-24s, that were flying in international airspace and were spotted by a flying E-3D AWACS could enter the 14-mile air exclusion zone. Otherwise, they would have been intercepted and identificated, and eventually escorted out of the restricted airspace. Buzzing the enemy airspace to test its reaction time or actively disturbing the enemy training activities is not rare. For instance, the Turkish RF-4E Phantom shot down by Syria in 2012 was probably violating the Syrian airspace to probe Damascus’s air defense readiness. http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/08/fencer-probe/