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Enoc, Eduard models offer an excellent 1/48 Su-22 limited edition model kit with lots of stencils and the instruction sheet for it is available for download in PDF here: http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Plastic-kits/Limited-edition/Aircraft/1-48/Su-22-Su-17M-3-1-48.html May be it will be possible to use the instruction sheet plus the model kit decal sheet as a guide for the stencil placement and similar-looking stencils can be taken from the profiles published for the Su-27 and MiG-29 at the link in my previous post. A good view of the decla sheet is available here: http://www.internetmodeler.com/artman/publish/flaviation/Eduard-1-48-Su-22-Su-17M3-Fitter.php I think you will come up with a very convincing, if not perfect, result. Hope that helps a little.

Found the site I was looking for, unfortunately no Su-17/20/22 profile there, so no good for stencling - http://www.tailormadedecals.com/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=34

Well, I hope I find again the site - stupid me, I forgot to bookmark it On the other hand, I think Soulfreak or was that Sundowner posted a link to it here at CA, I hope I find it (will do my best)...

Thank you, guys! Have you come accross the information that the Su-17/20/22 family had 2 configurations for pylons under the fuselage? First - the 4 pylon configuration, 2 pairs as in the screenshots above, used to load free-fall bombs of different size. Second a 2 pylon configurantion - for rocket pods, missiles, fuel tanks, bombs of MER. Those 2 pylons were not fitted in the same spots as the front pylons in the 4-pylon configuration, but slightly further back, in a some-what middle position. As I see (an greatly appreciate) you are aiming at a higly detailed model, I thought I should mention that.

Martin, can you add the APU-68 rail for S-24 and Kh-23 missiles to the front pair of pylons under the fuselage and to the outermost pylons under the wing?

An addiction is not a normal state of the mind, so do not expect logical actions from an addict I did, Erik, that is why I wanted to say "Thanks".

I have compared the data. ini files of the A and C with that of the G model Starfighter and came to a conclusion that TK made a few changes to the G to come up with the A and C models. As nothng I tried worked to make the nozzles move, I am starting to think that the animation was switched off in 3dsMax by mistake. May be a future patch will fix that, just as TK did with the F-4N.

MK10 seats are available here in the SF1 downloads section, if I remember well.

I think a Bulgarian MiG-23 camo would look cool on the M2KBx: http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/37/154/0 Or may be a Bulgarian MiG-21 camo (sampleas available there as well).

Wow, very very nice. Bulgaria is a potential user too.

Krizis made a couple of years ago an excellent MBD-3 rack and shared it with me, but I am not sure if he ever included it in a publicly released weapons pack. Also Krizis has not been active here for quite a while now and I have no contact with him outside CA forum. If anyone has contact with Krizis, then may be he could ask Krizis to upload the MBD-3 or at least grant permission to upload the rack on his behalf. Krizis also made and shared with me a KKR-1 pod for the Su-17/22, but again no public release. May be he would agree that both the MBD-3 and the KKR-1 be uploaded here.

Martin, can you share the source of information about "canopy of the Su-7U Moujik and the current fuselage of the Su-17/20"? All sources I have come accross indicate that the trainers were based on the Su-17M2 fuselage.

RAVEN, would you share it with the community, please? Such a rack could be quite usefull for some "what-if" aircraft available here.

Great, one more bird to practice carrier take-offs and landings There is a shadow tractor beam either from the front gear or from its cover, but nothing serious, may be ver. 3.0 would have it fixed

No, you have come accross an old skin, that does not have the Harm adapters painted on.

For aircraft that has separate lift engines, you can avoid and at the same time still use the trust vector control. What I mean is you could set up the lift engines as regular engines (without trust vector control), but with an agnled thrust, by using this entry: ThrustAngles=0.0,80.0,0.0 - this is an example setting of thrust 80 degrees downwards Then you couls set up the lift engines to be without afterburner. Finally you could use a different input for the throttle of the lift engines, for example: InputName=THRUST_VECTOR_CONTROL This way you will have main engine(s), using the throttle control with full afterbuner and you will have lift engines, using the trust vector control for throttle, without afterburner, i.e. 2 independent input settings for throttle of the diffent engines. Then it is interesting to test if the thrust vector control can be used both as throttle control and as animation control to open and close the intake doors and exhaust covers of the lift engines. If that does not work, may be the intake doors and exhaust covers can be controlled by means of a separate manual animation SHIFT+1 or 2 or else.

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Hi guys, could anyone direct me how I could fix an issue with the Gripen HUD? The laser designator mark (green diamond for LGBs and green circle with a cross inside for LGMs) is away from the target designator mark (red square) while I guess they should be one on top of the other. Apparently the red square is where it should be as it is stock from the game itself and the problem is with the green diamond. See screenshot:

Thanks a lot, mate, that was it, it worked.

I would make sure the LOD file for the pod is named different from the stock 1300L drop tank. Also I would make a separate weapon station for the recce pod and would remove from it any drop tank related entries, even this one: FuelTankNodeName= Hope that helps.

Thanks a lot!

Russo, have you removed the engine nozzle animation (you wrote "some animation slots removed\moved")? I find it in the data ini at slot 9 and I do not find another animation at the same slot, but still the nozzles do not work - always stay in the fully open position.

Cliff11, the problem with that set-up as opposed to ianh755's one would be that when appearaing parked on ground, your JAS-39E will have just 1 pylon and the second one will not show up. The pylon loaded as Pilot will not show up when aircraft is parked on ground. That is why fakepilot lod is used and the item you want to be always showing is entered as the seat of the fake pilot - seats do not disappear on arked aircraft.