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A Grumman A-6A Intruder of attack squadron VA-165 Boomers from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61), armed with two AIM-9D Sidewinder air-to-air missiles on the inboard pylons. VA-165 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968 to Vietnam:

Yes, both:

5 hours ago, yakarov79 said:

On the inboard flap, there is a circular cutout to provide clearance above 300gal tank. So something is wrong with the model. Either flaps should extend more...or pylons are slightly too high. Or both ..or Something needs to be determined.

IMHO, the problem is with the pylons - they are a bit too high indeed. The cutout in the flap is there. If one would check the last but one picture and compare with the last one, one would definitely see the pylons are a bit too high. Just compare the position of right inner pylon lowest point at the front against the right main gear door as reference.

I guess you are talking about the Matra JL-100:

Available thanks to Ravenclaw of course and this is the data ini:

[WeaponData001]
TypeName=JL-100
FullName=Matra JL-100 Rocket Pod
ModelName=JL-100
Mass=422.500000
Diameter=0.410000
Length=4.449000
SubsonicDragCoeff=0.174000
SupersonicDragCoeff=0.514200
AttachmentType=FRANCE
SpecificStationCode=
NationName=FRANCE
StartYear=1965
EndYear=0
Availability=3
BaseQuantity=4
Exported=TRUE
ExportStartYear=1965
ExportEndYear=0
ExportAvailability=3
WeaponDataType=2
RailLaunched=FALSE
RocketTypeName=SNEB68
NumRockets=18
ROF=18.000000
FireEffectName=
FireEffectTime=0.150000
FrontCoverNodeName=Cover_Front
RearCoverNodeName=
ShowRockets=TRUE
MirrorOffset=FALSE
MaxFuelAmount=216.000000
Rocket01Position=-0.040000,1.411000,0.149000
Rocket02Position=0.039000,1.411000,-0.150000
Rocket03Position=-0.109000,1.411000,0.109000
Rocket04Position=0.109000,1.411000,-0.109000
Rocket05Position=-0.150000,1.411000,0.039000
Rocket06Position=0.149000,1.411000,-0.040000
Rocket07Position=-0.149000,1.411000,-0.040000
Rocket08Position=0.149000,1.411000,0.040000
Rocket09Position=-0.109000,1.411000,-0.109000
Rocket10Position=0.109000,1.411000,0.109000
Rocket11Position=-0.041000,1.411000,-0.149000
Rocket12Position=0.040000,1.411000,0.149000
Rocket13Position=-0.038000,1.662000,0.066000
Rocket14Position=0.038000,1.662000,-0.066000
Rocket15Position=-0.076000,1.662000,0.000000
Rocket16Position=0.075000,1.662000,-0.001000
Rocket17Position=-0.038000,1.662000,-0.066000
Rocket18Position=0.038000,1.662000,0.066000

In the aircraft data.ini, in the respective weapons station entry you have to add AllowedWeaponClass=RFT

A walkaround of an A-6A modified into an A-6E is available here: https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/grumman-a-6a-intruder-walkaround/

Just keep pressing "Load More" after the first 9 pictures as the walkaround contains a total of 157 images.

Hi, GKABS, hope you will be able to implement the different configurations of the Aero 1D 300-gal drop tank.

Aero 1D single fin (to be loaded under the wings of the A-6A/B/C):

Aero 1D with 2 fins (to be loaded on the centerline station under the fuselage during the early years of A-6 operations):

Aero 1D with NO fins (to be loaded on the centerline station under the fuselage during the later years of A-6 operations):

The models are not mine, but by one of the well-known, kind and generous modders here at CA and I am showing these only to illustrate my point.

20 minutes ago, EricJ said:

Plus it will be available through CA and not a DAT bird too, less politics and more flying.

The Scandinavian Front with the Viggen family included is available here at CA, but yes, a Viggen is not available as a standalone download, one has to download the full Scandinavian Front mod to get access to the Viggen.

Unless I am mistaken, the Viggen family models were touched a bit by Ravenclaw at some point, so even if these and the DAT one originate from the same source file (which I am not sure they do), the models in the Scandinavian Front should not be affected by the said politics.

I support both an improved A-6 family (A-6A, A-6B, A-6C, KA-6D, A-6E, EA-6A, EA-6B) and a Viggen family (AJ-37, JA-37, SF-37, SH-37, SK-37, JA-37D).

The stock A-6 has issues with the pylons - wrong size and shape. The drop tanks are wrong in size as well.

The Viggen family available in the Scandinavian Front mod has issues with the control surfaces - these do not work correctly and I fear that may be more than just an issue with the data.ini.

For this one, yes please, so it could be properly loaded under the EA-6B wings (on the stock EA-6B model, the attachment extension is part of the ALQ-99 pod, not part of the pylon, so if we replaced the stock ALQ-99 with your better looking one, we would need the attachment extension):

For this one, not necessary, because if I understand correctly, this version is loaded predominantly on the centerline station without attachment extension:

On 1/26/2024 at 8:54 PM, GKABS said:

Just completed the AQL-99 and I will upload it soon.

I know it is being frowned upon making requests to modders and I apologize in advance, but GKABS, could you make an ALQ-99 dedicated model for the EA-6B? You have the pod, all that is missing is an adapter to be added:

Yep, that one in SEA camo wrap-around scheme is in the pack as well.

Yes, just as Soulfreak said, that skin is in the Ravenvclaw's F-4E ANG and AFRES pack, it is available for the F-4E_85_ANG.

Hoping for a TAV-8B in 2024... (from my letter to Santa )

I am no expert, but it looks to me more real like this:

To my knowledge, the gun camera is more or less on the center line in the cockpit, while the Pitot tube is offset to the right on the nose, so probably the picture was inverted at some point (if it is real).

Hi ravenclaw, have you by chance worked on a BRU-55/57 model for weaponspack 3?

A Finn over Germany in special colors.

The bird required some minor finetuning as well - wheels rolling radius, front tires size (too low profile originally), some weapons attachment positions (weapons sitting too far back on the pylons).

Was the Swiss Mirage IIIS the best looking Mirage III? I think so.

Nose jobs - Israeli style. The TC2 though does not look that bad.

Looking at your updates on the Typhoon and the Rafale, GKABS, makes me wish Qatar bought a few Gripens too 

Iron Eagle and Flight of Black Angel may have been rather lame movies, but they got me somewhat obsessed with the Kfir. What if Israel kept the Kfir in its C.10 and TC.10 variants.

Hi guys, has anyone come across or made a newer model for the Charles de Gaulle R91 aircraft carrier, one without static aircraft? I know there is one released by aleks1 back in 2013, but it has built-in static Rafale aircraft, which I would say only spoil the overall model. I guess chances are slim, but thought I should ask in case I have missed something.

Yes, you can still use the old skins. There are 2-3 additional texture files, that you have to copy from the new skin into the old skins files. One is for the refuelling probe, one is for the IRST and I do not remember what the third one was for. I have already adapted the AMI skins to the new model.

Lovely update of the Typhoon, GKABS, thank you! I remember you were thinking about a 2-seater version at one point. Hope to see it one day.