Simulated Aerial Combat Roundtable

[AKIron]

[AKIron]

One area where sim vs game becomes apparent is in the gunnery. At least for me. Maybe it's because I played AH a lot for a few years, maybe not, but I can hit a turning target at 800 yards consistently in AH. I cannot do that in DCS. This reminds of a story my brother told me when he was flying the Apache at a joint Army/Air Force exercise at the Nellis ranges. At the time the Air Force was trying to give the A-10 to the Army. Anyhow the Apaches were suppressing the target area with fire as F-16s were coming in to hit the target. The Apaches stopped shooting when the F-16s got in close. The Vipers told them, don't stop shooting, it's a big sky. 

[RichardDarkwood]

One area where sim vs game becomes apparent is in the gunnery. 

More than the gunnery, the flight model is what you notice first.

[CptTrips]

Beautiful piece of old school machinery.

Looking at that reminds me, I was watching a vid on the P-47, I was just struck by how small the pilots looked compared to those engines.  Jeez.  Those things were beasts.

[AKIron]

More than the gunnery, the flight model is what you notice first.

I flew the DCS F-14 quite a bit. I was wondering while watching Top Gun 2 how close the startup of that old bird would be. Surprisingly they matched perfectly. You want to challenge your piloting skills? Try air refueling in that beast.

[RichardDarkwood]

I flew the DCS F-14 quite a bit. I was wondering while watching Top Gun 2 how close the startup of that old bird would be. Surprisingly they matched perfectly. You want to challenge your piloting skills? Try air refueling in that beast.

I am still trying to land the 190-A8 without crashing it first

LMAO

[AKIron]

I am still trying to land the 190-A8 without crashing it first

LMAO

I love a challenge. Just started the trial on that. How do you see over the dash?

[RichardDarkwood]

You do like the P-47 and waggle around

[AKIron]

Round 1

Me: 0
Ground: 1

Give it a few mins for HD to finish processing.

[xanax]

Round 1

Me: 0
Ground: 1

Two things:

One: A retractable sunroof for the 190 in order for one to stick his head up in order to see over the nose of this plane? Same for the Corsair while we are white-boarding this.
Two: Perhaps we chop down any and all trees within 200 yds of the end of the runway?

Good video as always, mr. Iron.

[AKIron]

Thanks. I vote for longer runways too. 

[xanax]

Fascinating vid on the Corsair. I'd always heard of the torque issues on this craft. I always wondered if if P&W had perhaps shortened the connecting rod length and threw some pop-up on the piston heads of these engines to alleviate torque and maintain HP?
Or maybe try some counter rotation?

[RichardDarkwood]

Round 1

Me: 0
Ground: 1

Give it a few mins for HD to finish processing.

You was goin way faster than i do. I am almost falling out of the sky

[AKIron]

Round 2 will be on a longer runway and the stall warning horn (does it have one?) will be blaring.

[AKIron]

Been flying those Navy jets lately. You don't even flare those things, you fly them into the ground.