I think it will be finished before you come to that part of the tutorial, and yes, I think you should spend your time on gmax, it is really great, I don't have any idea how long it would take for you to learn it, I would suggest start you own model from 0, and when you have problems request someone to teach you (share the model)...

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yeah, they should put a playstation for when they get bored!

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i dont think so
i know it is a new aircraft, but still, the f15 is older and can still kick both the f2's and lavi's asses. So age doesnt matter

am i a fighter pilot? no
are you a fighter pilot? probably not

that page doesnt say anything about it being better then the f16

plus, if they already had f16s, why bother building an unimproved version opf it?

i never said that they were the best planes in the world
while they are among the best, most are better then the lavi and f-2. Personally i like the sukoi-27/33/35/37 and mig-21/29. I like the EF2000, Rafale just to name a few

I doubt that the US government told them to stop, it was probably because of budjet problems. Also, why did you say that isreal didnt buy falcons? ??? you and even the site you told me said they have them!

the army has helicopters and A-10s, the marines have Harriers, why do they need a plane that gets shot down easily?

BTW-would anyone care to make an EF2000?(GMAX of course) but with a DVC, weapons, the works (maybe even compatible with cfs3 with weapons! )

While I'm jumping in the middle of this thread ... (it was about the LAVI at first, eh?) - My suggestion is to go through ALL the gmax tutorials.

There are "problems" with the P-38 tutorial in the sense that it was made to model an airplane, not to create a specific flyable FS aircraft.  The default tutorials do not tell you how to name the parts to have FS recognize them, etc.

There are other tutorials, but Hugh  Shoults' is the only one so far that I've seen is promising to be  a "start to finish" FS/gmax tutorial.

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The P-38's backdrops are actually reversed.  When you finally get it to FS2002, you will be flying "backwards".  IN gmax, select all parts and rotate them 180-deg around the vertical axis.

and as you can see, the default P-38 doesn't tell you how to make the FS model from your gmax source.


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acutally, it has nothing to do with the lavi
it even says in the picture, it resembles the ef2000
they probably copied it

The 1st pic is a total fake. It's a Prototype Eurofighter in German markins that was cleverly edited. There was a big discussion about it at SimHQ a while ago, and someone proved it to be a fake by posting a pic of the REAL photo, side by side, you'll notice that they changed markings, rounded the intakes a bit, and said "J-10, OMG!!!"

The 2nd pic however does look like the real thing.

Wolf, it is well known that Isreal was politically pressured to stop development of the Lavi. Either for fear of a technology leak, or fear of diminishing export sales, they were pressured to the extent they quit the new design. I think I remember Isreal recieved free F-15As (Ex-USAF old birds) or something like that for stopping the Lavi.

The new generation fighters like the Su-37, F-22, F-2, EF2000, Rafale and Gripen are all such a large breakthroughs in technology that you really can't compare them with 30-year old designs like the F-15C and so on. It's like comparing F-51s to F-4s. Different era, different need. Also different defense budget, political status, and of course, the need of your country. 

For example, I have no doubt the F-22 will be overkill if Japan were (Repeat, were) to get a squadron or 2 of them. Japan really has no need for a high-tech plane, as they already plan to get the US involved if any war breaks out on the homeland :p And also, the F-22 cannot do the Anti-Ship role the F-2 is supposed t accomplish with either AGM-84 Harpoons or ASM-1 (Japanes Anti-Ship missle) missiles.

On the other hand, equipping US squadrons with fighters like the F-2 would be IMHO bull$hit. Too short ranged, limited radar ability (Small radome), none of the new generation stealth technology, it wont be able to live in the modern battlefield. (Remember, Japan would be relying on US Fighter support anyway so Japan doesnt have to worry about this part)

Again, comparing fighters is really difficult stuff IMO.

Japan could buy MiG's from Russia. The MiG-29 as an air superiority fighter and the Su-27 as a fighter/attack aircraft