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Dec 28th, 2010 at 8:04pm

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Got this bird for Christmas........
Trying out the weapons systems....
Firing......oh, that's fun Smiley
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Darn it, last one.....
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Thanks 4 looking Smiley
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #1 - Dec 28th, 2010 at 8:54pm

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Number three is a class act.� Color balance is great� Smiley.
 

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Reply #2 - Dec 28th, 2010 at 9:15pm

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Thanks Dave Smiley
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #3 - Dec 28th, 2010 at 10:31pm

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Great shots Chuck. Smiley
What happens when the missile impacts, is there an explosion?
 

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Reply #4 - Dec 28th, 2010 at 11:01pm

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Thanks Larry, I've only experimented a little bit but, if you shoot at an AI aircraft there is an explosion........unfortunately, the aircraft does not go down in flames Undecided
So far as I can tell, the ground ordinance produces no explosion......just an audible bang.
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #5 - Dec 28th, 2010 at 11:15pm

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Wow!!!! All really nice.  Smiley
 

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Reply #6 - Dec 29th, 2010 at 12:39am

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Bob70 wrote on Dec 28th, 2010 at 11:15pm:
Wow!!!! All really nice.� Smiley


Thanks Bob Smiley
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #7 - Dec 29th, 2010 at 10:22am

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CHUCK79 wrote on Dec 28th, 2010 at 11:01pm:
unfortunately, the aircraft does not go down in flames Undecided
When you stop and think about it, that's actually kinda handy - you don't have to load up a fresh one� Smiley.
 

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Reply #8 - Dec 30th, 2010 at 6:02am
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Awesome shots Chuck. Smiley

Also, one thing I've always wondered about this bird, what happens after you eject?� Do you lose control of the plane?� Or is the flight automatically ended?
 
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Reply #9 - Dec 30th, 2010 at 1:06pm

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Awesome shots Chuck. Smiley

Also, one thing I've always wondered about this bird, what happens after you eject?� Do you lose control of the plane?� Or is the flight automatically ended?


Thanks David Smiley
After the ejection sequence the plane keeps going whichever way it was pointed. After a few seconds, the canopy, pilot, and ejection seat respawn and you resume control of the aircraft. So, you can do it as many times as you want without having to restart your flight Wink
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #10 - Dec 31st, 2010 at 11:46am

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I've been trying to get the weapons to work ever since I got the aircraft ....... still haven't managed.

Must keep trying !!!

Great shots!!
 

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Reply #11 - Dec 31st, 2010 at 1:56pm

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eno wrote on Dec 31st, 2010 at 11:46am:
I've been trying to get the weapons to work ever since I got the aircraft ....... still haven't managed.

Must keep trying !!!

Great shots!!



Flip the master arm switch, (located on the left forward constrol panel, under the multi function display) then select AA (just above the master arm switch). You may have to push the "W" key (or use the multi function display) to cycle weapons to which missile you want to shoot. Now, whatever button you have assigned to "incrementally close flaps" is the missile trigger. You can fire until the current weapon is expended, then you must select another weapon. Wink
Hope this gets you shooting Smiley
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #12 - Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:41pm

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Now that seems a bit unorthodox to me, using the flaps key. Why not the brakes, like several other designs, which has no affect on anything while airborne? With the inclusion of firing weapons on so many military models these days, it seems there is a need for a standardized key for guns. And where there is a switch to select bombs or rockets, the default drop object key would suffice. Both can be mapped to a particular button on a joystick.
 

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Reply #13 - Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:56pm

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Relooking at number three - what's that screen shaped device on the right wing - forget your laptop?  Smiley.
 

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THIS IS NOT A PANAM CLIPPER

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Reply #14 - Jan 1st, 2011 at 10:38pm

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patchz wrote on Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:41pm:
Now that seems a bit unorthodox to me, using the flaps key. Why not the brakes, like several other designs, which has no affect on anything while airborne? With the inclusion of firing weapons on so many military models these days, it seems there is a need for a standardized key for guns. And where there is a switch to select bombs or rockets, the default drop object key would suffice. Both can be mapped to a particular button on a joystick.


It's the cowl flaps key, which obviously has no use for a jet so, it kind of works......I think you can re-map it if you want.
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"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #15 - Jan 1st, 2011 at 10:44pm

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olderndirt wrote on Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:56pm:
Relooking at number three - what's that screen shaped device on the right wing - forget your laptop?� Smiley.


Oh, there it is Shocked
That's worse than leaving your coffee on the roof of the car Wink
Actually, it's a speedbrake. The E model doesn't use the same spoiler configuration as previous models.
These square spoilers, the rudders, and the elevator all coordinate to slow the jet.
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #16 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 12:38am
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First, nice screenies Chuck!

Second, thanx y'all for the weapons 'lesson'!!!� I had not made it that far along in the manual.

Some mention has been made of the "special effects" upon weapons impact.� I have no idea how, but I inadvertently stumbled across some, shall we say, interesting things in the "Combat In Afghanistan" scenery package.� Or it could be part of the SuperBug package itself.

I took off from Jalalabad and noticed what looks to be a missle frigate in a nearby lake with a small red loop floating above it.� As so:
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http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1294336198.jpg

It'll lock-up with anything AGM, then make it disappear in a large cloud and big badda-boom!� Shocked Cool Shocked

Found a few more of them red circle thingies in a bunch of different land-based areas and they take anything GBU in the same way.

I've been blowin' the crapola outta stuff for the last few days!!!! Cheesy

That is when I don't get target-fixation and become a bunch of small parts in the landscape! Cry

Thanx again y'all for the weapons lessons! Cool
 
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Reply #17 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 10:29am

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U4EA wrote on Jan 6th, 2011 at 12:38am:
First, nice screenies Chuck!

Second, thanx y'all for the weapons 'lesson'!!!� I had not made it that far along in the manual.

Some mention has been made of the "special effects" upon weapons impact.� I have no idea how, but I inadvertently stumbled across some, shall we say, interesting things in the "Combat In Afghanistan" scenery package.� Or it could be part of the SuperBug package itself.

I took off from Jalalabad and noticed what looks to be a missle frigate in a nearby lake with a small red loop floating above it.� As so:
http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1294350957.jpg
http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1294336198.jpg

It'll lock-up with anything AGM, then make it disappear in a large cloud and big badda-boom!� Shocked Cool Shocked

Found a few more of them red circle thingies in a bunch of different land-based areas and they take anything GBU in the same way.

I've been blowin' the crapola outta stuff for the last few days!!!! Cheesy

That is when I don't get target-fixation and become a bunch of small parts in the landscape! Cry

Thanx again y'all for the weapons lessons! Cool


Whoa..... cool. I had no idea. Combat in Afghanistan scenery you say? I don't have that. Is it here st SimV?
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #18 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 11:52am
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Reply #19 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 2:46pm

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U4EA wrote on Jan 6th, 2011 at 11:52am:


Thanks U4EA....I was just about to go searching Wink
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #20 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 7:50pm

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i like the base paint on this craft EXCEPT for all the experimental / TEST stickers that someone put all over it.  that just makes it look ugly. sorry.   if someone removed all the black/white circles and stuck with the basic paint job on this, it would be a billion times better
 

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Reply #21 - Jan 6th, 2011 at 9:52pm

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patchz wrote on Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:41pm:
Now that seems a bit unorthodox to me, using the flaps key. Why not the brakes, like several other designs, which has no affect on anything while airborne? With the inclusion of firing weapons on so many military models these days, it seems there is a need for a standardized key for guns. And where there is a switch to select bombs or rockets, the default drop object key would suffice. Both can be mapped to a particular button on a joystick.


The VRS model is so much more advanced than that.� That's basic flight sim stuff you are referring to.� VRS uses its own unique set of key assignments in addition to the traditional FS ones and goes way beyond anything that Aerosoft or Iris have done.�

The VRS model is an F/A-18E simulator that uses FS9/FSX as a platform to exist inside of.
 

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Reply #22 - Jan 7th, 2011 at 2:37am
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Capt.Propwash wrote on Jan 6th, 2011 at 7:50pm:
i like the base paint on this craft EXCEPT for all the experimental / TEST stickers that someone put all over it.� that just makes it look ugly. sorry.� �if someone removed all the black/white circles and stuck with the basic paint job on this, it would be a billion times better


There is two models in each livery, a "line" and a "CAG", the test markers are not on the CAGs.
 
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Reply #23 - Jan 7th, 2011 at 10:28pm

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MIKE JG wrote on Jan 6th, 2011 at 9:52pm:
patchz wrote on Jan 1st, 2011 at 9:41pm:
Now that seems a bit unorthodox to me, using the flaps key. Why not the brakes, like several other designs, which has no affect on anything while airborne? With the inclusion of firing weapons on so many military models these days, it seems there is a need for a standardized key for guns. And where there is a switch to select bombs or rockets, the default drop object key would suffice. Both can be mapped to a particular button on a joystick.


The VRS model is so much more advanced than that.� That's basic flight sim stuff you are referring to.� VRS uses its own unique set of key assignments in addition to the traditional FS ones and goes way beyond anything that Aerosoft or Iris have done.�

The VRS model is an F/A-18E simulator that uses FS9/FSX as a platform to exist inside of.� �


It is very elaborate........I spent several hours reading the manual and flying the tutorial flight.
You can have VOR and DME stations act as AAA and SAM sites and if you get too close you may have to out-maneuver a missile (assuming you didn't spot it on the radar, target it, and reduce it with a HARM missile before it has the chance to fire) Shocked
If you get hit you take damage (scalable damage using an aircraft configuration manager that also allows adjustment of almost every other aspect of the jet).
Air to air missiles can be used to target AI aircraft (also targets recorded aircraft from FSRecorder)
Very immersive...... Cool
 

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"
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Reply #24 - Jan 7th, 2011 at 10:30pm

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Must say, bought it when it came out, and best payware I ever bought, just amazing, and Chuck have ye downloaded the latest updates? Supose to have a Tac pack coming out soemtime.
 
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