#[0.33] [AIRCRAFT] Aryx's F-16M King Viper

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fathom rampart
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Yeah idk why but qol changes the 20mm in the viper to 25mm autocannon

vagrant charm
upbeat drift
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i think it's mixing it up with the FQ-106

vagrant charm
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oh

frank monolith
fathom rampart
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Likely

upbeat drift
low valley
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QOL changes the inbuilt weapon configuration of the 20mm rotary with 500 rounds

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one of the stock weapons

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the viper uses said weapon

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any plane that does will get changed by qol as such

upbeat drift
low valley
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because qol

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not my business glueless

stiff berry
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anyone having the bug where selecting AAM-29's just does not equip them?

frail topaz
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I ran into a bug like that where selecting certain AAMs simply left the pylon empty

I haven't done thorough testing yet

upbeat drift
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so this isn't only related to the King Viper

stiff berry
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only its just on the F-16

dire depot
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Why does it keep spazing up and down

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QOL messing with it??

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Pulling up the ENTIRE time in that clip btw

final kayak
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and FBW is broken by the 0.33 update

low valley
dire depot
low valley
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only 1.0.8 works with 0.33, the FBW got changed

low valley
dire depot
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Ok so it was NOMM not updating it

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1.0.7 for some odd reason

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Love the Mig too btw

frail topaz
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peak rank 2 aircraft

if not for the fact that it swallows fuel whole at a rate of 3 tanks per minute on full AB the thing would be borderline busted at rank 2

low valley
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pretty much it’s balancing factors lmao

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shit countermeasures and short legs

honest copper
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I just wanted to stop in and say thank you and congratulate you on your work. The Viper is eternal. It's a heap of fun.

If you ever make a rank 4 or 5 Strike Eagle my life is yours, but regardless, I look forward to anything else that strikes your fancy in the future.

final salmon
bitter pilot
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Usually the F-16 would take some external tanks but since we don't have those in NO yet just stay out of AB unless you really need it.

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The dry thrust is fantastic anyway

honest copper
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Yeah, it's got legs if you keep it in MIL and still has heaps of speed

low valley
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the afterburner in bfm is very nice

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the viper’s got good induced drag and nose pointing ability so you can pull like 33-37° sustained aoa at 350km/h with the safeties off

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energy kept in place by the burner

bitter pilot
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It is very unnatural after years of BMS to have a viper actually pitch beyond 29 units of AoA

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For a fictional NO variant though its harldy unreasonable

low valley
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walking wind tunnel

bitter pilot
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It feels pretty good. Rotation on takeoff is a bit snappy, max roll rate when clean feels a little too fast, pitch authority at low speed feels maybe a little too good. But overall it does feel like an F-16

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Nothing I'd say that needs to be changed

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Though haven't used it that much tbh, just like 4-5 hours

thorn coyote
brazen otter
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and when you turn it on it limits your aoa onset by a lot

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will fix eventually™

bitter pilot
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Yeah it was pretty accurate with the stability enabled.

brazen otter
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id also like to mention the lift/drag tanks above 30 degrees

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since the vipers lerx is optimized for lower aoa

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yknow, the regime the aircraft spends all of its time in lol

rose junco
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It also just has so much get-up and go

bitter pilot
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Yes, though it could be argued even for todays vipers that if you could safely get a higher AoA pull to get a tighter initial turn to jam heater WEZ it could be useful.

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Even if it was a net loss of energy compared to a normal turn

brazen otter
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yeah

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another issue that would bring irl is the superstall

bitter pilot
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Yup

brazen otter
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even without rolling if you hit even just around 35 degrees youre cooked

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the limiters at 27 for a reason lol

bitter pilot
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Yes.

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You couldn't really do it for IRL vipers safely without actually redesigning the aerodynamics of the aircraft and losing parts commonality

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so probably never gonna happen

brazen otter
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and reducing rate performance a lot

low valley
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her main strength is fantastic TWR

vale yoke
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V-51 makes me wonder if someone will make a Pandora from Avatar like map one day for this game down the road.

bitter pilot
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Flying jets through a massive forest sounds like framerate hell but potentially fun.

tribal escarp
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i want to see how you will make F-22EX, MiG-49 and I-42, those sounds interesting

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btw F16 great mod, i have a lot of fun with it :D

void tree
shell cairn
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Also

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Petition for Aryx to kidnap AAA and finish the Ternion in 5 hours

tawdry smelt
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I'm curious why the Russian YAK-38/141 style vtol "AV-82B" will have a Harrier style (AV-8B) designation

west widget
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Ohh can't wait to see what the mc260 looks like. Im a sucker for big aircraft with combat capabilities

rose junco
west widget
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That sounds pretty awesome

rose junco
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It is

My only gripe is the radome, as that implies it's using a much older type of radar, rather than just the "spine" sort of radar, thqt uses AESA radar.

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But hey, up to her design

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It is just looks, and magic

tame nebula
rose junco
tame nebula
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yeah.. fixed radar

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but its AESA

rose junco
tame nebula
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steer electronically

rose junco
tame nebula
rose junco
low valley
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textures pending

west widget
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Ohhh very nice!

low valley
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over-wing engines for short takeoff performance

tame nebula
west widget
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Those engines remind me of that fallout civ liner lol

low valley
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she's as large as a medium hangar allows, so some design concessions were made

west widget
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Gotcha, thats pretty cool to see

raven mica
# low valley

I love that little Tarantula-like cutout on the back so much

tame nebula
low valley
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doesn't know how blown wings work award

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🏅

west widget
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Lmao

tame nebula
low valley
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doesn't seem like it

low valley
# low valley she's as large as a medium hangar allows, so some design concessions were made

specifically:

- no conventional vertical stabiliser, yaw is done via split-drag rudders and stabilised by strakes
- 120T of cargo capacity
- mach 0.8 max speed
- bay can carry 2 AFV6s, 2 FRCVs, 4 Jackknives or 4 CRVLs
- blown wings An72/YC14 style in order to compromise for limited wingspan
- extremely jacked landing gear for field landings for rolling deployment of an MBT or FRCV
tame nebula
low valley
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that's

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not where the engines should be

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they should be waayyyyyy forwards

tame nebula
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meow

rose junco
low valley
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at least halfway through the chord

tame nebula
low valley
tame nebula
low valley
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smaller goober from my own game

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silly lookin thing

tame nebula
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please chord your fans

west widget
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Thats pretty sick

low valley
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fan model there is temp as I cba

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S-3 and An-72 had a baby more or less

tame nebula
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true..

rose junco
# tame nebula

I had a look, and the wedgetail does not have this issue

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It just doesn't

tame nebula
rose junco
tame nebula
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the whole tower is MESA radar

rose junco
tame nebula
rose junco
tame nebula
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yay

rose junco
tame nebula
rose junco
tame nebula
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hold up, thats a..

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air intake

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so..

rose junco
tame nebula
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the radar is actually the

low valley
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I think line arrays look boring

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so I went for 3 of em in a triangle

tame nebula
rose junco
rose junco
# tame nebula

Not sure what you're on about, but that is a black area

tame nebula
tame nebula
rose junco
karmic pivot
rose junco
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it's a square.

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sorry

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rectangle

karmic pivot
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the swedish erieye only has the side arrays and does have fore and aft blindsposts

light crag
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is the f16 fixed?

rose junco
light crag
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damn

rose junco
light crag
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oh is that the version

tame nebula
light crag
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ohhhhhhhh

rose junco
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and it is awesome

light crag
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looks really cool

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looks like the infrit and the revoker mixed idk

winged scarab
rose junco
low valley
shell cairn
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The Typhoon Ifrit:

torn thorn
low valley
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reason i switched to modding NO

torn thorn
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ah

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would you consider joining the NO dev team if position are available

light crag
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not sure if this helps but when i hit high speeds and dives with the f16 the rudder starts tweakin

low valley
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will also be re adding the viper’s augers as it lost em with the update when I rebuilt the modding environment

light crag
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ok sweet my bad

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nice

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i love this aircraft i cant wait to see more

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id love to see someone make and f86 or an F/A 18

rose junco
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there's already a mig-15 for you to chew on while you wait

light crag
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way ahead of you i love that thing also

low valley
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gonna be great for logi players

rose junco
light crag
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omg that would be awesome

rose junco
glacial pagoda
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Question for the cargo plane, is there any chance you could give it the 127mm guided cannon from the new frigate? And maybe the 40mm from the annex?

light crag
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will it have maybe act like c130 or will it only be for cargo applications

low valley
# rose junco what's the plan for cargo abilities?

has two cargo bay mounts that can either be:
2x Jackknife
AFV6 (all variants)
FRCV light tank
Containerised SAM (RAM45)
Containerised Radar
Munitions/Naval Supply Container
127mm Railgun Turret (left)
57mm Twin Autocannon Turret (left)

and a large Mission Bay pylon that omits the two other slots:

  • Field Deployable Helipad
  • HLT Radar
low valley
glacial pagoda
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Nvm lol that’s awesome

low valley
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it can do cargo, AEW, strategic bombing or gunship

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it does however

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have 0 A2A

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so you may need escorts

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in exchange you get 256 flares and an amazing ECM

light crag
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this will change alot add so many new options

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this is gonna be cool

low valley
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it can also drop paratroopers

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:)

light crag
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whatttt

low valley
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infantry biiiiiitch

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gonna be testing em out tonight once the visual model is done

light crag
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are you gonna stream it or something id like to watch that?

glacial pagoda
rose junco
low valley
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twice as much

rose junco
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It's gonna be fun to fly

rose junco
low valley
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you can carry 2 AFV6s

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there are two cargo bay slots

rose junco
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Oh ok, so it has 2 large slots

low valley
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ya

rose junco
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I see now, my bad

light crag
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so its the size of two tarantula's

low valley
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and way faster

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mach 0.8 top speed

light crag
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well yeah

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its like a globemaster

rose junco
low valley
low valley
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it can power through

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4 150kN engines does that

glacial pagoda
low valley
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no

light crag
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how would the deploable helipad work?

rose junco
low valley
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it has a bomb bay that can be mounted in exchange for the cargo bay

glacial pagoda
low valley
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I am not a member of the P2082 team so I naturally don’t do external dependencies outside of Blueprinter as it’s the loader for asset bundles.

low valley
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link’s in the main post of this thread

light crag
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ok

glacial pagoda
low valley
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Nah, that’s on their side if they want to do that

glacial pagoda
low valley
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My stuff is a two man venture, I make the stuff, Voodoo makes the music

low valley
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however QOL does its thing ig

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given QOL already replaces the F-16s gun lmao

glacial pagoda
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My brain very small so idk how you’d add weapons to another persons mod lol

raven mica
glacial pagoda
glacial pagoda
low valley
near musk
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I think aryx is just the best

low valley
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I’ve over a year of experience messing around with nuclear option in my own local mod projects

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Blueprinter just made it possible to share my stuff with everyone else.

light crag
glacial pagoda
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I respect that, any plans for after this one?

low valley
near musk
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In four days?

glacial pagoda
rose junco
low valley
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after the cargo plane I have a short break planned to design my next round of stuff on paper, then I will be dropping a rank 5 stealth fighter that’s basically F-22EX, and a light tiltrotor utility aircraft as BDF’s Ibis equivalent

near musk
low valley
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This shit is life to me.

raven mica
light crag
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oh i didnt know that

near musk
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Hmo now, You should add an F-16XL to the f-16 mod

low valley
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first did it with machine ships for stellaris back in 2020

bronze sorrel
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I love the F-16

light crag
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aryx how long did it take you to make the f16 and mig15?

bronze sorrel
light crag
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lol sorry

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im stoned

near musk
raven mica
bronze sorrel
low valley
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they’re complex

bronze sorrel
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I loved that shipset

light crag
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that answers my question

tame nebula
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I would

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I want to make my plane in NO

glacial pagoda
final kayak
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this may be dumb, but I just need to remove the old mod from NOMM before redownloading it via the same launcher

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for the flight model to work now, right?

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or is it not yet fixed and you will still nose up and down uncontrollably

final kayak
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roger roger

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thanks, btw

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me and my pal kinda are F-16 suckers

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got confused by the pinned message saying FBW is still oof

raven mica
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I think the FBW is always gonna be a bit off in one way or another. It's like... you tweak one thing - another one gets screwed, you fix that other thing - something else goes weird

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Like mixing and mastering in music. Aryx hates tweaking FBW, and I hate mixing and mastering PepoWheeze

final kayak
torn thorn
bright horizon
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I completely appreciate your work, I just gave an idea nothing else

tawdry smelt
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Lmao now I'm getting your next airframe kindof advertised to me on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiI4EAV1b3E

#NEWS | Embraer and the State of the Netherlands have signed a landmark contract today to deliver a cutting-edge Aeromedical Evacuation System for the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s C-390 Millennium fleet. The contract, which comprises one firm order plus seven purchase orders, was signed today by Vice Admiral Jan Willem Hartman (MSc), Commande...

▶ Play video
uncut fractal
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The capabilities (on paper so far at least) of platforms like the C-390 along with the Rapid Dragon variants that various missile design projects have built from the initial success means that chucking stacks of ALCMs from the cargo bay well outside of SAM range to ruin both land and naval targets entire days are precisely why I really want this cargo platform in NO

low valley
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this doesn't need rapid dragon

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it's deadass just got a bomb bay

brisk coyote
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"why containerized alcms when dedicated bomb bay?"
-MC-260 Engineers, probably

velvet gorge
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will it be able to fit a radome & jammers?

brisk coyote
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yes

low valley
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can equip two jammers for the wing stations

velvet gorge
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the illuminati radome is crazy work, it looks awesome

low valley
foggy gulch
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is thr f-16 still broke

sinful topaz
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Plane works. Just don't try slapping the tactitools on it.

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UNLESS the latest hotfix borked it again

reef dew
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I mean, tactitools is fine, just disable the autopilot. At least I have not had any issues. I can take off just fine.

sinful topaz
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Or that, yeah. I forgot what setting in it was that we had to disable

foggy gulch
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can someone drop the link i cant seem to find it

tame nebula
# low valley

damn.. i need to start learning how to paint my planes

buoyant meadow
brisk coyote
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no

low valley
glacial pagoda
tribal escarp
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i noticed while going low altitude on AB going over 1700KmH 1800Kmh the vertical stabilazer is glitching out, is it couse of going empty or something else?

low valley
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working on it

narrow spoke
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Suggestion that will delay the release by at least a day: can you add thrust reversers?

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Check out the thrust reversers on the YC14

cobalt abyss
dense cosmos
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@low valley can you take donations etc

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Like, is it allowed

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Because I wanna throw some money your way

low valley
dense cosmos
vagrant charm
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or is it larp

shell cairn
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Just larp I think

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Since the game takes place in the 2070's I think it's assumed everything is AESA lol

tame nebula
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You can put more T/R

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You can TWS far better

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You can track many multiple target

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You scan faster

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You can put high power

digital sentinel
hoary sapphire
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How install? just like other mods?

rose junco
hoary sapphire
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the what? ive been doing it all manually with the .dll's

rose junco
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You can find it in the forum threads

hoary sapphire
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Found it, working on the install

kindred owl
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King Viper

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Ving Kiper

sturdy juniper
raven mica
sturdy juniper
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thanks

shell cairn
brazen otter
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brakes are nuts

neon vigil
brazen otter
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can confirm, i have brembos

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its lore accurate

neon vigil
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no peasant oem or drum brakes here

obsidian sonnet
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um guys]

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which one is the correct file ? NOBP or the source code below

raven mica
obsidian sonnet
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blueprinter mod ?

raven mica
raven mica
obsidian sonnet
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okay so i download this and then the nobp file ,

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can winrar extract the nobp or do i need special software

raven mica
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Why would you want to extract the nobp file PepoWheeze

shell cairn
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you don't extract

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just put it and Blueprinte dll in the Bepinex plugins folder

obsidian sonnet
obsidian sonnet
raven mica
tame nebula
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it is

shell cairn
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like this

tame nebula
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nobp file is the food source of the blueprinter

tame nebula
obsidian sonnet
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works

obsidian sonnet
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ive noticed this version is less laggy compared to the previous one

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played on a yoga laptop

narrow spoke
brazen otter
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shrimp on sale at the next exit

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how convenient

steady stirrup
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is it fixed?

rose junco
silver viper
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We re still waiting you know

low valley
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fr

young anvil
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anyone else having the issue that the plane is uncontrolable once airborne?

brisk coyote
limpid cairn
obsidian sonnet
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The stability assist is disabled

sweet stream
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yeah why is it disabled by default

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silly

blazing shoal
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soooooooooo. Is the vertical stabilizer supposed to do this lmao?. not that im complaining, because i am happy the plane fly's again but just asking

bronze sorrel
raven mica
blazing shoal
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yeah i was flying like 1700 kmh

tribal escarp
low valley
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hopefully sussed it for later today

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thought I had it fixed last night but it returned™ mid testing

blazing shoal
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take ur time, im already happy i can fly it lol

tribal escarp
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I wonder what couse that issue or it is engine of the game

low valley
narrow spoke
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"I hate PALA, Primeva was so much better when it wasn't under a military junta!"
The sinister flying illuminati triangle recording your thoughts:

neon vigil
vale yoke
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That got a chuckle out of me lol

sinful topaz
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Certainly a good one lol

rose junco
heady vine
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I heard it had a bomb bay, but does it have a cargo bay too?

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The tula doesn't do it for me anymore
I need a cargo plane 😭

tribal escarp
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What weapons can it carry?

low valley
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can carry 2 afv6s or light tanks in its cargo bay (or 4 jackknives), AGM-68s / 99s / ashm300s / arads / jammer pods externally, or swap its cargo bay out for a spacious bomb bay (roughly alkyon equivalent payload)

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it can also mount 127mm railguns on its side gun mounts

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or 57mm chaingun

tribal escarp
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So it's kinda like AC 130? Correct me if I'm wrong

low valley
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heavy multirole if you will

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it can be a bomber, an awacs, a gunship or a cargo transport

narrow spoke
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Im guessing it will be somewhere between the Medusa and DR in price?

tribal escarp
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Looks interesting. Awacs will be actually decent but I'm worried about it's defensive capability especially with those new scimitars

low valley
narrow spoke
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Laser in the radome spot?

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Maybe some kind of circular optical phased array, like the strip phasers on Star Trek ships

low valley
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she can carry four jackknives which is quite nice

tribal escarp
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She either gonna need help means a decent wingman that can intercept missile ahead of the time f16 or ifrit gonna be nice choice imo

short belfry
# low valley

when or where will this drop? a proper tactical airlift / cargo plane would be nice. Tarantual has its purpose in game wish something like this was in vanilla. and also like a proper rank 2 fighter.

narrow spoke
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Nerd comment but I wonder if railguns would be rated based on the caliber of the armature or the projectile itself

low valley
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since we call APFSDS rounds by their encased calibre rather than the sabot diameter

bitter pilot
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with the option for jamming pods it's still going to be pretty survivable.

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weak to scimis sure but its not an unreasonable thing to be weak against

low valley
bitter pilot
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also whats the effective range on the railgun you're giving it?

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Small concern about how air defense would deal with that kind of attack since I assume they cant exactly intercept the projectiles.

low valley
bitter pilot
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That's good.

low valley
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accuracy drops off a cliff if you're constantly moving to evade fire so it's best used alongside air superiority

bitter pilot
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So do have to get into boltstrike range before you can bully short range air defense.

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Still probably good at killing air defense but at 10km definitely exposed to enemy aircraft

low valley
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yep

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it's also got a COLOSSAL radar cross-section of 12

bitter pilot
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chonker

tribal escarp
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Isn't that railguns are capable of firing at like more than 10 kilometers? I'm finding so much different information that I don't know what is true

low valley
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127mm vs 152

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with far less onboard fire control systems than a naval vessel

narrow spoke
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I assume 10km is against IFV sized vehicles. Should easily nail ships outside of RAM-45 range

low valley
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yep

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you get 60 rounds, reload time is gonna be 5 seconds

tribal escarp
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I can't wait to get those SPAAG evaporated anyways

ebon cape
low valley
ebon cape
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seems like primera 2082 takes a lot longer to get one out

ebon cape
low valley
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Primeva 2082 is an incredibly talented team but from what I've heard it's a case of too many chefs

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and they have a higher eye for quality on release

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whereas I prefer to release fast to find bugs quicker from a public userbase

ebon cape
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makes sense, both make fantastic mods either way

tribal escarp
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That's true. I'm still waiting for their 106 to be updated

ebon cape
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i dont think I´ve used anything other than the f-16 since it launched lol

low valley
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I am sad that the 106 doesn't have animated things other than the elevators and gun door

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it looks strange without aileron, gear or lg door movement

tribal escarp
low valley
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Ternion will be awesome, just gotta wait for it to release

ebon cape
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aryx goated developer top tier arms manufacturer

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im d riding till i die

tribal escarp
low valley
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think F-22EX and Halo Reach Falcon for the desired vibes

vernal smelt
low valley
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They’re working on it, have faith.

vernal smelt
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AAA is working on it

low valley
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These projects are incredibly complex

vernal smelt
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trust

low valley
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Like I cannot understate how much work goes into these.

tribal escarp
tribal escarp
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That's definitely interesting factor to consider it's role

low valley
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aye

sweet stream
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aye aye captain

rose junco
low valley
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ya

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4 jackknifes & jammers for defence™

rose junco
rose junco
# low valley wym

Poor choice of words on my end.

Is this faction specific lore wise? Because this seems like it would be one both parties would like to have

low valley
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When the vanilla cargo plane comes out, this will be retconned to BDF

ripe flame
low valley
rose junco
low valley
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AB-4 if it had a 12.0 RCS and was subsonic

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BUT was rank 4

narrow spoke
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So are the cruise missiles going to use the bomb bay doors (effective, boring) or slide out the back of the cargo door (dumb, cool)

low valley
sweet stream
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bwomp

rose junco
digital stag
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Can it carry trucks? as QOL did to vl49. Or even ifv8/MBT?

raw aspen
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tomorrow new aircraft?

sinful topaz
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We're gonna be cooking in the logistics department

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That or we're just gonna start going "ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE" as everything ceases to exist

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I forgot which plane it was but I see the inspiration from it based on the engine position

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I know it is an Ilushin plane but the name I forgot

low valley
sinful topaz
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Thank you CapooThumbsUp

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I see the B-52 genes in it

hasty brook
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btw how many laser deignators does the f16 have?

low valley
tribal escarp
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Gonna install it imiedietly

sturdy juniper
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are there any servers running this mod (if thats possible)?

low valley
vale yoke
low valley
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so it’ll show 1.0.9 in a bit

vale yoke
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Alright thank you!

naive basin
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so is this f16 block 82?

low valley
still compass
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I ALMOST MISSED THIS MASTERPIECE

dense cove
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Especially for a cargo aircraft

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Having a lower vertical stabilizer limits the size of cargo that can be put in there

low valley
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stratolance container, radar trucks and a deployable helipad

dense cove
low valley
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the engines?

dense cove
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Yes

low valley
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taking a shot again

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blown wing design for additional lift.

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An-72/YC-14 style.

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offers fantastic takeoff performance when lightly loaded, and makes takeoff with heayvy payloads possible to begin with.

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A forward CG is also desirable as this means that payloads do not shift the CG so far back that it struggles to take off.

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You are free to make your own.

dense cove
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Also having the Vertical stabilizer behind the fuselage would make its yaw performance... meager due to to limited airflow

low valley
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they are not vertical stabilisers

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they are fixed ventral strakes for stability at aoa during landing and takeoff.

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yaw authority is provided by differential thrust and split-drag rudders.

dense cove
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OH

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I thought that was the rudder

low valley
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nope

low valley
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I want my planes to not rely on custom hangars as this means that they don't work out of the box with all missions

dense cove
# low valley

Ah I thought that the stake was straight down not tilted

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Honestly a Be-200 type aircraft would be cool imo

low valley
low valley
dense cove
dense cove
narrow spoke
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4 demo bombs?

low valley
low valley
heady vine
# low valley

Is that a cannon sticking out of the side
What's the biggest cannon it can fit onto it?

heady vine
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Also I'm ngl, the F-16M I thought was just going to be a fun novelty
But it's grown to just straight up be my favorite platform in the game now, are we getting any more 4th gen non thrust vectoring aircraft?

heady vine
raven mica
heady vine
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MiG-29 and Yak-38 equivalents?

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🔥

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That's hot

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I was just thinking how much I wanted a fulcrum counterpart to the viper lmao

raven mica
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Might take a good while to take there, though, but Aryx does make mods at good pace

low valley
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most hellish landing I've ever done

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missing a wing

covert plinth
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it's 21.04

low valley
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it will be releasing in around 24 hours if everything goes to plan

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end of day on the 21st as I want to do bugfixes first

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and some rounds of QA

heady vine
rose junco
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Don't forget the official one coming after the trainer

zealous lichen
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My F-16 is bobbing up and down uncontrollably without any input, how do I fix it

zealous lichen
heady vine
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This bad boy is coming out TOMORROW probably

low valley
low valley
merry sapphire
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Mig-29 coming down the line is crazy

heady vine
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What's the heaviest load the Chimera can take? Can it take an IFV or troops to capture objectives?

merry sapphire
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I’ll lob you a $30 for that

low valley
heady vine
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So my dream of doing blitz captures with a cargo plane can finally be real

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Aryx you are incredible

low valley
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she can carry up to 4 jackknives too

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She can do a lot more than just that though

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She can also operate as a gunship :)

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with turret options of either a 30mm rotary cannon, a 57mm chaingun or a 127mm railgun

heady vine
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I know, I was asking earlier what guns she could take out

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Oooh, I didn't know about the 57 though

low valley
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AWACS too as well

raven mica
heady vine
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But I'm down for this loadout

rose junco
heady vine
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Tula still has a use as a hovering accurate gun platform

rose junco
tight girder
low valley
heady vine
low valley
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the Force Reconnaissance Combat Vehicle

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she's armed with a high velocit 105 and a coaxial 12.7

heady vine
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But it's most useful if you hover with it, or fly forward slowly

low valley
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she offers modest armour for a 30 tonne vehicle, but her main advantage against other tanks is reaction time, having half the time it takes to see targets and fire than the MBTs

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as such, she often gets the first shot off

tight girder
raven mica
rose junco
heady vine
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I mean I used to orbit, but I like flying closer to mountains now so if I get attacked I can use the mountains as cover

rose junco
tight girder
low valley
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the front armour can bounce up to a 76, anything beyond that and she miiiiiiiiiiight be screwed

tight girder
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Keeping your energy state up allows way more defensive options than hovering in place

heady vine
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I guess everyone has their own way of flying the tula lmao

raven mica
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The only use I found for hovering Tula was before the overheating. I just hid behind a mountain and lobbed shells at naval targets lmao

heady vine
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Hell I used to barely fly it because I couldn't stand the noise, but there's a GAS mod out there that makes it sound like an osprey

late grove
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Mod is DEAD

late grove
low valley
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yep! :D

covert plinth
low valley
late grove
mortal vector
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we got ags in nuclear option now🥹

heady bear
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And it's a gunship. Terrifying-

low valley
ebon cape
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Im guessing its the type of plane you take out when all the stratolance sites are down

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And you have air superiority

heady vine
cobalt bronze
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Terrain mask my beloved

low valley
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it does have a 12m RCS

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but it also gets a very good jammer

low valley
ebon cape
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Is that a bad thing??

low valley
heady vine
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It's tail even kinda looks like a whale too

rose junco
heady vine
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The Beluga Bus

rose junco
heady vine
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hmmm orca is pretty fitting

low valley
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her name atm is Chimera

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but she does look like an orca from the front

rose junco
low valley
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gunship, bomber, awacs, cargo transport

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  • begins with a C, primary role is cargo
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  • I like it as a word
small pike
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the Sounds Cool factor is very important when choosing names for equipment

open spruce
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sick mods bro

heady vine
# low valley

If only I was good at making liveries, I'd totally make an orca themed livery for it

turbid spindle
rose junco
lapis fable
deep kayak
low valley
deep kayak
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Is this your mod? holy crap im pumped

low valley
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yep!

final salmon
heady vine
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What engine sound is the Chimera gonna use?

vague imp
rose junco
timber depot
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ah

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makes sense

raven mica
raw aspen
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Now we wait for new plane

sinful topaz
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Yep. We wait.

austere plover
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Dang

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When are we finally gonna get the plane we deserve

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One with multiple turrets

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:(

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/lh hj

low valley
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two turret slots, each one can either be:

127mm Railgun Turret
57mm Chaingun Turret
30mm Rotary Cannon Turret```
austere plover
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Right but they're side, not ventral, right

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Basically casemates? Ie guns that are mostly fixed in one direction but have some minor traverse

Like the 76mm on the Tarantula

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Not actually turrets

brittle tree
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Is it going to have more munitions containers than the tula or just 2?

low valley
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can also carry two jackknives per bay slot

austere plover
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That's uh

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That's a lot of jackknives

low valley
austere plover
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Too heavy tho, I guess?

low valley
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nah

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balance™

austere plover
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Also valid

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That said my question about the guns remains. From what I've seen they're tarantula style guns, yeah?

low valley
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yep

low valley
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tail-mounted gun

austere plover
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Mhmmm

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That's kinda funny

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I mean you can probably tell what my response to that is

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"give it more then one"

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But it would make a lot of sense to have a tail gun tbh

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It's also a unique approach

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I think it'd be the first aircraft with a tailgun?

low valley
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yep

austere plover
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I mean it sounds like a lot of fun

terse laurel
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I am eager for fatty fat fat plane

rose junco
terse laurel
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I like big frames and I cannot lie

rose junco
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:b

covert plinth
low valley
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have patience

astral tendon
limber wigeon
strong owl
merry harness
ebon cape
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greedy ahhh

mortal vector
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give it a ciws turret littleguy

rose junco
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i saw that ping

chilly nimbus
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Mb I read the gifs wrong

chilly nimbus
rose junco
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also, check her profile at least :b

chilly nimbus
rose junco
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you should really check the original message

chilly nimbus
covert plinth
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last 3 hours of this long day

raven mica
covert plinth
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i wanna shot some tanks like ac-130 mission in cod

heady vine
west widget
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Id vote for a gun in some fashion. Even a 12.7 like a cricket

raven mica
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I don't even think it would change that much, because most engagements in NO are beyond 12.7mm range

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Niche thing for the funnies, probably won't be all that useful, but idk

tight girder
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Turret only makes sense on the Tarantula as a close-in defense against ground threats, like the proposed 12.7 RWS for the Osprey, because it may actually be landing in contested areas

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This shouldnt have one IMHO

feral glacier
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does someone made custom tu-95 or b-29

west widget
feral glacier
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i try find something like heavy bombardier with propeller-driven aircraft

raven mica
rose junco
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very beautiful, very powerful

low valley
dense cove
low valley
dense cove
rose junco
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i saw you ping...

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get back here

limpid cairn
full heath
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every cargo plane needs the rear sector vulcan for self defence

dense cove
junior mesa
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With a chimera design, I don't even know where to stick that cannon on the tail

low valley
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proobs on here

dense cove
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It had basically no purpose at that point and was just using an extra crew member and a bunch of weight and it also got nailed by a harm at a point

full heath
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i know why it got removed but that doesn't stop it from being potentially the funniest tail gun ever designed

dense cove
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Just on a much smaller scale

low valley
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ehehehe

torn reef
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i think your engines broke

fiery cloak
low valley
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current cockpit is a bit of a lowres placeholder but eh

limber wigeon
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Im going crazy waiting for this

fiery cloak
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This looks goofy

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in the good way

shrewd plume
low valley
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ya

fiery cloak
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Like the Ibis

covert plinth
terse laurel
tawdry smelt
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Idk if it's been said, but I really appreciate all the work you do @low valley

ebon cape
low valley
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having technical problems™

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deployable helipad won't mf deploy

west widget
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Lol take your time

royal burrow
sweet stream
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@low valley can you please delay it to like after tomorrow

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just because of these people above

crude furnace
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its nice to see people excited but yall needa chill bruh

brisk cape
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average modder experience hell

crude furnace
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fr

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i feel bad for yall

rose junco
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Just cancel it

terse laurel
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i once posted a very small compat mod for some mods in rimworld and the sheer amount of incessant hounding was impressive for something with like 2000 unique downloads

my heart goes out to the unbelievably awesome individuals who make mods

anyways plane when?????????

crude furnace
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lol

low valley
terse laurel
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exploding unity spaghetti code with my mind

heady vine
# low valley

a tragedy, but understandable, keeping on cooking, we're all looking forward to the orca!

turbid spindle
# low valley

Horrid and evil creature. My hopes were high, only to be dashed against the rocks 😔

merry sapphire
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take all the time you need dude!

vale yoke
tribal escarp
# low valley

Just don't burn yourself out. Take a break if needed!

halcyon gorge
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However long it takes I’m excited to try it out it looks sick tbh

sinful topaz
leaden badger
low valley
sinful topaz
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I find it funny how the chat just posts the orca gif occasionally lol

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-# Watch the next aircraft be named "Orca" EssexWheeze

leaden badger
# low valley yep

I have an idea of a plane that I want to make in blender but like I don’t know how to do blender I have like 2 hours in it and really don’t know how to make basic forms and shapes

low valley
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it's a really powerful technique if you can learn it

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basically allows you to create smooth curves of geometry whilst placing less faces

raw aspen
leaden badger
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Also, how long have u been doing this for?

low valley
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started modding nuclear option last year

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started making proper plane models back in 2024

leaden badger
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Now I just want to end it

low valley
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nah

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it's a skill that is learned

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put in the time for it and it'll come to you

leaden badger
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Yea u right, I really want to make a heavy transporter jet plane, but I think I’m thinking of something very complex and will take time to make, as I am a guy with almost no hours in blender

sinful topaz
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Everyone starts somewhere, Sandbag. Don't feel pressure because someone else has been working on it before you, you'll learn if it is what you wish to accomplish in time!

austere plover
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Bweh, if only things where that easy, hah

heady vine
low valley
deft drift
leaden badger
fiery cloak
sweet stream
leaden badger
deft drift
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Not currently I stayed simple

leaden badger
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Aa ok, Will se on what I do later, is probably going to take a while

buoyant meadow
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@low valley can you create the post for the new aircraft in advance pls?

tame nebula
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hes trying his best ok

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have some patience

buoyant meadow
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??

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firstly I can tell ur a low Iq individual bc "he's" a she secondly I dont recall ever mentioning you so how about we hold our apples hm?

tame nebula
sweet stream
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But instead just asking for a separate post for the new plane

raven mica
sweet stream
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Fair enough

shell cairn
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What is it with Discord and overly aggressive people lol

sweet stream
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Ik the message above has nothing to do with what you said but still

vale yoke
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Which is quite funny

spiral latch
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Sorry if someone's asked already but does the f16 work fine with qol rn or does it break something

sinful topaz
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This should be pinned, honestly.

low valley
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I believe that having a forum post for an unreleased mod creates hype for something that might end up not happening

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this applies to everything not just my stuff

bronze sorrel
thorn steeple
low valley
thorn steeple
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Wut

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C5?

low valley
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Inspiration wise it’s a crossover of An-72, C-17, C-390, B-52 and Y-20

bronze sorrel
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I love the AC-130, idc bigger is better

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ALWAYS

low valley
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she can carry railguns for a gunship role

bronze sorrel
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jk

thorn steeple
# low valley

Ok that looks cursed (because it looks like an72 got an upgrade)

bronze sorrel
low valley
bronze sorrel
calm bridge
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im gonna do an A400m livery on it for practice whenever it releases 🔥

bronze sorrel
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no rush

thorn steeple
bronze crag
sinful topaz
wanton kite
low valley
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you switch its role via weapon pylons similarly to the tara

manic swan
#

is this gonna be a PALA or BDF plane?

raw aspen
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hopefully both lol

bitter pilot
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third party craft purchased by both sides, but leaning BDF if it needs to be exclusive much later.

manic swan
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oh nice i figured it was going to be PALA because of the railgun but good to see BDF getting more shit

limber wigeon
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@low valley I will say sorry for rushing you yesterday im just really buzzed about the new plane but make sure it is to a good standard

bitter pilot
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It could take another month at this point and it'd still be done in really short time all things considered xD

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no rush

low valley
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total project time on this one has been about 10 days

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longer than I’d like (The F-16 took 5) but this thing is much larger than the F-16 and went through several redesigns

manic swan
low valley
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version 1

raven mica
obsidian birch
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i just want to know the internal unit name of the plane so i can add it to NOX lol

bronze crag
rose junco
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she is built different 🗣️ 🔥🔥

little acorn
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I love trasports

cobalt bronze
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Its not out yet

neon vigil
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can't wait for the best "humanitarian aid" supply aircraft to be added

neon vigil
little acorn
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Dang, that's too bad, im patient though, and it looks like it'll be worth the wait

cobalt bronze
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It should be out sometime today but don’t expect it

neon vigil
rose junco
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LET HER COOK

little acorn
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I'm just the kind of guy that doesn't really like stuff like the Ifrit, I don't need any fancy, super advanced planes. Just gimmie some transports, big heavy bombers, and some tiny trainers or outdated planes, so this one is right up my alley lol

neon vigil
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just waiting to see if infantry gets added in the future which could be awesome depending on how it is introduced (I'll call the infantry squad Slur Team 6)

little acorn
rose junco