Tactics

Re:Sims

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:31:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***
Hi Rapier
If you have any questions just let me know. And I study aerod. and fluid dynamics and more.
It has been my pleasure to help you.
I'm going to sleep because is late.
Here in Romania is now 3:33 AM
Bye Bye
TIGER

[
Hi Tiger,

You have quite a few and a you also have good taste. I have Super EF2000, F22 ADF (fantastic sim), Microsoft Combat Sim, Falcon 4, Apache Havoc, F16 Multirole and Joint Strike Fighter. I'm getting loads more this year because there are some really good ones comming out.

By the way did you say that your studying aerodynamics and fluid dynamics?

Look at us we sound like a pair of kids in the school playground. Ha Ha. :)

Thanks

Rapier.]

Re:Sims

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:24:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[
Hi Rapier
Here is my list of sims:
EF2000, F22ADF, Flight Unlimited, SU27 ver. 1.5, Falcon 4.0.
TIGER
]

Hi Tiger,

You have quite a few and a you also have good taste. I have Super EF2000, F22 ADF (fantastic sim), Microsoft Combat Sim, Falcon 4, Apache Havoc, F16 Multirole and Joint Strike Fighter. I'm getting loads more this year because there are some really good ones comming out.

By the way did you say that your studying aerodynamics and fluid dynamics?

Look at us we sound like a pair of kids in the school playground. Ha Ha. :)

Thanks

Rapier.

Re:My full name is...you know it.

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:17:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[
Hi Rapier
Give your email or something to contact you because in a few days I'll be absent and I don't think I'll be so often on the Internet.
If I can't contact you I want to say it is a pleasure to talk with you.
My email is mircea@std.ici.ro.
My address is :
Str. Bodesti Nr.9 , bloc 29A, sc. A
Ap 1, Sector 2, Bucharest
Romania
And my full name is : Raureanu Iulian(Julian) Mihai(Michael) "TIGER"
Best regards for you
TIGER

]
Hi Tiger,

Yeah sure, It's been a real pleasure talking to you to. Here's my email address.

E-mail: (FerrariFerrari@Yahoo.com)
Full Name: Lorenzo Silvestri
Callsign: Rapier

Where are you going to? On holiday?
I would also like to thank you for giving me all this great info about Russian aircraft, it's been really interesting. Do you know you have already given me enough info on the MIG-29 to get 6:1 kill ratio on Falcon 4. He was set to ACE and me on cadet. I could'nt even get one kill before! You and RUN have really helped me so thanks guy's. I hope you will also use this Forum as well Tiger, because it's also good talking here.

Just feel free to contact me at anytime for a good chat ;). You will have to contact me to let me know when your going away ok.

Regards

Rapier

Re:Sims

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:12:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***

Hi Rapier
Here is my list of sims:
EF2000, F22ADF, Flight Unlimited, SU27 ver. 1.5, Falcon 4.0.
TIGER

[Hi Tiger,

If you look in your Falcon 4 manual you look at the diagram on chapt 2-3, it's quite interesting. It's the turn performance of the F-16 (though add a couple of digits to get the real F-16 best turn performance). Do you notice anything interesting about this diagram. Remember what I was saying about keeping the airspeed between 450-480 knt's before the tight turn. Notice that the grey curve is missing for the 400-500 Knt's. If you imagine a grey curve between the Mach 0.3 and 0.6 Mach lines. If you were to draw another grey line here according to this diagram you will notice that it gives you the straitest curve of the whole diagram, this is close the the clasified turn rate of the real F-16.

By the way do you use F22 ADF for any sim action as well. I have just heard that DID have used a beefed up version of the F22 ADF sim to train American pilots in combat training. This is amazing news, what do you rekon.

Rapier
]

Flanker 2.0

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:05:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[
Hi Rapier
The Flanker 2.0 is the most awaited sim for me after Falcon 4.0.
The graphics look fantastic and I think the flight model of the Su27 is 99% real. (Only the russians can do that)
I recomend to you to buy this sim because you'll learn more about a true fighter (dogfighter)
About dif. I'll write them down later.
TIGER

]
Hi Tiger,

I had a little go at the last computer show and it looked great then, I wonder how good it looks and how well it fly's now. I love dogfighting, I think it's one of my strong points when it comes to sims. I was on F4 today fighting a MIG-29. Me on cadet, him on ace. I managed to shoot him down 6 times, he shot me down once. I'm ok on bombing but I dont think it's better than dogfighting. I cant wait, I hope it's as accurate as F4 and comes with a nice chunky manual with all the secrets. I wanna try the Cobra for myself! Yee Haa!!! ;)

Rapier.

Re:My full name is...you know it.

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 09:01:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***

Hi Rapier
Give your email or something to contact you because in a few days I'll be absent and I don't think I'll be so often on the Internet.
If I can't contact you I want to say it is a pleasure to talk with you.
My email is mircea@std.ici.ro.
My address is :
Str. Bodesti Nr.9 , bloc 29A, sc. A
Ap 1, Sector 2, Bucharest
Romania
And my full name is : Raureanu Iulian(Julian) Mihai(Michael) "TIGER"
Best regards for you
TIGER

[
Hi Tiger,

Well done, I was testing you on your knowledge and you have passed, only kidding. It's great that you know alot about Russian aircraft because it is important for a sim user to know his enemy so let me know anything surprising about MIG's and SU's. I was reading a really interesting article the other day about the MIG-29 V's the F-16, which I think you posted about before I'm not sure, but I was shocked to find out that the MIG-29 seems to be a very big threat to the F-16 in terms of it's armament capabilty and the head mounted targeting systems and if the F-16 was in a 45 degree position from the nose of a MIG-29 it stands a good chance of being hit bad. Is this true?

The trouble in F4 when I turn hard at 350 Knts is that the speed drops off really bad. It may be because I'm pulling back really hard and forcing too much out of the aircraft.

I was born in England but I am half Italian. In Italy there is an American AFB about 20 miles south from my home town. It's situated near a mountain area in the south of Italy. When I was a child I would watch the plane's training in the mountains. All I would hear were the sonic booms, they sounded terrifying, like loud thunder and that's when I first began to love aircraft.

I was studying at Middlesex Uni but had to pull out due to financial difficulties. I was studying Computer Science. How are you finding your course by the way? Are you enjoying yourself?

Rapier.]

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 08:53:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***

Hi Rapier
The Flanker 2.0 is the most awaited sim for me after Falcon 4.0.
The graphics look fantastic and I think the flight model of the Su27 is 99% real. (Only the russians can do that)
I recomend to you to buy this sim because you'll learn more about a true fighter (dogfighter)
About dif. I'll write them down later.
TIGER

[Hi Tiger,

This is amazing! They put the aircraft before the pilot! I cant understand why they did not concentrate on pilot saftey and comfort. Pilot safety because if the aircraft is only partly destroyed and the pilot mildly injured he could fly back to base and they both could live to fight another day and comfort because this is important and stops bad physical problems from ocurring from G over the years as well as being able to operate well. I did not know this! This is crazy thinking! Think of all the great pilots Tiger that have died to this kind of thinking?

This is very interesting Tiger! I knew pilots were expendable, but this takes the cake.

By the way what do you think of Flanker 2.0. It's due to come out soon for sim users, looks amazing. You can practice doing the Cobra then Tiger!

By the way what are the main differences between the SU-27 and SU-35, I think it's SU-35?

Regards

Rapier.

]

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 08:18:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[Hi Rapier
When it comes to good materials the russians must be excluded.
First of all during the Cold War the russians were designig aircraft without thinking about pilot's safety just because in their mentality of comunists the man must give his life in war. This mentality led the russians into disastrous aircraft catastrophes. Even now I don't think they changed their mentality. If the russians will be a day a state like United States in terms of democratic and economic mentalities I'm sure that their aircraft will be the first in the world.
This is my opinion. If I can help you with some more inf. just let me know.
TIGER (the Su27 pilot)
]

Hi Tiger,

This is amazing! They put the aircraft before the pilot! I cant understand why they did not concentrate on pilot saftey and comfort. Pilot safety because if the aircraft is only partly destroyed and the pilot mildly injured he could fly back to base and they both could live to fight another day and comfort because this is important and stops bad physical problems from ocurring from G over the years as well as being able to operate well. I did not know this! This is crazy thinking! Think of all the great pilots Tiger that have died to this kind of thinking?

This is very interesting Tiger! I knew pilots were expendable, but this takes the cake.

By the way what do you think of Flanker 2.0. It's due to come out soon for sim users, looks amazing. You can practice doing the Cobra then Tiger!

By the way what are the main differences between the SU-27 and SU-35, I think it's SU-35?

Regards

Rapier.

]

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 07:31:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***
Hi Rapier
When it comes to good materials the russians must be excluded.
First of all during the Cold War the russians were designig aircraft without thinking about pilot's safety just because in their mentality of comunists the man must give his life in war. This mentality led the russians into disastrous aircraft catastrophes. Even now I don't think they changed their mentality. If the russians will be a day a state like United States in terms of democratic and economic mentalities I'm sure that their aircraft will be the first in the world.
This is my opinion. If I can help you with some more inf. just let me know.
TIGER (the Su27 pilot)

[Hi,

I think the MIG-29 is more advanced than the F16 (in terms of airframe)because it is younger. Like if you were to design an F1 car you would design it on the lessons learned from the past, but every now and again something new will be designed and it will fly great. I would'nt say that the Russian's are the most advanced in terms of aerodynamics, but they seem to know what they are doing and understand the concept well. I'm sure you will agree that there is still alot to learn in this area with new concepts on Laminar flow dynamics and the rest. We will have to wait till the future to see what new and exiting things come to the forefront.

I dont know what it is but I think there is something missing in the MIG-29 design that I cant put my finger on. When I was looking at the MIG-29's at the Farnborough airshow I noticed people laughing at the 2 MIG-29's sitting on the static display. I was taking photo's at the time and overheard what the people standing next to me were saying. At the time a couple of maintainace crew were covering the canopy's with canopy covers because it was raining. The people were laughing because water was leaking to the inside and causing the canopy to steam up. When I took a look I was amazed to see that water was indeed leaking in and that the second MIG (which was hiding behind the first) was badly beaten up and in some area's the paint was peeling off. I could not believe how badly these planes had been treated and looked after.

Do you think they looked bad because of the quality of the materials used to construct the aircraft was low?

Regards

Rapier

]

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 06:30:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[Hi Rapier
The MIG29 airframe is more advanced in terms of aerodinamics not construction (the construction is desastrous) than the airframe of F16 like I said and this helps MIG29 to fly at high AoA without loosing control. In the F16 this is limited to 25'. Advanced aerodinamics is all about. The russians seems to be the first in the world when it come to this.
TIGER
]

Hi,

I think the MIG-29 is more advanced than the F16 (in terms of airframe)because it is younger. Like if you were to design an F1 car you would design it on the lessons learned from the past, but every now and again something new will be designed and it will fly great. I would'nt say that the Russian's are the most advanced in terms of aerodynamics, but they seem to know what they are doing and understand the concept well. I'm sure you will agree that there is still alot to learn in this area with new concepts on Laminar flow dynamics and the rest. We will have to wait till the future to see what new and exiting things come to the forefront.

I dont know what it is but I think there is something missing in the MIG-29 design that I cant put my finger on. When I was looking at the MIG-29's at the Farnborough airshow I noticed people laughing at the 2 MIG-29's sitting on the static display. I was taking photo's at the time and overheard what the people standing next to me were saying. At the time a couple of maintainace crew were covering the canopy's with canopy covers because it was raining. The people were laughing because water was leaking to the inside and causing the canopy to steam up. When I took a look I was amazed to see that water was indeed leaking in and that the second MIG (which was hiding behind the first) was badly beaten up and in some area's the paint was peeling off. I could not believe how badly these planes had been treated and looked after.

Do you think they looked bad because of the quality of the materials used to construct the aircraft was low?

Regards

Rapier

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Fri, 07 May 1999 05:36:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***
Hi Rapier
The MIG29 airframe is more advanced in terms of aerodinamics not construction (the construction is desastrous) than the airframe of F16 like I said and this helps MIG29 to fly at high AoA without loosing control. In the F16 this is limited to 25'. Advanced aerodinamics is all about. The russians seems to be the first in the world when it come to this.
TIGER

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Thu, 06 May 1999 10:31:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[Hi Rapier
About AIM9.
The most advanced AIM9 is 5 years behind the Archer.
I know it is hard to believe but russians have more advanced dogfighting missiles. That's the true.
TIGER
]

Hi Tiger,

Interesting! Why they have not developed a better AIM than the Russian missles. Is this a weak spot of NATO aircraft. Maybee it's like you/they say they hope to hit their target/s at BVR because they know the danger that Russian missles pose at close range. I can definitely confirm that MIG-29 in F4 can be hard to fight in close quarters because of their turning ability at low speed. What I try to do is keep the speed up and turn hard when they are about to turn so I dont fall into their trap. They lose alot of airspeed when they turn and suffer more when they try to force an angle onto my tail.

There was another thing I wanted you to explain to me if you could. How comes the MIG-29 has the 40 or so degrees AOA than the F-16?

Regards

Rapier

Re:MIG29vsF16

Anonymous — Thu, 06 May 1999 10:19:00 GMT

*** Posted by Rapier ***
[
Hi Rapier
Who's the better?
I'm telling you.
I forgot to say that the F16 has a smaller RCS with make the F16 harder to detect than the MIG29 and F16 can maintain energy better.
It's hard to say who's the better because both aircraft seems to be equal.
I prefer F16 in BVR combat and MIG29 in close combat. As I said it very diff to compare. It depends on pilot ability.
Do you know other aircraft which performed Cobra? (question)
Regards
TIGER
]

Hi,

Yes it is difficult to compare and I think also pilot ability counts. I dont know any other aircraft that perform the Cobra, apart from the SU-37. That's the only one I can think of.

Rapier.

Re:Archer vs AIM

Anonymous — Thu, 06 May 1999 09:37:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***
Hi Rapier
About AIM9.
The most advanced AIM9 is 5 years behind the Archer.
I know it is hard to believe but russians have more advanced dogfighting missiles. That's the true.
TIGER

[Hi Tiger,

I dont know? Looking at what you said you would have to say that the MIG-29 is slightly better. But why have F-16's in "Operation Allied Force" been so sucessfull in downing these MIG's. I think the F-16 (and NATO planes) have some type of secret/sophisticated radar system that only the pilots know how to use. Other than the AWACS telling the pilots where the bandits are I dont see what else the AWACS can do apart from vector the F-16's towards the enemy. It is strange dont you think? I dont like to take anything away from the pilots by the way I think they are doing a great job.

Is the ARCHER better because it is a younger missle then the AIM, (I dont know how long ARCHERS have been around) dont forget there are a few different types of AIM missle, but the AIM is old and has been improved throughout it's lifetime.

I am sorry for my knowledge on Russian aircraft, so forgive me, like I say you probably know more about Russian aircraft than I do.

What do you think Tiger? Is the MIG or F-16 better?

Regards

Rapier]

Re:MIG29vsF16

Anonymous — Thu, 06 May 1999 09:33:00 GMT

*** Posted by TIGER ***

Hi Rapier
Who's the better?
I'm telling you.
I forgot to say that the F16 has a smaller RCS with make the F16 harder to detect than the MIG29 and F16 can maintain energy better.
It's hard to say who's the better because both aircraft seems to be equal.
I prefer F16 in BVR combat and MIG29 in close combat. As I said it very diff to compare. It depends on pilot ability.
Do you know other aircraft which performed Cobra? (question)
Regards
TIGER

[Hi Tiger,

I dont know? Looking at what you said you would have to say that the MIG-29 is slightly better. But why have F-16's in "Operation Allied Force" been so sucessfull in downing these MIG's. I think the F-16 (and NATO planes) have some type of secret/sophisticated radar system that only the pilots know how to use. Other than the AWACS telling the pilots where the bandits are I dont see what else the AWACS can do apart from vector the F-16's towards the enemy. It is strange dont you think? I dont like to take anything away from the pilots by the way I think they are doing a great job.

Is the ARCHER better because it is a younger missle then the AIM, (I dont know how long ARCHERS have been around) dont forget there are a few different types of AIM missle, but the AIM is old and has been improved throughout it's lifetime.

I am sorry for my knowledge on Russian aircraft, so forgive me, like I say you probably know more about Russian aircraft than I do.

What do you think Tiger? Is the MIG or F-16 better?

Regards

Rapier]