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Is there anything I should know about AB squad aircraft?

I have found an even better Tu-95 Bear. This one is an FS2004, Gmax version with full animations and a VC. Before I get started on a conversion of it, I will e-mail the maker for permission to do a conversion and an upload.

The one I have been working on, the Fs2002 on by Rey Lopez, is simply showing its age and is lacking some animations, has no VC, and does not give frame rates that are really usable....on my system (P4 3 gig, 2 gig RAM, 512 Meg video) I am only getting in the mid 20s in external view in Free Flight...not good enough!

UPDATE: Got the FS2004 Tu-95 quickly converted...and WOW! Frame rates are 2 to 4 times as high as the other one. THE VC is AMAZING! Full animations (other than VC animations). Specular shine...which needs taken down a bit. When sitting on the runway, Shift W will extend a ladder and put wheel chocks in place....the engine access panels don't open like they do in the unconverted model...lost them in translation...no biggie. Have the prop texture fixed. The air and config files are super smooth! Bomb Bay opens on the canopy key (Shift C). The detailing on this plane is superb.

OBIO
 
Extremely good.....

....news!

I've seen a couple of these up close, and they were both very, very highly polished, no paint.....in service aircraft, not airshow types. :d

These were the Bear Bs (1960s) in the bomber and maritime bomber configurations that you don't even see photos of today. They had the new duckbill radome and three dual 23mm turrets (tail, dorsal and ventral). The dorsal and ventral turrets were remotely controlled by gunners in the blisters either side of the aft fuselage. Those two turrets were, I believe, totally retractable when not in use, and could be slaved to radar control.
They often tracked intercepting fighters in those days with the turrets, making the F102 pilots out of northern Japan very nervous. They also liked to flip-off the US pilots. That was the Cold War. :costumes:
 
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