peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
Yeah got my TrackIr 5 ready and waiting too Dag!
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RAZBAM A-7 Sitrep
- Thread starter Prowler1111
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heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
fine work there- nice to have similar loadout interface as Lomac....
selecting specific hardpoints for ordy and specific fuel etc gives a much better sense of immersion...
I love my Razbam Intruder - looking forward to adding the A-7 to my carrier qual hops
is it possible that microsofts abandonment of the flightsim franchise might ultimately lead to the best combat flight sim to date?
better than hoped for from m/s anyway...
selecting specific hardpoints for ordy and specific fuel etc gives a much better sense of immersion...
I love my Razbam Intruder - looking forward to adding the A-7 to my carrier qual hops
is it possible that microsofts abandonment of the flightsim franchise might ultimately lead to the best combat flight sim to date?
better than hoped for from m/s anyway...
Prowler1111
Charter Member 2011
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skyhawka4m
Charter Member
looks pretty good. Still sitting a bit too nose high for me. Also, will htere be a very common FLIR pod included with the weapons loads?
Roadburner440
Charter Member 2010
They had FLIR on the A-7? lol Didn't realize they had that back then... would be pretty cool to have a FLIR pod/turret on there though.
peter12213
FSX Acceleration!
Yeah I didn't think the A-7 had LGB capability?
Prowler1111
Charter Member 2011
Hey guys:
FLIR does not means LGB, it means night vision!it was a pod, not all the airframes were FLIR capable at the same time, since the mod implied a new radar display, maybe some of the in-house former SLUF´s crew chief might give more insight on this, but AFAIK (and based on NATOPS info) it was kind of a plug & play setup and the display was not available to all airframes at the same time as per detachment, not to mention that there was a data bus that was not fitted to all of them, once again, maybe PRB or Navy Chief can enlighten us more.
And yes, the A-7 had passive LGB capacity, meaning that as long as someone had a target designator, the A-7 could drop the bomb, not quite sure about how USN Corsairs II did it, but the USAF´s A-7D´s had a Pave Penny under the chin, it seems that the USN A-7E excelled with the walleye optical guided bomb (it even had a "joystick" in the console and was the guided weapon of choice for USN aviators.
Regarding our addon, well, we successfully integrated the "weapons" code in free flight, sure, it´s just an animation, but it works the way it should (you can choose the number of bombs to drop, single, pairs, ripple, and the intervals in feet, not to mention all the switchery you have to master in order to use it)But where it will excel is in missions, most if not all the bugs you might have found in the A-6 (we call it 1s gen)are gone here.As you can see, the ASCU gives you the flexibility to put the loadout of your choice within a single model, best of it, is it works with minimal to none performance hit, FPS wise.
I hate to give dates, but our optimistic dead line is 1 (one) week.
Best regards
Prowler
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FLIR does not means LGB, it means night vision!it was a pod, not all the airframes were FLIR capable at the same time, since the mod implied a new radar display, maybe some of the in-house former SLUF´s crew chief might give more insight on this, but AFAIK (and based on NATOPS info) it was kind of a plug & play setup and the display was not available to all airframes at the same time as per detachment, not to mention that there was a data bus that was not fitted to all of them, once again, maybe PRB or Navy Chief can enlighten us more.
And yes, the A-7 had passive LGB capacity, meaning that as long as someone had a target designator, the A-7 could drop the bomb, not quite sure about how USN Corsairs II did it, but the USAF´s A-7D´s had a Pave Penny under the chin, it seems that the USN A-7E excelled with the walleye optical guided bomb (it even had a "joystick" in the console and was the guided weapon of choice for USN aviators.
Regarding our addon, well, we successfully integrated the "weapons" code in free flight, sure, it´s just an animation, but it works the way it should (you can choose the number of bombs to drop, single, pairs, ripple, and the intervals in feet, not to mention all the switchery you have to master in order to use it)But where it will excel is in missions, most if not all the bugs you might have found in the A-6 (we call it 1s gen)are gone here.As you can see, the ASCU gives you the flexibility to put the loadout of your choice within a single model, best of it, is it works with minimal to none performance hit, FPS wise.
I hate to give dates, but our optimistic dead line is 1 (one) week.
Best regards
Prowler
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Roadburner440
Charter Member 2010
Thanks Prowler.. Sounds like our old legacy SH-60B's and FLIR.. Can load it in the bomb rack, but there is a bunch of junk to install to get it to interface with everything and even then it may not work. Thanks for investing the time to make the weapons animation and stuff. Even if it is just eye candy. Still fun to put iron on target...
A-7 FLIR
I think the A-7 FLIR was one of the very first of it's kind. I took this picture from the island of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 1982. The squadron is VA-22, the “other” squadron in Air Wing 11. The FLIR pod was only deployed with one A-7 squadron in the Air Wing, and lucky for me it wasn't ours because it was a maintenance nightmare! It was a huge pod, always carried on the right side inboard station.
I think the A-7 FLIR was one of the very first of it's kind. I took this picture from the island of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 1982. The squadron is VA-22, the “other” squadron in Air Wing 11. The FLIR pod was only deployed with one A-7 squadron in the Air Wing, and lucky for me it wasn't ours because it was a maintenance nightmare! It was a huge pod, always carried on the right side inboard station.
Roadburner440
Charter Member 2010
Hmm. It is not a FLIR turret like I am accustomed to. Never seen anything quite like that actually. Our FLIR is about the size of a basketball, and weighs a few hundred pounds.. I bet that POD probably weighs a couple thousand... Sure does look like a pain in the rear though. Makes me glad I am an AM and not an AT. 
Prowler1111
Charter Member 2011
Mk82 free flight test, you can drop single, pairs or ripple, and use time intervals, i´m not good taking pics, and every time i pause, it gives the same impression, so, here it is
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Navy Chief
Senior Member
Well, also being an AM, I cannot speak to the details of the FLIR pod, except to say it most definitely was heavy. I helped the ordies load a few of those pods, and remember it took quite a lot of folks to lock it onto those pylons......
The release of the RAZBAM A-7 (as Ron well knows) has been something I've looked forward to for many years now.
This will be great!!!!!!!!!!!
NC
The release of the RAZBAM A-7 (as Ron well knows) has been something I've looked forward to for many years now.
This will be great!!!!!!!!!!!
NC
Prowler1111
Charter Member 2011
Happy to say..we´re almost there kids!
We are almost there!
Here is a sequence on a bomb run in free flight, once again, is all "make believe" (ones that could affect somehow the sim and or plane work only in missions)
Loaded with 12 MK82´s in 2 TER´s
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Weapons panel,Master Arm on, check all station switches up (3 & 7 are the fuel tanks) check for ready light, as you can see, the release number is 2 and the release number switch is in pairs, it means everytime i use the trigger, 4 bombs will drop
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release!!
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bombs gone, heading back to base for rearming
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Best regards
Prowler
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We are almost there!
Here is a sequence on a bomb run in free flight, once again, is all "make believe" (ones that could affect somehow the sim and or plane work only in missions)
Loaded with 12 MK82´s in 2 TER´s
View attachment 12666
Weapons panel,Master Arm on, check all station switches up (3 & 7 are the fuel tanks) check for ready light, as you can see, the release number is 2 and the release number switch is in pairs, it means everytime i use the trigger, 4 bombs will drop
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release!!
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bombs gone, heading back to base for rearming
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Best regards
Prowler
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