Skull Leader
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And another one is the F-14's ability to bomb. Granted, IIRC, such a capability is already built into the plane to begin with, but it's still a big deal that an airframe not optimized for bombing could bomb, and bomb well. It was a big deal because the military can now conceivably get more out of an airframe without spending a single dime (well, at least not more than to get some electronics hung off a rail somewhere..).
If, by that, you mean the lantirn pod, it's worth noting that The F-14 wasn't the only aircraft to receive this upgrade. Both the F-16 and the F-15E (long considered ground-attack mainstays) also got this...
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Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar. My old F-22pro/TQS combo finally gave up the ghost so I figured it was time to upgrade.
And speaking of doing a good VFA-103 re-paint, does anyone know what the Navair rules are for where you can put tailcodes on the horizontal stabs? I know you can't put them on the rudders but are there any other restrictions? I'd like to try and paint something that's as close as possible to something that could actually fly.
The going rule so far that NAVAIR has mandated is that tailcodes are to be aft of the formation light. A number of squadrons (103 included) are pushing to get the rule changed so they can put their tailcodes on the INSIDE of the tails (like many tomcat squadrons had them).
What one of the pilots was telling me was that once they go to sea, there's really not anything the high command can do about their paintjobs. So if there are any changes they want to make, it'll probably happen then (Mango mentioned that 103 had plans to paint the tails of the linejets Euro I grey like they had on their Tomcats as soon as they leave port.)
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It's not that bad. It's not a Tomcat by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still an impressive aircraft.
(here's a pic I shot at the the Ft. Smith airshow... me and some of my friends took the crew out to dinner... I got the WSO's number, she's cute!
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We've had a guy track the tail (I tried to when the story first went public... of the 4 airframes I *thought* it might be from, it turned out to be from none of those, someone else had the skinny on it). It was from an VF-101 F-14A that crashed off of Key West back in 2002. It's been on one hell of a journey.
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first pic of the GM Sniper Gundam Fix, not what i was hoping for maybe when i see the finished figure i may think otherwise, i kind of figured the RX-78 would be just the normal Ver ka that they just released, just in a different color. not a big release if i do say so, i am far more interested in the ZII
Why does Mr Katoki want to mess with the MSV Sniper design
the original design was cooler
This design FAILS.
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But a fantastic piece of fiction it is, regardless of what Brown or anyone else says. I don't believe a lick of it (this from someone who has his eye on becoming a mason someday if God wills it). But it's fun as hell to read about and enjoy! (I liked both DaVinci and the prequel, Angels and Demons).
Looking forward to the movie in a couple of weeks!
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I guess its an age thing. Those of us who saw them in the theaters, who grew up knowing them one way, want to be able to see them that way again. For us, the SE films detract from the experience, not add to it.
I beg to differ. The only one I didn't see in the theaters was ANH. I still prefer the new DVD versions.
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The MiG-23/27 line has never been that popular amongst enthusists as they are, let's face it, not the sexyist beasts out there. They are however quite capable airframes, and let us not forget that most russian fighters are designed for the close in knife fight. So, with those big swing wings fully out I could see a MiG-23 giving an F-16 a run for its money in a turning fight.
Also in regards to the 30mm cannon, yes a single burst from it is more then enough to disable or destroy an F-16, american planes for the most part are not designed to take that kind of punishment. Warsaw pact aircraft on the other hand are, and can take a lot of punishment, not surprising when they are primarily built for a defensive role.
I'm rather fond of them, but then... I'm like that with most swing-wing designs
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I agree. Admittedly though, we pay them to be in movies, not spout about religion, politics, or anything else
(that said, I rarely notice when an actor/actress steps up and says something not movie-related. I just ignore it)
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Why not? At slow speeds it's got those wings stuck way out there to catch more lift, single, centerline-mounted engine, just like the F-16... probably has a pretty similar roll rate. In fact, I think I'd rather have the MiG than the F-16 in a turning fight. Pretty much ALL of Mikoyan's jets are reknowned as superior turning fighters, and the MiG-23 has a lot of power behind it in the engine to quickly recover lost energy. (David, you're usually better at analyzing stuff like this than I am, wanna jump in here?)
I'm not saying Falcon 4.0 isn't flawed somehow, but rather that in real life, a Flogger vs. Viper encounter at knife range would definately not be a walk in the park. But then, I'm nothing more than an armchair pilot... so my thesis could very easily sink
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That is incorrect. Studio Nue had no involvement with Macross II.
My bad, meant Big West.
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Speaking of aircraft...
I got back into Falcon 4.0 (well, Allied Force, which I DL'ed, since my Falcon disc isn't here), but this time I'm kind of good at it, EXCEPT...
Plus, Mig 23's have little or no problem keeping up with an F-16... something's just wrong with that thought...
Of course, doging crappy Russian SAMs and AA missles (30 year-old models) is hard enough...
I could easily see a MiG-23 keeping up with an F-16. Early F-16s(A and B models) can only just barely clear Mach 2 in a dead sprint descending (with no loadout), and the heavier later models I believe are only good to about 1.9 mach, while the MiG-23 can punch up to something like Mach 2.3 in a similar configuration (Russian engines are known for their raw, unadulterated power... especially that Soyuz R-35-300)
As a side note, I recently "found" a copy of Falcon 4.0 AF and I'm still learning to fly. I just recently got to where I can bring the plane back to the ground in one piece... I'm a long way from learning to use the radar or anything like that, much less flying into combat.
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Arcade joypad is an oxymoron, unless you're playing on a Nintendo Super System cabinet.
But I AM baffled as to how you can get any reasonable reaction time out of an analog flight stick. Arcade games tend to assume you have a digital joystick, and a rather tight one at that.
But then, I'm baffled as to how anyone can think a gamepad is a better weapon than a joystick too.
I guess it just depends on the game?
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I hadn't thought about it like that... I guess the object in question was such a high-point in the movie I figured "getting it" would justify more space on the movie reel. Ah well, as I said I still enjoyed it a lot!
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To further add on to what JB0 said, Macross II is not considered part of the "canon" Macross universe because Shoji Kawamorii didn't write it. It was written by someone else and produced by Studio Nue.
As another example, about half of the Gundam series out there are not part of the canon Gundam universe (only those featured in the "Universal Century" timeline are):
Gundam X
Gundam Wing
Gundam SEED
G Gundam
G Savior
and so on are all considered non-canon.
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saw it this afternoon with the girlfriend. Most enjoyable! Not every movie has to be perfectly "down to earth" with stuff... I think a lot of people are forgetting to suspend their belief of the real world when they watch a film like this.
Bonuses:
-Hot chicks everywhere. Sometimes with guns.
-Cool use of an armed (computer generated) Predator UAV drone
-Tom Cruise doing high-level calculus on a window with a grease pencil while holding a casual conversation
-Philip Seymour Hoffman as the calmest badguy to ever almost get thrown out of an airplane
Question and spoiler....
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Did anyone else think it was a giant cop-out that one moment, Ethan (Cruise) was swinging/jumping to the building to get the "rabbit's foot" and the next thing you know "hey I've got it, here I come" (so to speak)... that was the only scene that really drew my ire, and I still didn't mind it so much.
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the short track answer to the question is this:
If the UN Spacy MINDED pilots having unconventional hairstyles and colors, would Max Jenius have it? probably not.
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I must be the only person happy enough with the regular DS that I really have no desire to get a lite version (mine's silver, btw... perfectly happy with it)
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Yes, Langley has been IOCed, so they could go into action at any point.
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No excuse, 30 secs of watching "The Final Countdown" will clearly show the stabs providing primary roll control...
Also, Namco even got the INTAKE RAMPS right on the F-14. Watch closely--they'll start moving down as you go faster. A tiny little detail they did in favor of the far more important BIG MOVING STABS.
... maybe you should write a letter...
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Well, they can get a lot more "face time" with F-15s since they fly them... no excuse for them not to know them inside and out. Tomcats are a slightly different story (although if Hasegawa can put out umpteen million "Black Knights" boxings of the Tomcat, you'd think the Namco guys would've been right there next to them doing similar research... kinda surprises me that a BK scheme never showed up in any of the Ace Combat games.)
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To my knowledge there was just the one season. I don't think it did so hot in Japan.
MGS 4 : Guns of the Patriots
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I don't see any confusion. I only see what will be a kickass conclusion to an excellent series.
Maybe this new re-invented Raiden will be more acceptable to the masses (I thought he was just fine the first time)