Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0

Yea...has nothing to with the fact that the F-14 is outdated compared to the F/A-18 or the fact that the geopolitical makeup of the world is different from what it was 20 years ago. Having a fleet organized as it was in the '80s is outdated thinking. Our whole premise is all about a inferior plane replacing a superior plane. The F-14 was better than the F-4 in every which way. THe F/A-18F? good but not the IDEAL, replacement. Now if it was something ideal and BETTER in every which way, then we wouildn't be bitching.

WHOA!!! Bad ass CAS there~!!! WONDERFUL!!!! >...Man I knew phantom pilots complained of having no guns in vietnam, the SUU23 pod added too much drag...but iant that a bit overkill? I am sure it did GREAT for CAS though. Man that is wonderful!!

Dont look right. nice but not wonderful. The F-4B did the Jolly Rogers more justice.

I never herd much about it, and considering it's by tupoelov, I imagine it sucked. Didn''t really seem to pose much a threat during it's era, and US was mainly worried about the MIG 15-25 family back then.

wait so you mean yes the hands are incredibly loose and yes it is durable? And where are the polycaps ion the knee area?

Guys I am thinking about getting the original RX-78-2 and GM MG kits. Are hands loose on them? how are the joints? Is it all styrene? Is it durable? Will the hands be as loose as mty HG endless waltz kit?(Wing 0 cstm)

Rob if you guys need designs I volunteer to submit sum!!

THey've had TOO much time to learn. With the VF-1 and alpha they left us in the dark for close to a year. That more than enough time to not only refine the design but make SURE the factory workers won't screw things up. Palisades was able to rectify this problem with their microman reissues a few years back and that only took 3 months. At least they publicly admitted it and didn't charge up the ass for their toys(5$+ per figure).

BUt if they went ahead with ASF-14totally NEW plane in itself(like super hornet to hornet), then perhaps the tomcat could still provide the fleet with a long range semi stealth interceptor with A-6 bombing capability and range of tomcat. Anyone find pics/? I only saw it once but cannot remember where...I don't even think MATS has it.

Nuc, mind posting any dragon warbuirds you might have? I think this thread is for military aviation in general now. Anyone else think the F-14 will be retired later than 2007 and continue in a strike role?

Low on cash boys. I wanted to just spread the word.

guys did ANYONE notice the 1 page showcase of the SHADOW fighter MPC in the newest toyfar e magazine? It's awesome!!

the gamestop my friend works at, during may or early summer, got a bunch of MIB MPC's, the list price was 20$ but they were furthere discounted by 50% so I got mine for 9.99. They had milia and max but he and his boss and others got them first. All I needed was the skull leader(fav version) and it was a great buy for 10$.

Thedre's actually mountain hangars? Like the ones in the aero fighters arcade game? That is so cool!!! That black viggen is very sexy indeed. I think the swedes get overlooked a lot. But they have very nice designs. Almost all deltas but not total look alikes like the Mirage family. Whatever the F-14C was to become eventually became the F-14D. Though I am skeptical on this, last night while watching modern marvels:F-14 on history channel last night, they say the IRST on the F-14D has a range of 300 miles while the TCS could see targets 40 miles away. Or did they say 400? I think 40. They said something about TARPS range but I was skeptical on that too. A lot of the pilots and grumman officials they talked to that flew it all said that one way or another it will probably continue to fly as the years progress even if the navy does plan to retire them in 2007. They talked about how 10 years ago and 10 years before that, that many thought the tomcat would not be in service during the 90s or even to start the new century, but it did both. I think if posible the Navy might keep some around for high speed FAC/CAS, or perhaps modding it for SEAD as a interim prowler replacement before the growler goes into service. Dennis Romano, one of the old test pilots and a grumman official said the airframes in service now(assuming B/D) still have 20 years left in their airframe. I know the tomcat has carried Zunis and has done fast FAC/CAS during the recent afghani and iraqi wars, and that it performed admirably with LGB's/LANTIRN even with the super hornet in the same wars, and for now it is still the only high speed self escort/strike/recon plane the navy has, so I see a few sticking around for a while after the proposed "retirement" date.

HAH 200$ FOR AN MPC ROY? I got mine MIB @ gamestop for 10$!!!

I realized that it take MUCH longer to unlock everything in the game than it did in AC4. Im stuck trying to unlock all planes in arcade mode. THought I beat it in all 4 tracks but I guess I need to beat it once AGAIN. MUH~!!!

no not 4 million. You pay an ungodly amount for the falken but the X-02 is just a little bit more than the F-22.

OK guys time to revive!!! 1-F-14D vs F-15C close in knifefight, any altitude, limit to vulcan and sidewinder L. I don't remember if we ever even discussed this...I know we did supercat vs superbug....but not eagle vs cat.... 2-F-4F Luftwaffe AMRAAM(any others?) upgrade vs F-4 2000 Kurnass. Operational capability and knife fight... 3-F-86E vs F-J3 Fury or (Naval sabre). Knife fight and multirole. WAs the fury even a good dogfighter like it's AF brother? 4-F-100 vs F-105 close in knifefight. 5-F-101B vs F-104 knife.

I think being able to play from the enemy side would be cool too. As well as having not 1 but 2 secret planes. 1 for the enemy and one for the good guys., Hell maybe even a 3rd country. More rock music as well. And more epic orchestra symphonies near the end...unsung war is an EXCELLENT song and stuff lke that would be awesome. Less futurist influence from AC3. The upgrade system David proposed. MORE missions. More replay value and a more in depth arcade mode.

I want the next Ace Combat has more MIG-29 love! Seriously, that plane is overlooked more than any other plane. I mean NO variants in AC5? What the hell? They could have put in the MIG-29K, MIG-29SMT, and MIG-35!!! Carrier, Multirole, AND super fulcrum!! I'd also like to see the A-4 skyhawk return(was in AC2) and a swing wing stealth fighter. F-22 would ave been awesome with NATF variant upgrade. I would also want to see a YF-23 with higher stats than the F-22. WEll in most areas but not all. Take out the SU-35 and retain the 37.

IMHO that is ugly as hell. I like the novel designs, the OVA mave, and superslyph yukikaze but this one is a stretch.

Guys just went to Acecombat.jp to see qwhat the buzz was about. There is a new wallpaper of a Razgriz F-14A. Blaze's!!(red trim). Very nice!!! And I have figured it out. The poster plane and main plane in this game for Blaze and wardog is definitely the F-14A. It's in almost every official wallpaper, it's in the commercial and it's prtty much prominent everywhere even in the magazine ads, and hell it's even on the cover. All because of a great plane and possibly honoring it's time in service since it's retirement is only a short time away. BTW razgriz F-14A is VF-11 "red rippers" color scheme with black and jolly roger's nose stripes. Hopefully in Ace Combat 6(assuming there will be one), they have an F-14A in VF-1 "wolfpack" colors and a F-14D "VF-101 GRim Reapers" CAG (red). Flanker and fulcrum colors from the next game should include ukranian operational high viz and the russian knights demo team colors. I mean come on someone in namco's obviously got a flanker fetish and I am surprised these schemes were not implemented. And a green camo F-15S/TMD. Anyone notice the YK F-15E is in israeli F-15I colors? and the F-15C YK is JASDF Hiko kyodotai brown colors!! and Falken hasa cockpit like in AC3. Although kicks way more ass than anyother plane in AC3. I hope the next installment also has SEAD weapons rather than some ECCMP.....ECCMP should be an additional pod not a special weapon. ALL SEAD/EW planes should just have automatic jamming all the time and have some REAL special weapons like ALARM missles or shrikes.

what the? Namco chose ace combat on DS over PSP? wow. Hope it is good and somehow I think it's AC4 related. Wouldn't be surprised if an ace combat shows up on PSP though. BTW razgriz scheme IMHO is tons better than MObius 1's ribbon!! whoo hoo!! Yellow 13 is most prolific though.

hey speaking of HALO 2, did anyone get the figures? Post some pics and opinions if you do!!

welll the music is good and better than 4. Seems to be done by the same team only more orchestral and monumental. Puddle of mud actually sounds good in it(I HATED the notion of them in there but when I realized they are only in the game twicce....it no longer mattered and it's keyed in at the right moment in he intro trailer). Arcade mode has the hard rock not as good as AC2(is anything?), but some good rock tracks are in campaign as well. My fav songs are "rendzevous", "ice cage", "unsung war" and the "2nd briefing theme" after becoming razgriz.