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Made my first trap today on the second try. First was a bolter. Man, that torque is tricky late in the grove. Does anyone know if they are working on a period correct deck crew?
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Another day of a bit of roleplaying for my MiG career
The art for this module (music, main menu and loading screen) really brings me back to the days when this thing was the hottest stuff you could get in DCS. Even after 11 years, it’s still about the best, strongest and most modern redfor fighter you can get if you can excuse the mighty Yak-52 or the Jeff which I feel is more reserved for himalayan conflicts, geographically. When we get our Fulcrum, that will finally change. What I really like about doing these ‘careers’ were you hop up to better airframes is really feeling what sort of improvements were made. Come down from a 4th gen and the fishbed feels old. Come up from a farmer and the autopilot relief, capable selection of missiles and the 30km radar range feels amazing.
I suppose I felt like pretending my MiG was a SPS-K variant today, with only 2 hardpoints and the gun. East germany had a few MiG-21BiS of SAU and Lazur subtypes, so I didn’t need to handicap myself like this.
Leatherneck custom-built the navigation for the Fishbed which was amazing for its time. But unfortunately that means it must be custom built for every map. There’s no navigation data for germany yet and I have to rely on the GCI guy to talk me to the target and back home.
Coming up for the target (The GCI guy was a bit sleepy so I ended up a few km behind the target).
Dropping the bag.
Using the fixed beam to get only ranging data. In DCS that means I don’t have to meddle with the ECM of the target. When the needle comes down from 2000 meters, I release my missile.
There wasn’t enough time for the countermeasures to do anything.
Had the GCI talk me home
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Soooo how much cheep vodka was involved …and not just for the radar 
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only 2 bottles…hic!
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