Been flying Dino's T-45 for years, but spend most of my time around the boat anyway. I have the beta DCS Hawk T.1, fun aircraft and will probably get this one if it's done right, pretty simply aircraft systems-wise.
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I'm a huge fan of the SkySim Hawk and I understand it is still available for sale and support is still provided by Rick Piper via e-mail.
What would make me invest in a new model is P3D and TacPack compatibility. Without either of these I won't buy.
Also, after the Tornado GR1 experience I will no longer be an "early adopter" of JF products (except for products from other development houses and only published by JF). I will certainly hold off making a purchase until the dust has settled. Lesson learnt!
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Work is nearly complete on the external model, except for any additional variants which will be sorted towards the end of the project. Hopefully I'll have some early virtual cockpit previews to show soon.
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
It looks da' business! Could you post screenshots with the FPS shown please? Ta.
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I assume that the question is being asked in reference to the earlier feedback regarding the Tornado, and it's an understandable concern. Although this is a dual cockpit aircraft, it is probably about a tenth as complex as the Tornado in terms of animations, visibility controlled objects (lamps, annunciations etc) and materials (textures). Those elements play a big part in the performance of any aircraft (FSX has many limitations) and therefore performance is expected to be greater than in the Tornado, probably somewhere in between the Tornado and Canberra, but we'll only be able to provide figures once the VC is nearing completion.
It is worth noting that the Tornado performance issues that were fixed by SP3 will not occur on future aircraft like the Hawk as the cause of that particular issue was found and addressed (more info here - http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...l=1#post983698). With the Tornado we were constantly battling against the limitations of FSX but that won't be the case with the Hawk.
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
She's a beauty. I'm in.
Dave
Work on the VC is progressing well
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
I've been after a good quality hawk for a while now.
I heard the vc in the skysim one wasn't great so I didn't get it.
I'd like the black paint scheme as seen flying out of RAF Valley and through the mach loop + the red arrows paint.
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SKYSIMS Hawk is still very impressive, a real leader in VC graphics on its release, I considered it better than the latter L-39 tho Rick disagreed with me in the cockpit, SKYSIM I felt it had that real feel evening comparing it to the Albatross , simply something about it, maybe the more Mil look.
That VC is looking good.
Here are a couple of new pics showing the recently added HUD, GPS, missile control panel, smoke control panel and IFF unit
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
"Danger - do not pull handle" .... ya gotta wonder what it's there for if not for pulling...
This is one of the silliest things I've seen in these forums!
What would it matter? I know people have concern, after the initial bugs with the Tornado. Which were probably code related, not visual related.
There are thousands of different hardware and software configurations, tweaks, set-ups between people that run FSX/P3D. If you're worried about one aircraft add-on affecting your frames that poorly, it's time to either invest in new hardware, or seriously re-visit your configuration.
- Joseph
Hi all. We are now in the process of texturing the VC and are pretty happy with the results so far
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
Martyn .. looking at that , honey I'm home
Before I forget, here are a few pics showing some of the progress on the Hawk.
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
I know that's spoken in jest, but you'd be amazed at how many people over the course of a jets lifetime, either use those handles for a handhold (to steady themselves getting in and out of the cockpit), or inadvertently grab them by mistake (a brain fart) or catch them on something on their person while moving around in the cockpit. In most cases they are pinned until the pilot arrives and no harm, no foul. . .BUT. . .sometimes there's always the unexpected and you don't get do-overs with the ejection system.
They should rather patch their current products: The EF does not change its weight with changing the weapons. It also has a "battery bug" with is not repairable.
They only good thing at JF is their support. They know lots of their stuff has errors in details!
Tough crowd here today...
- We do patch our products as demonstrated by the updates available in our support section
- I assume you are referring to the Eurofighter? The weapons on the Eurofighter are 'visual only' in nature - they were not designed/developed in a way which would allow them to dynamically alter the aircraft weight - and the product was not advertised as having that functionality.
- I'm not aware of the battery issue so can't comment on whether/why it's not repairable but if you can contact me with more information then I'll look into it
- It's worth noting that the Eurofighter is developed by an entirely different team to the Hawk covered in this thread
- Thank you for the kind words about our support team, we pride ourselves on offering excellent customer service
- We fix any bugs that we are aware of, or in the case of externally developed products like the Eurofighter, ask the developer to fix them. Feature requests such as 'weapons which affect aircraft weight' are certainly considered and implemented if possible.
Martyn
Just Flight Development Manager
Nothing you can't handle Martyn, that's obvious! And indeed: the customer service of JF is great.
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