Fa 18 Super Hornet Vs Rafale

[Cora Devries]

Ivoted yes, but I also feel like developing Gen IV+ stuff without first implementing electronic warfare in some form is kinda useless. Even now, I feel like we're missing out on a lot on tactics etc when it comes to actual engagements against SAM sites or enemy fighters. A Gen IV+ fighter in DCS would just have the same capabilities as our current Gen IV jets, with a glass cockpit and maybe better radar or whatever.

Two main reasons, the first is the predictable old one: Rafale is too modern and active for it to have much of a chance to be allowed into a simulation with realistic systems, weapons, and performance figures available. French, especially the Dassault were notorious for not being too welcome to such consumer sim products, but recent collaboration between Razbam and AdA may hint at this improving. Still, Rafale is probably a bridge too far at this point.

The second, and for me the more weighty reason: I would much prefer some focus going back to 60s-90s aircraft. For a variety of reasons, I think they fit the best for a DCS module, and I also personally am more interested in aircraft from this period. Recently most of the major module releases were of the modern variety: Hornet, JF-17, Viper, which caused de facto cancellation of an 80s upgraded F-4E which I was very, very anticipating. Razbam is working on an F-15E, which will probably be a 90s one, but still mostly continues this trend.

The niche that I am really looking forward to include things like said F-4E, A-6, A-7, MiG-23, MiG-27, Su-17, Mirage III, V, and F-1, Q-5, J 35 Draken etc. Or even modernized MiG-21s and/or F-5s. At this point only MiG-23 seems to be in active development among those. F-4E seems at best a very distant dream, A-6 and A-7 are past hints by Razbam or an AI that have been put in back burner which may or may not become a module at some point. Draken is likewise. Same goes for Mirage III by Razbam. Mirage F-1 will eventually be the work item for Aviodev again, but that is some ways off obviously.

Nope. I totally agree and there are ton of other folks that do too. The F4/mig23 are probably the best things that could happen for DCS in terms of new modules IMO. The F4E depending on version could cover large chunks of the cold war. It was operated in one form or another by pretty much every nato country and its multirole (yes I know different variants did did different stuff). The Mig-23 would give redfor a full on BVR capable fighter with a decent datalink (I'm pullin for ya Raz)...

Perhaps with the release of Modern Air Combat, dreams of Rafal, Eurofighter, Gripen, Su-30, 35, Super Hornet, and perhaps 5th generation aircraft will come true? Secret aircraft will be in a simplified form, GS3 level. And the developers where they will think up or fantasize the secret information themselves (so as not to wait all their lives when their favorite airplane comes out), but as secret data will be fragmented, it will appear as a full-fledged module in DCS. And the wolves are fed and the sheep are safe)

Long time ago (+10 years even) there was a guy in check-six forums, apparently Thales engineer or something, who programmed a free Rafale flight simulator that you could download. At some point it got quite interesting, when he started implementing the avionics, but quickly the project and the guy just vanished.

And what data is needed to create an FC-3 level Rafale? For the flight model-graphs of the behavior of the aircraft at different altitudes? And what else is needed? The cockpit is as the picture looks, buttons to press there is not necessary) the operating range of the radar? you can take an example from the public))) protection Systems and radio control and so we have not implemented to the full extent. Work on the land, you can leave for later further modernization or something easier to do... License from Dassault Aviation? And how does Ace Combat produce its planes?

Planes in Ace combat have nothing to do with their real life counterparts. They are simply 3D models with generic flight models and generic systems which does not require any data about the real planes.

I'd love to have it, one of my most wanted aircraft for sure, it started flying in 89 (stand to be corrected), so it's not far out from what we have (we simulate 2005's hornet, 2006s falcon), why not simulate a 2000s Rafale?

Not really, F/A-18C is already retired by US Navy and replaced by mix of Rhinos and F-35s, that's why we are able to have legacy Hornet faithfully modeled in the DCS. (And if you read between the lines there was still a lot of stepping on the rope to model some of the Hornet's systems by ED team...)

What is more this most modern fighters have many systems which are completely classified at this point - we don't even know they exist, especially electronic warfare, radar frequency logic and parameters, detection, encryption - and this systems are crucial for their efficiency in combat.

Considering they stopped investing money in modernism C's there really was no point to keep around aged and obsolete C's in active duty service when nearing the hornets last few years the USN already have large fleet of more capable super hornets ( hell even remaining block 1's are being considered removed from active duty) especially now with F35C's entering service, not to mention additional orders for block 3 super Hornets. IF they didn't that would have mean supporting 3 airframes.

but the same is the case for the F16C. Still in active duty. far more viper users around the world than Hornet operators, and still going to remain in ANG service for years to come even if USAF is gradually phasing them out for F35A's.

Even so ED can only manage to get dated information, hence why we have decades old derivatives of these airfames. Circa 2005 Hornet or a 2007 era Viper etc. As opposed to a present day versions of them.

Stories (told by RAF Typhon pilots) of rivets popin' at 9.0 g are not uncommon, the reason is an ultimate structural limit lowered to a bare minimum to meed a TWR they couldn't reach otherwise, and that's just for the structural design part of it.

It has a pitch and roll authority unknown of Eurofighter pilots, especially at lower speed, where a Typhoon will become AoA and G limited, a Rafale will still be able to pull on it and even more, roll at AoA and speeds the Typhoon can only dream of, that's close-coupled canard and LEX for you.

None of the Eurofighter partners had enough experience of M2.0 fighters when they embarked in this venture and it shows, at the end of the day, AdlA and Rafale customers are far better off with their aircraft than if they chose to purchase Typhoon, and France didn't have to compromise design expertise with partners who didn't really care about the results.

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