Horns Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I know I’ve come across the build number for the Hornet we’re getting, but I just can’t find it. Can someone point me in the right direction please? Also, I’ve seen our hornet described as “mid 2000’s” in several places, do we know the actual year of completion or is that not being shared? Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenSkip Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) F/A-18C Lot 20 165399 thru 165408 Edited February 12, 2018 by WarrenSkip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKarhu Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 BUNO 165407. Of course, the simulation may not necessarily be entirely representative of an individual aircraft, I wonder if it simply has to do with photographic material of the cockpit used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horns Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 F/A-18C Lot 20 165399 thru 165408 BUNO 165407. Of course, the simulation may not necessarily be entirely representative of an individual aircraft, I wonder if it simply has to do with photographic material of the cockpit used. Thank you both :) AKarhu. I expect that you're right about the build number not being entirely representative. I am just hoping I might be able to use that to identify the year of the a/c being simulated. Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 .. ... and as mentioned before, our Hornet is a mid-2000s version. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horns Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) .. Thanks SkateZilla, I guess there is no chance of getting a single year? EDIT: Never mind, got it sorted, thanks for the input :) Edited February 12, 2018 by Horns Information received in meantime Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) You don't need the Buno # to figure out what year the aircraft was built - the Lot # tells you that. A Lot denotes the number of aircraft built within one fiscal year - in the case of the DCS version, its a Lot 20, which in turn means that it was built in FY 98. A fiscal year doesn't follow the calendar year, but runs from the last quarter of the previous year to 30 sept. in the current one - i.e. FY98 = 1 oct. 1997 to 30 sept. 1998. With the Buno # you can further figure out when approx. within the FY a particular airframe was built - from screenshots of the DCS Hornet cockpit, you can see that the Buno # is 165407, which makes it the second last airframe of the Lot and thus must be from the fall of 1998 :) . Mind you, the DCS version might have been built in 1998, but it has upgrades(AMPCD, JHMCS and ATFLIR) that date to around 2004-2005. Edited February 12, 2018 by Alfa JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horns Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 You don't need the Buno # to figure out what year the aircraft was built - the Lot # tells you that. A Lot denotes the number of aircraft built within one fiscal year - in the case of the DCS version, its a Lot 20, which in turn means that it was built in FY 98. A fiscal year doesn't follow the calendar year, but runs from the last quarter of the previous year to 30 sept. in the current one - i.e. FY98 = 1 oct. 1997 to 30 sept. 1998. With the Buno # you can further figure out when approx. within the FY a particular airframe was built - from screenshots of the DCS Hornet cockpit, you can see that the Buno # is 165407, which makes it the second last airframe of the Lot and thus must be from the autom 1998 :) . Mind you, the DCS version might have been built in 1998, but it has upgrades(AMPCD, JHMCS and ATFLIR) that date to around 2004-2005. Thanks so much, that’s exactly what I wanted to know, and it’s great to have the information to work it out for myself next time :book: Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Thanks so much, that’s exactly what I wanted to know, and it’s great to have the information to work it out for myself next time :book: You are welcome :) 1 JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev2go Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) Lot 20's of the F/A18C's were built in 1998. But Ed is representing a Version with 2000s era upgrades. unlike 1998 Production this particular hornet will have the AMPCD ( introduced circa 2003) a LCD based display replacing the earlier CRT MPCD. It will have aim9x ( 2003) along with JHMCS ( off boresight helmet hud) which went operational around in 2005 with the First F/A18C squadron. it will also have Link 16 datalink support ( mostly be felt via SA page), as well as a current service targeting pod ( ATflir) So yeah MId 2000s is fair time placement give or take of this Hornet like mentioned by the devs. Edit: NVM already answered. Edited February 13, 2018 by Kev2go Build: Windows 10 64 bit Pro Case/Tower: Corsair Graphite 760tm ,Asus Strix Z790 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 12700k ,Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 64gb ram (3600 mhz) , (Asus strix oc edition) Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb , Evga g2 850 watt psu, Hardrives ; Samsung 970 EVo, , Samsung evo 860 pro 1 TB SSD, Samsung evo 850 pro 1TB SSD, WD 1TB HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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