FlankerMan Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Getting back into this aircraft. I like it a lot, way better than the A-10A, although I do prefer SEAD to CAS, provided I start far enough away from the SAM to get my bearings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fri13 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 It is still the most capable aircraft for CAS and SEAD there is. Even the Hornet is behind it, but considering that Hornet is still as well fighter, you can fight your way in as required. But the Hornet can't take the beating, can't slow down, but again is superior at the any weather operations because coming ground radar and proper targeting pods. Yet when it comes to supporting, it is done couple kilometers from the troops and enemy, not from 30 kilometers off them. So you are going to fly low, you are going to poke the hornet nests and you are going to survive from those with Su-25T. It is even today so funny how carrying 16 Vikhr missiles is such a pleasure, you have possibilities to engage anything anywhere really. But the Su-25T is badly limited by its FC3 status, and I am just dreaming that we would see a full fidelity module one day from some other party, with all the advanced features it should have like automatic Skhval activation and targeting, target scanning, laser spotter, Shkval position memory etc etc. And even more I would be waiting to see ground AI get intelligence and automatically know to radio you their request for support, signal their location via flares and smoke and ask you to strike the enemy.... i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPixxel Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Yes, it would be awesome if the Shkval would snap back to the last position as soon as it is within gimbal limits again like it does in the Ka-50. It is always very time consuming to find that same spot again when doing a new attack run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeagle Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I too recently discovered the Su-25T. I love this aircraft. One of the best in my opinion. https://youtu.be/gWjK5kVzrMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I too recently discovered the Su-25T. I love this aircraft. One of the best in my opinion. https://youtu.be/gWjK5kVzrMM Enjoyed the video. :) Especially the landing. And, as you’ve probably figured out by now ascent/descent rates in the Russian birds is meters/sec. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 10 Pro x64, ASUS Z97 Pro MoBo, Intel i7-4790K, EVGA GTX 970 4GB, HyperX Savage 32GB, Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD, 2x Seagate Hybrid Drive 2TB Raid 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeagle Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Thanks Ironhand. I cannot believe I flew DCS for months before ever looking at the Su-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Thanks Ironhand. I cannot believe I flew DCS for months before ever looking at the Su-25. I still enjoy flying the -25T immensely. And, it is hard to believe that it's free. :) YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 10 Pro x64, ASUS Z97 Pro MoBo, Intel i7-4790K, EVGA GTX 970 4GB, HyperX Savage 32GB, Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD, 2x Seagate Hybrid Drive 2TB Raid 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esper Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Feel the same. Su25 is my go-to ground attack aircraft. It can get slow for proper target acquisition or fast in high threat environment. And it got weapons for everything really. Wow, such landing, much no gear, so slide... T.16000M FCS HOTAS Owned : Flaming Cliff 3 | Mig-21Bis | AJS-37 Viggen | F/A-18C | F-5E | Mirage 2000c | F-14B | Ka-50 | JF-17 Wishlist : F-4 | Mi-24 | MiG-23 | F-15E | F-16 Dev. Wishlist : Tornado | Mirage F1 | MiG-25 | F-104 | Étendard/Super Étendard | Saab 35 Draken | JAS-39 Gripen A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar65 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Guys, does anyone have links to realife SU-25T videos? Search via Google only shows DCS-Videos... X-56 HOTAS, TFRP Pedals Modules: F-5E, FC3, F/A-18C, Mirage 2000 C, AV-8BNA, FW-190 A-8, F-16C Viper SystemSpecs: AMD A8-6600K (4x3,9GHz), 16 GB RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX1070 8GB, WIN10 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razo+r Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Not many T's, but some 25's: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=su+25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar65 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Not many T's, but some 25's: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=su+25 Thanks, pal. It´s all about SU-25, unfortunatly no T-Model... Hoped to see the Shkval live in action... ;-) X-56 HOTAS, TFRP Pedals Modules: F-5E, FC3, F/A-18C, Mirage 2000 C, AV-8BNA, FW-190 A-8, F-16C Viper SystemSpecs: AMD A8-6600K (4x3,9GHz), 16 GB RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX1070 8GB, WIN10 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironhand Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) ...Hoped to see the Shkval live in action... ;-) Taking out an aircraft with a Vikhr is especially fun to see for real... Edited April 27, 2019 by Ironhand YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 10 Pro x64, ASUS Z97 Pro MoBo, Intel i7-4790K, EVGA GTX 970 4GB, HyperX Savage 32GB, Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD, 2x Seagate Hybrid Drive 2TB Raid 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar65 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Thanks, at least a few short views on the real thing... :-) X-56 HOTAS, TFRP Pedals Modules: F-5E, FC3, F/A-18C, Mirage 2000 C, AV-8BNA, FW-190 A-8, F-16C Viper SystemSpecs: AMD A8-6600K (4x3,9GHz), 16 GB RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX1070 8GB, WIN10 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganus Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) There are no real T's anymore so you won't find much video. It was a prototype step. They made less than 10 of them. I think most of the surviving airframes were further modified into TM's, which there are not many of either. I don't think the 39 redesignation lasted very long. I'm not an expert, but it appears the more current modernization efforts have focused on the Kopyo radar instead of Shkval. The original airframes date back to Soviet Georgia. They used 2 seat trainers by enclosing the back seat for the hardware. They are making a limited number of new airframes again in Siberia. I think they are all 2 seater now. You can tell it's a new one by the little bear painted on the tail. Edited April 27, 2019 by Paganus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fri13 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 That Su-25SM (likely SM2) and not the T. i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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