F-117 Nighthawk

Slipping in at night, bombing targets would actually be rather fun for a not insignificant part of the community.

Except it is the computer doing the 'slipping in' and you just push the correct button at the correct time.

...Slipping in at night, bombing targets ...

You mean target, as in just a single one. No multiple passes, no maneuvering. You are not a pilot, more of a autopilot manager, ensuring you are in the correct piece of sky at the correct time.

You mean target, as in just a single one. No multiple passes, no maneuvering. You are not a pilot, more of a autopilot manager, ensuring you are in the correct piece of sky at the correct time.

Yeah, because holding course and plinking a couple of tanks requires so much effort on the part of the A-10 pilot. :music_whistling: The challenge is what you make it. You can set up a mission and follow on Autopilot, drop and go, or you can fly it by hand. The fun comes in how you make up the mission, flying perfectly to real life SoP isn't necessary in a game.

If you say so.

Some things to point out, on the A-10 you can see out side, you have missile launch detection, jamming pods, chaff and flare and you can talk to other aircraft. Non of this stuff you have on the F-117. Also, if you fly manually, you still have to be in a specific piece of sky at a specific time or risk detection.

If you say so

Meh, everyone has their own tastes in planes, and the Nighthawk holds a dear place in my heart.

EDIT: Again, it's a game, not real life. Chat with your buddies on TS, fly as lasing support for bomb haulers like the M2000 or F-5. Because it's a game, we get to play with things in a more interesting way than real life would dictate.

And that's fine but claiming the F-117 is the stealth version of the A-10 is a bit far-fetched...

Personally, since this is some kind of poll, I have no interest in that bird.

I'd rather see Razbam develop an A-6 or, let's be crazy, port their Metroliner III from FSX.

Stop throwing rocks at me ! Soon or late civilian aircraft will find their way to DCS :D

fun isn't objective, there are people who would like the F-117, myself included. There's no reason to campaign against them for thinking it would be a fun plane to fly.

And that's fine but claiming the F-117 is the stealth version of the A-10 is a bit far-fetched...

 

Never said that. I only pointed out similarities to show that depending on how you frame it, any model can seem to be a boring point and click adventure.

My apologies guys, not personal. I worked on F-117 for several years and hate every millimeter of them. From the probes to the rudders, from the manuals to maintenance procedures, I hated and will hate that jet.

http://www.f-117a.com/Serial.html

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJjPU_oX04[/ame]

Never said that. I only pointed out similarities to show that depending on how you frame it

Sorry, that's how I understood this:

I say yes it'd be cool. The A-10 can't defend itself anyway, it basically picks on ground formations that can't effectively fight back, so this would just be the stealth version of that.

any model can seem to be a boring point and click adventure.

Well, to me, that's the beauty of DCS : none of their modules are boring.

More than once I've bought a module "just to support the devs" only to discover a few months later how awesome it was to fly.

So I'm open to anything, it's just that the F-117 ranks pretty low on my list.

Im afraid that there is simply not enough data available to fully model a DCS level module of the F117. Jose might build a nice 3d model, but this plane is still way too classified to ever achieve full systems and flight model fidelity. :(

Yes, they exist.

 

All avionics in the F-117a were borrowed from other AC.

 

Not True. The classified aspects of the F-117a encompass the radar absorbent material of the AC and the RCS reducing measures taken - though most are known to this day.

 

 

There you go making assumptions again....

The sources please. Also a set of performance charts would be nice :music_whistling:

Too limited in scope of possible missions, I would focus on something more versatile.

Check the recent poll that was put on by ED on what kind of planes people want.

4th gen, multirole fighters. :)

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=151627

It would be interesting surely, but I think I would fly it for a grand sum of about 5-10 times, therefore, in brutal honesty, could not justify getting it full price to myself :).

As iconic as it is, neither it's flight charactersitics, nor it's combat potential feel too appealing to me. But I would get in a sale down the line for sure for the interestingness alone.

I would like to see the Nighthawk someday.It would be fun and a little challenging to avoid being detected by eyes on the ground just like in Janes USAF,which i have.But it doesn't have to be fully modeled 100% accurately,like EDs' A-10C,which itself is not as 100% modeled like the real USAF Warthog is.

I vote : YES

Not really interested. Limited roles, limited payload, only one country uses it.

I'm interested! We need some sort of bomber in DCS - even if it has an F on it. Being a single seater, it would suit my more casual sim style.

There was a thread about this not long ago. It would be terrible. If it's modeled like the A-10C, you would take off, turn autopilot, press the pickle button and when home base is reach, land. No way to defend your self, completely dependent on no one seeing you. Terrible.

Many in the flight sim community enjoy this kind of flight, even without the pickle part (civilian aircraft).

if the DCS terrain was like FSX terrain, i see this aircraft viable..

Take off @ night

find tanker and refuel

FENCE in

Find target / drop bomb

Look at pretty tracer fire

find tanker/refuel

land as sun starts coming up

I'll pass...but others may not.

if the DCS terrain was like FSX terrain, i see this aircraft viable..

This is a good point. Current DCS terrain is a pretty large limit to the enjoy-ability of this aircraft.

The F-117 would be a buy from me. I love the wobblin' Goblin. However, there could be better choices for the role. After all, the F-117 comes in low and "fast." To that end, an Aardvark, Fencer, or Tornado would be even more entertaining for a some what similar mission profile.

Why yes I would like to have an F-117A in DCS... Flown correctly it could be a game changer in future persistent campaigns. I'm thinking of deep interdiction and strike missions of which we have no player flyable aircraft that are truly optimized to those mission sets right now. I'd buy one.

Why yes I would like to have an F-117A in DCS... Flown correctly it could be a game changer in future persistent campaigns. I'm thinking of deep interdiction and strike missions of which we have no player flyable aircraft that are truly optimized to those mission sets right now. I'd buy one.

EDIT: Disregard the first half of that bit in red, wasn't quite thinking... :doh:

Makes too much sense!

But yes...yes..and you know what? YES! I'd take an F-117! :thumbup:

Also, why is this in the Razbam thread? They have an F-15E to make us for the deep strike role! :P