C-130J Available for pre-order :)

[Friar]

 

[Friar]

Interview with developers. No code from the free mod. They started from scratch with the same team.

 

[Friar]

I have pre-purchased it - Not buying anything else though.

 

[Crash]

Really?

[Friar]

WOW  !!! This is going to take some study time !!!

 

[DD_Arthur]

Has it got a working FMC?😃 Where's he pulling the chart up from?🤔

Welcome to my world Friar!

[wingflyr]

Very very tempting but,

If it was the guns and cannon version or Air to air refueling for my thirsty buddies then for sure. I know its a later version possibility.  

[Friar]

@wingflyr - If you buy this you also get the second version which WILL HAVE player flyable air-to-air refuelling. May be quite a way down the road though. In the interview they talk about the possibility of flying a mission escorted by an F18 to drop cargo and then re-fuelling him on the way home. 

[Friar]

14 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Has it got a working FMC?

If I knew what that was I would get excited as well  !

The chart is on the "kneeboard". A feature all planes in DCS have. They list all the airfield layouts and approaches / runways etc. 

 

[DD_Arthur]

2 hours ago, Friar said:

If I knew what that was I would get excited as well  !

The chart is on the "kneeboard". A feature all planes in DCS have. They list all the airfield layouts and approaches / runways etc. 

 

😃

FMC; Flight Management Computer. That thing on the top of the pedestal that looks like a desktop calculator (it was modelled on the classic Texas Instruments one) is the fmc. 

Very broadly, it's what you put a course into that your auto pilot can follow. Every airliner since 1980 has had one.

 

All large military aircraft have them these days. Very interesting that someone has taken the time to model one in DCS. 

I'm curious if it's fully functional.