F/E/A-18E/F
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Hello !
This is my next project announcement !
I know many will like this piece of new…
- F/A-18E will be released with VFA-151 “Vigilantes” livery
- F/A-18F will be released with VFA-102 "Diamondbacks"livery
- E/A-18G will be released with VAQ-132 “Scorpions” livery
All with CAG and Line livery.
Stay tuned onboard,
Cheers,
Radium
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Nice this too, Radium!
Just can’t await to see what good you have in your mind for us…
With best regards.
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Is a cockpit model planned? I love the Superbug, I once had some great fun with an ancient sim that sadly stopped working on Windows 10. It would be great to fly this thing again. It wouldn’t be quite the same thing (it would take some doing to get to that point in BMS, despite the sim being rather primitive to today’s standards), but it would still be awesome.
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Hello,
Is a cockpit model planned? I love the Superbug, I once had some great fun with an ancient sim that sadly stopped working on Windows 10. It would be great to fly this thing again. It wouldn’t be quite the same thing (it would take some doing to get to that point in BMS, despite the sim being rather primitive to today’s standards), but it would still be awesome.
Not sure now !
Superbug
I prefer Super Hornet ! Superbug was the name of an old FSX Simulation for F/A-18E… It’s then a product’s name !
Cheers,
Radium
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I saw the IRL Super Hornet being called Superbug somewhere. The original Hornet is Bug, not sure if that came after or before Superbug (and whether either came before the FSX module).
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AFAIK Super Bug is the nickname used when the Super Hornet started serving in the US Navy, now the pilots are referring to her as Rhino
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AFAIK Super Bug is the nickname used when the Super Hornet started serving in the US Navy, now the pilots are referring to her as Rhino
Because call sign for carrier landing is Rhino, I suppose !
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Am I dreaming? …. Radium are you married ?
:bdance:
( Yeah it’s ‘Rhino’ alright , I still fly Janes FA18 sometimes , and that callsign its commonly used there)
Btw one question , you would know as modeler, is there a way in BMS, to fix SMS display on mfd for planes with 7 hardpoints eg AV8b or F14, so HP no4 would be in the middle/center ?
When you load all 7 hardpoint with the same thing then in SMS only HP’s 6 and 7 are on the right wing, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 / 5 / 6 - 7 … so the fix would be to ‘rotate’ center to No4 …
When the plane have 9 HP’s all is peachy , since is F16’s case , BUT!, even F18E/F which has 11HP’s is CORRECT in SMS display … HOW ? … but 7HP’s planes are not…
Is that model related so it can’t be somehow fixed without editing model? or there is a way?
THANK YOU
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Am I dreaming? …. Radium are you married ?
:bdance:
I’m not married ! Why do you say that ? Is it suprising that I will do F/A-18E?
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Exactly … My first Love … since Janes … even I loved Janes F15 also, but FA18 left something special in the past… dunno , can’t explain … Maybe carrier ops., since is more challenging.
Anyway consider yourself married.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BIRDS
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AFAIK Super Bug is the nickname used when the Super Hornet started serving in the US Navy, now the pilots are referring to her as Rhino
I’ve never heard any Naval Aviator that I’ve ever met over the past 30+ years refer to an F/A-18 of any stripe as a “bug” - F/A-18 A-D are now referred to as “Legacy” or “Classic”, and F/A-18E/F are referred to as simply “Super” or “Rhino”…“Rhino” is used mostly because nobody wanted to come of the 90 and call “Super ball” at the CV.
The “bug” thing came into play when model manufacturers got crosswise with copyright restrictions on model kits when using the actual name of the subject on the box. Which baffles me to this day. VRS was the first sim producer to run into this and so took on the “bug” moniker to avoid litigation. But nobody uses that in the US Fleet…at least nobody that I’ve ever met.
…and I’ve always wondered how the F-4 drivers felt about the new wave appropriating their moniker!
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I was always under the impression that the term “bug” was used by the Tomcat community
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Wouldn’t doubt it…I’ve known a few Tomcat drivers that were also Hornet qual’d, but not as many that were qual’d in both at the same time - that was back when I was at PMTC in the mid-late 80s. But I have known a number of former Tomcat drivers and RIOs that transitioned into Hornets post-F-14 days and I’ve never heard any of them call a Hornet a “bug”.
…I’ll add that I’ve also heard the A-D referred to as a “Baby” Hornet…so “Legacy”, “Classic”, and “Baby” complete the list for the A-D.
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Well … I’m not sure what to think , here in this dusty docs F-4 is refered as “Rhino” and F-18 is really a “Bug” (We all heard Hornets called the “Bug”/ “SuperBug”)
But is just a nickname. … because of something.
So it is possible still that Janes was maybe wrong all along. Here’s the list from 2004. (same in 2 places)
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?282229-F-A-18-Hornet-Bug
http://www.combat.ws/S4/SAILOR/APNDX1.HTM
…but the funniest is UH-60 Blackhawk -> “Crashhawk” LOL
edit… Here’s why. but is it true…
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I’d always thought that they called the Super a “Rhino” because of the bump on the nose…but I had a Hornet driver explain to me that they call it that because “it’s big and grey and slow”! And I’ve still never come across anyone in uniform referring to the Hornet series as “bug”, and I’ve been hanging around Naval Aviators daily for the last 30-odd years.
I recall the first lawsuit over using the actual given name of an aircraft being against Revell…over some helo kit - and again, that VRS was the first to coin “bug” to get around that. Then the moniker took off in the hobby community. I recall reading that the most expensive model kit to bring to market is an F1 race car…because of the decal sheet. The manufacturer has to go to each sponsor and get license to use their advertising, and possibly pay royalties. If you go shopping you can still find car kits that come as blank canvas and require you to go find an aftermarket set of decals - done to keep the kit cost/liability down.
BTW - there’s a lot of bum gouge on that last site…
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The litigation crap blows my mind, to be honest. It’s the reason that official releases of Il-2 1946 cannot feature Grumman or Northrop aircraft updates or additions. Might include Vought as well.
…I’m not sure when the practice started, but it definitely says something - bad - about the state of legal affairs in the United States.
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Yeah…I’d always thought that names give to military items were in the public domain, until this. As I recall it was the aircraft manufacturer that brought the suit in the Revell case, based in precedent set by litigation over the car kits - which I believe actually began with NASCAR kits in the US, but had been going on with F1 kits for some time - I can still remember the first one I bought that had “produced under license of” on the box - it was a Tamiya Lotus 49 in 1/12 scale. That was back in the early 80s or so, and those kits are produced in Japan (as are most decent F1 kits). Given that this was/is and imported kit I’m thinking that the royalty thing has some international implications and this isn’t just a US matter. And now that I think about it, a LOT of “fill in” car decal sheets are produced in Japan…should look into just how they’re doing that. This system likely spreads/shares cost.
It’s a bit more understandable with something that carries commercial advertising like a race car, but back in the day the advertisers used to just consider it a freebie for them and didn’t care much. No longer the case. now everyone want’s the $$$.
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It’s never a bad day when Radium starts a project Looking forward to enjoying your hard work!
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