His other posts are interesting too so will post them below.
Great info!!! Those articles will be on my test flight lists!!! I know this is mainly for BMS, but I’m also going to try this in the Wings Over Vietnam series just for fun and than compare the two. I already know that the BMS avionics and cockpits are no match for WOV, so don’t go there:)) Just curious to compare the ACM.
Thanks
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Update
Again I know this is a BMS forum. I am an old WOV rat and I am used to its characteristics, so its just a good base for me to compare. BMS by far exceeds WOV in cockpit realism and visibility and to me is a much better technical simulator. There is no comparison in BVR ACM between the two and I would never embarrass my beloved WOV, so I didn’t even try it 🙂 I’m also aware that many of you may reach different results as we all fly differently based on our experience. With that being said, this was still fun to do and Thanks again BMS for making us use our brain cells more than most air combat sims.
Well I did a few hops and here’s what I got
Guns only for both Sims
Falcon BMS
F-16 vs AI F/A-18
Accelerated turns- F-16
Zoom climbs F-16
Slow Speed ACM F/A-18 I was still able to shoot down the F/A-18 but it was aggressive.
High G ACM that’s a tough one. The AI F/A-18 really didn’t engage in high G maneuvers after the initial pass.
AI Aggressiveness Medium. Once engaged the F/A-18 never seemed to accelerate past 250 kts
Gun Platform difficult and realistic. As I have no experience flying military fighters this is only an opinion.
(cockpit on)
Flight Model Excellent. IMHO. It flys like a real sim not an arcade. Nice work BMS 🙂 You didn’t forget that there is a rudder on these planes :))))
WOV SF1
F-16 vs AI F/A-18
Accelerated turns- F-16
Zoom climbs F-16
slow speed ACM F/A-18
High G ACM F/A-18 < 400kts
F-16 > 400kts In order for it to be a little more realistic you have to stay in the cockpit view or else you are not affected by blackouts.
Aggressiveness AI High. The AI F/A-18 would change tactics from low speed to high speed, vertical and laterally, give it about a B- for AI
Gun Platform More accurate than BMS but I think it may be less realistic.
(cockpit on)
Flight Models smooth but maybe just a little to smooth for realism. WOV seems to compensate for rudder coordination and is also very
forgiving. BMS has more of a performance “envelope”. WOV has more of “box” if you will.