Back To Page 2 We Need Guns… Lots of Guns… and Cluster Bombs, Napalm, and the Occasional Guided Missile… Now that you have your new aircraft, it’s time to start adjusting them to carrying weapons. One of the neat things TK did was include the option of giving weapons a NATO or Warsaw Pact […]
Back To Page 1 God, I Hope That’s Really Raquel Welch Out Here In This Desert… When looking for aftermarket aircraft, you have a lot to choose from, but one of the first and foremost development firms you should be looking at is The Mirage Factory. When the team at Mirage Factory says something […]
A Journey Into The Heart of dorkiness Or, “Yes, Your Honor. My Mistress is a Dell.” by Chuck “PFunk” Bellows Episode II: The Planeset “De Plane, Boss! It’s De %#^&@*ing Plane!” Yeah, I have my terrain, a not-too-accurate rendition of the Black Sea, as if a Tourette’s patient was my cartographer. Now, I had to find […]
Back To Page 2 531 Ghost: What’s the copy protection system for Seven-G? As it’s been open so far, will there be any? GT: As of now, it is freeware. As long as it stays that way, there will be no protection. 531 Ghost: Next, what type of PC is going to be required to run Seven-G? GT: Nothing […]
Back To Page 1 531 Ghost: Something most simmers want and love is manuals. Will there be a game manual? If there will be a manual, would you tell us about what the players can expect? How easy or difficult it will be to learn about the aircraft itself, and especially how to fly it? GT: Since […]
by Ken “531 Ghost” King Hello and welcome to the birth of a new F/A 18 sim! I’ve asked for and been granted an interview with the team responsible for this new sim in development, Seven-G. For this interview, we’ll be throwing questions at “GT”, one of the project leaders. Thank you for your time “GT”. […]
by Guest Writer Jörg Wiedemann Earlier this year “EJGr.Ost_Caspar” and “EJGr.Ost_yogy” visited the Maddox offices in Moscow. We have been permitted to reprint their original article from www.yogysoft.de. Thanks to Jörg who provided us the translation to English. For over seven years we have been friends with Oleg and some of his colleagues. Since our friendship is […]
Back To Page 3 Specifics: Rotary-wing Aircraft Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH The QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) was a small, drone helicopter built by the Gyrodyne Company for use as a long-range anti-submarine weapon on ships that would otherwise be too small to operate a full-sized helicopter. It remained in production until 1969. Several are […]
Back To Page 4 Flight Simming I haven’t mentioned any computer flight simming throughout this whole article so let me address that now. As UAVs and similar aircraft types become more and more popular, I’m sure that in the future we will see them appearing in flight sims. Already, fans of various combat flight […]
Back To Page 2 Specifics: Fixed-wing Aircraft General Atomics MQ-1 Predator Probably the most famous UAV in service today is the MQ-1 Predator. It is used mainly in the recon role but can carry two Hellfire missiles for point strikes. This craft is actually remote-controlled by people and is not an autonomous sort. The Predator […]
Back To Page 1 Types UAVs no come in all shapes and sizes, from the small, almost model-airplane propeller sort that are launched by hand — right up to remotely-piloted light jet aircraft that use runways to take-off. Some are no more than a miniaturized WW2-looking plane, going to the extremes of stealthy and streamlined […]
The Future of Warfare – Part 2 by Guest Writer Gary “Flyboy” Wright Introduction As a follow-up article to my first Future Of Warfare write-up in January, I selected the idea of doing an aerial reconnaissance and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) primer that addresses the significant UAVs including the Predator and its history. I referred to various sources […]
