Crazy easy.

 

1 hour ago, HPG said:

More immersive of an experience when formation flying with friends to name one.

didn't  think  they would  use  their  radar  for  formation  flying ,  thought it  was  all  done  by  eye  ball 🙂

1 hour ago, Nyxx said:

Crazy easy.

 

Anyone know if or when it will be out on orbx and does it come with the carrier that appears in the video?

59 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

didn't  think  they would  use  their  radar  for  formation  flying ,  thought it  was  all  done  by  eye  ball 🙂

Sorry for any confusion, I don't know what pilots do in the real world to stay in formation. Immersive probably wasn't the best word for me to use since that typically implies "realism" as well - in this case I just meant for sim pilots it would add another level of depth to be able to target other pilots and get precise speed/alit/heading readouts. 

I've been watching some YouTube videos on this tonight and wow, what an interesting aircraft.  The STOVL version looks to be a lot of fun especially.  Will certainly pick this up once it makes it to ORBX.

8 hours ago, HPG said:

Sorry for any confusion, I don't know what pilots do in the real world to stay in formation. Immersive probably wasn't the best word for me to use since that typically implies "realism" as well - in this case I just meant for sim pilots it would add another level of depth to be able to target other pilots and get precise speed/alit/heading readouts. 

IRL, formation flying requires constant stick, throttle and rudder movements even when the lead aircraft maintains a fixed airspeed, altitude and heading. It's a very intensive process, remaining "in-close" at 350 knots, an average cruise airspeed for a fighter, so having that data would not make much difference unless in perfect ISA conditions with zero winds etc, in which case it would become possible to "autopilot" in close formation - neat, but not much fun 🙂

Does the VTOL capability make the F-35B a Bush Aircraft ? 🙂

(Oh and it's up on OrbX store now)

Edited January 4, 20224 yr by Matchstick

24 minutes ago, Matchstick said:

Does the VTOL capability make the F-35B a Bush Aircraft ? 🙂

(Oh and it's up on OrbX store now)

Its  a sim  you  can do what ever  you like  with it 🙂

Just now, pete_auau said:

Its  a sim  you  can do what ever  you like  with it 🙂

No roof-top in London is safe.... 🙂

 

16 hours ago, mac44 said:

Anyone know if or when it will be out on orbx and does it come with the carrier that appears in the video?

The carriers (it will be a pack of with an America Class and Ford Class) will be a separate purchase later for as cheap as they can make it. It's separate so they can update it individually.

The F-35 is on ORBX now.

This is the most fun I’ve had with a fighter in a long time.  Spent most of the day playing around with the -B variant…the STOVL abilities are really neat to play with and very easy to use. Going to give the -A variant a shot now in Norway.

Here you go.

 

I had one CTD the first time I flew it yesterday, but I’ve done about 5 flights since with no crashes.

Edited January 4, 20224 yr by Tuskin38

I had one CTD with it today, the first CTD I’ve had in the sim for a long time.  Then when I relaunched the sim the F-35 wasn’t available to select for a flight.  I did a verify files in the ORBX installer and the aircraft was again available to select.

Just had a second CTD and again the F-35 wasn’t there when I reloaded the sim.  I’ve sent an email to support.