Finnish hawk

[Paratrooper 0]

It's not a matter of a 'Resistance' plane. It is a Finnish plane, use the finnish units with it.

I would like a ground attack version though, but as an interceptor it's first rate.

[Speeeedy 0]

No i use it as an Resistance plane

[Paratrooper 0]

I cant' see the point of making missions with imaginary forces when we have such a wealth of realistic addons, the Hawk being a great example.

[theavonlady 2]

I don't know if Kegetys pointed out that the fixes he said he was doing are in V1.1 of the Hawk, already available here:

http://www.ofpeditingcenter.com/addon_depot/addon_detail.asp?id=286

Sorry if it's already been said.

[Speeeedy 0]

yeah its been said...but doesnt matter

[kegetys 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LoneSoldier @ May 02 2002,13:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The AIM-9 Sidewinders that are on the hawk (are the AIM-9's?) are Air to Air and Air to Ground. Also it need more than two missiles. Compare it to the SU25 - 64FFAR's 6 ant tank missiles, tonnes of machine gun rounds. And then the A-10, powerful as fuck cannon and bombs and mavericks. So the resitance plane is easily outmatched by the two other planes. So add some more armament man and the plane will kick rectum. Also when i take off i can only take off from the end of the runway thats facing the ocean. Coz you cant pull the nose up on the runway for sum reason, so i have to wait for therunway to end and lunch the plane over the edge of the hill to take off.<span id='postcolor'>

The Hawk only has two pylons for sidewinders, and the sidewinders _can_ lock into ground targets, you just have to lock it on "manually" with the mouse, you cannot use the next target button, but they arent very effective. Afaik Finland doesnt use any other weaponry in the hawks other than sidewinders and the cannon, sometimes rocket pods but I believe the sidewinders would be replaced with those. The addon isnt meant to be an equivalent for the A10 or the Su25, its just a Finnish hawk, and its main use would be air-to-air interception with the sidewinders, and ground attacks againist light targets with the aden cannon. Neither of the A10 or the Su25 have AA missiles so they are anyway all different. The takeoff has been improved in the 1.1 version.

[Paratrooper 0]

Kegetys, a rocket armed variant would be well received, plus the Hawk is a capable multi role fighter, two rocket pods would make a good light strike version.

What do you say? A reasonable request?

[STS_SolidSnake 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (CoolCarlos2004 @ April 30 2002,20:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">nice keg 2 thumbs up i love it, its excellent

Now please make a UH-1D <span id='postcolor'>

Agree with 2k4

[Rain of bullets 0]

great add-on kegetys.

tip: let 10 A10's come from the south, 20 SU25's from the north, and about 30 hawks from the east....be in a hawk...it roxors me boxors!

[Speeeedy 0]

by the way the hawk can carry more then two sidewinders:

thought i have to say that it looks like a completly different hawk (yes and its also a single pilot one)

[Paratrooper 0]

It's a Hawk 200.

[VerySolidSnake 0]

i swear i would cry laughing seeing tons of sleds smashing into trees and blowing up. Dude that would make flashpoint SO MUCH FUN!!!

Imagine being a sniper, then all of a sudden these sleds go flying by running into to trees and explosions everywhere. THAT WOULD BE SOOOOO COOOOOOL!!!!

[OFPman 0]

hhhmmm, this sounds so much like star wars return of the jedi =|

i think i wanna crash into a tree and blow up

[carlw 0]

a bigger version of that sled in the colour black would make a great assault boat

[JAP 2]

At last a plane that isn t an terrible job trying to keep it airborn.  Sorry BIS but the original planes kinda .... [PG18]

Love the detail and flightmodel.

You're doing a great job kege.  Also liked the kiowa .. made in finland hehehe ( nice touch ! )

[Jegorex 0]

WOW, this is a really cool addon:)

There are only a few things that i miss, there is no airbrake, there are no flaps and when u put the gear up the plane is stil at the same place, it doesn't go to the ground. You can also drive with the gear up, till 20 or 25 km/h.

Isn't it possible to make that?

[Aculaud 0]

Damn good addon. It could easily be official if there was an explaination of the obvious increase in resistance funding

The sidewinders work very nicely as does the cannon, and the AI had no problem piloting it. AI does have some problem taking down enemies, however. They just, for some reason, dont. You may want to work on that if possible. Other than that, this rules.

I thought it especially fitting to give a fighter jet suited to air to air combat to the resistance since NATO and Russia had planes that are suited to engage ground targets.

[Mr ThunderMakeR 0]

For awhile I agreed with you Kegs, I didnt think anything was wrong with the AIM-9 missles. However, after I set up a mission where you have to shoot down some Su-25s, I noticed that it is MUCH easier to shoot them down with the gun instead of missles.

The missles will only hit a moving jet if it is flying perfectly steady and straight. Even a half a meter change in altitude will cause the missles to miss a Frogfoot. On the other hand, they seem to lock Hinds and Hips a lot better.

Might want to look into this, the missles should be the primary method of engaging and the gun should be secondary, not the other way around.

[kegetys 2]

Like I have said already, theres nothing I can do about the sidewinder homing, the homing code in OFP cannot seem to keep up with fast moving vehicles..

[Intruder 0]

Hehe, makes a good dogfight with Gimbals planes

[Rain of bullets 0]

thundermaker,

in my opinion it's just the oposite..

I had a dogfight with some SU25's too, and the only time I could hit them was when they were turning. When they went straight foward they just went under or over the plane. but when it was turning I always hit them on their tale.

Also I would like to mention the way that the AI handles this plane...it's just AWESOME! I mean, their like little ants going after a big spider. It's really cool to see 6 Hawks going after just 1 sole SU25

[BIS_IS_THE_BEST 1]

i knew you had the skill, and BIS has given you Oxygen due to your skill,

i am gonna download the hawk.

i look forward to many more great mods from you in the coming months,

thanks !!

cya

[DarkSoul 0]

great work Kegetys  

i hope that you keep releasing good finnish addons

[InRange 1]

Kegetys, this is truly a wonderful addon. Thanks a lot and I hope you'll use your talents to make a lot more stuff for the OFP community. Great work.

[Jamesia 0]

Very nice, I never knew the engine could handle such brilliant air-maneavering

Its brilliant!