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Just woundering how the jets fly before I buy the game. I hear people aren't that impressed, which kinda sucks. I'm just looking for more imput.

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Right now there is only 1 jet ingame (german version), a harrier, but currently it got no VTOL abilities. Most likely this will be fixed with the next patch.

Simulation is good though imo.

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The jets are probably the weakest modelling in arma, the arcade fm is hard to fly. It does the job of delivering some guided bombs and missiles tho.

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It depends:

If you plan to fly with a joystick, maybe you'll like it.

It if you plan to fly with mouse/keyboard, its unlikely you'll like it.

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well in my experience the harrier is a lot easier to fly than the su33 - i find i really have to struggle with it in flight but its weapons payload more than makes up for any difficulties i have keeping it airborne. (maybe some of that is just down to the fact i have less time in the air in the SU33.)

i seem to remember back in the days of OFP people complaining that flying was too easy.

i for one like its quirkyness - strap on a harrier then jump to an su33 it definately feels like your flying a different machine.

i think the difficulties in flying the aircraft adds an element of skill and realism that wasnt present in ofp. i like the fact not everyone can jump into the cockpit and bring death from the sky.

right now i`m just enjoying the learning curve.

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I don't know that by having to fight to control the aircraft makes it more fun. Personally I would much rather have the old flight model. Then current model might be better with a gigantic view distance, but most people will find it frustrating to make turns so big you lose almost lose sight of the target. Just my opinion though.

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It's really difficult to describe how jets fly... but if I had to describe the flight physics with a picture then this what I would describe them with:

hindenburger4.gif

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A pretty accurate representation of the Flight Model... well the jets handle pretty close to this:

Electric_triycle_JT-D.jpg

If you can fly a jet in Arma you can ride on that. Don't forget to wear a helmet.

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