F-16D(BM) SUFA Mod J-066 RNLAF - Orange Jumper.
Updated: 2023-03-13
Changelog:
Updated Textures
Added the option to use the breakchute & ECM housing ( Tail#4 of the CFT mod ) on the F-16C(AM) & F-16D(BM) with an update for the Sufa F-16I Mod
Added the option to use smokewinders on the F-16C(AM) & F-16D(BM) with an update for the Sufa F-16I Mod.
F-16D(BM) SUFA Mod, F-16D_52_NS Livery intended for use with the Sufa Updates v3-5a mod, download here.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329632/
On 31 March 2022, F-16BM Fighting Falcon J-066 Orange Jumper, which was a testbed for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) Flight Test Centre for a period of 23 years, made her last flight out of Volkel air base (Netherlands). During this last flight the Orange Jumper made some touch & go's at Eindhoven, Gilze-Rijen, Leeuwarden and her home base Volkel.
The F-16BM was delivered to the KLu on 23 June 1989 and started her career at Twenthe air base with 313 Squadron. After 313 Squadron, the dual seater was also operated by the following squadrons: 311sq, 312sq, 315sq, 623sq, 322sq and 323sq before it was used as a dedicated Mid-Life-Update (MLU) testbed. In this specific role, J-066 was operated by Kantoor Testvliegen (KLu MLU Flight Test Centre) since 1999.
The KLu Flight Test Centre was founded in the eighties and performed numerous tests for new F-16 equipment like the testing of the AGM-65 Maverick Air-to-Ground Missile (AGM) and AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile), but also testing of new systems like the improved Head-Up-Display (HUD), a new Forward-Looking-Infra-Red (FLIR) system and finally testing of the F-16 MLU programme.
Orange Jumper was not the only test aircraft for the flight test centre. In the past, F-16s J-646, J-653 and J-655 were also used as test aircraft before J-066 finally became the testbed for this unit.
( Source: Scramble nl Militairy News )
This mod incorporates knowledge of other popular mods.
Modified lines in multiple .lua files are tagged with --Start VAG & --End VAG for ease of editing.
Many credits to:
Omer.d: For providing the incredible IDF Mods Project F-16D/I. DCS Forum.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/309805-idf-mods-project-f-16di-mod-v33-official-thread/#comment-5059389
Nightstorm: Virtual Zeus Team, CFT Mods.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3314044/
Razor97: F-16C Smoke Mod.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3306824/
Plastic: F-16C Smokewinder Mod.
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307115/
ROUGHMASTER / GUNFIGHTER06 : Many many textures for the F-16C & F-16D.
I'm sorry if I forgot to credit anyone.
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Install guide:
Unrar, copy and paste the containing livery folder to ( C:\Saved Games\DCS(yourversion)\Liveries\F-16D_52_NS) if you have already created such a Liveries folder.
Otherwise I strongly suggest to create a Liveries folder for all your downloaded skins/skinpacks in the Saved Games section.
This way, you keep your DCS install more clean.
Unrar, copy and paste the Sufa F-16I mod folder to your own _Mods folder in your main DCS install.
Activate the main Sufa F-16I mod with JSGME or another program available for you.
Download, the Sufa Updates v3-5a mod here:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329632/
Unrar, copy and paste the Sufa Updates v3-5a mod folder to your own _Mods folder in your main DCS install.
Activate the Sufa Updates v3-5a mod with JSGME or another program available for you.
When asked to overwrite the files of the Sufa F-16I mod, agree !
When you no longer wish to use the Sufa Updates v3-5a mod just deactivate it.
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Use of the breakchute & ECM housing:
Add Tail_4 on the "PARA" position in the Mission Editor.
Use of Airshow Smoke:
Make sure you bind a key or button on your stick/throttle in the F-16C controls setup.
Add a smokewinder on the wingtips or "SMK" position in the Mission Editor.
Use of smoke in the mission, make sure you switch "Master Arm" on !
When a newer version of the Sufa F-16I mod is available you can update the newer .lua files that were edited by me in the Sufa Updates Mod v3-5a yourself with notepad or other text file editor programs to keep making use of the modifications, the Parachute & ECM housing and the Smokewinders.
For easy finding these modificated parts, make your text editor program search for VAG
Just copy all parts that are tagged with:
--Start VAG
In between these --Start VAG and --End VAG text lines the modifications take place.
--End VAG
Paste all text from --Start VAG until --End VAG into your newer .lua Sufa Update Mod files.
Enjoy !
