About the product
   Product Overview
   Distribution
The Su-25T Attack Aircraft
Su-25T Avionics Systems
The Su-25T Flight Model
The Su-25T Physics Model
Su-25T 3D Model
   Construction
   Painting
   Cockpit
   Mechanical parts
   Damage Model
Avionics and aircraft systems
Weapons
Campaigns
   "Flaming Cliffs" (Su-25T campaign)
   Operation "Hot wind" (Su-27 campaign)
   Operation "Last ditch" (Mig-29 campaign)
New in the landscape
   Additional improved textures
   New ground objects
Additional interface functions
Distinctions from LockOn 1.02
Patch version 1.11
Patch version 1.12b
Where to buy "LockOn: Flaming Cliffs"

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Lock On: Flaming Cliffs is a computer flight simulator of modern combat aviation. It is a continuation of the award-winning Lock On: Modern Air Combat flight simulator.

New product features include:

• All the capabilities of Lock On: Modern Air Combat ;
• Addition of the Su-25T as a player-flyable aircraft;
• Training missions with voice-over instruction;
• Three new, 20-plus mission campaigns;
• Improved ground texture with even greater detail;
• New ground textures for winter, spring, summer and autumn;
• New aircraft skins;
• New military and civilian ground facilities;
• New single missions;
• Upgrades and feature additions to version 1.02 of Lock On: Modern Air Combat;
• Adjusted and added additional documentation.

The product can be obtained in the following ways:

• Full version on CD: Russian version is distributed by 1C in the CIS territories;
• Full version on CD: English version is available on Natural Point, based in the USA, www.naturalpoint.com; Simware, based in Belgium, www.simw.com; RC Simulations, based in the UK, www.rcsimulations.com. Boxed version contains: Flaming Cliffs with StarForce Professional keyless protection, User Manual in PDF format, Pilot Manual in PDF format, Terrain textures for four seasons.
• Web site download: Download the add-on to Lock On: Modern Air Combat (Lock On: Modern Air Combat required). -- The English version can be downloaded from www.LockOn.co.uk. Payment is processed via PROTX and the download is approximately 750 MB divided onto 3 parts: Flaming Cliffs, Season Pack and Movie Pack. The add will works with English, German and French versions of Lock On;

In addition to the seven flyable aircraft of Lock On: Modern Air Combat, the Flaming Cliffs adds the Su-25T to the stable of aircraft.

Combat modes of the Su-25T include:

• Close Air Combat, mode Fi0;
• CCIP and CCRP modes to deliver unguided bombs and rockets against ground targets;
• Fire and forget optically guided missiles and bombs for use against ground targets;
• Semi-active laser-guided missiles and bombs for use against ground targets;
• Infrared-guided missiles for use against ground targets;
• Internal gun and externally mounted gun pods for use against ground and air targets;
• Backup, optical aiming mode "Grid" (Setka) in case of malfunction of guidance systems.

The Su-25T has the ability to search for and attack moving armor. This grew out of the need of Russian armed forces for a specialized anti-tank aircraft. In 1976, the USSR Council of Ministers issued a resolution that began the planning of an all-weather attack aircraft with anti-tank capabilities.

The primary anti-tank missile system for the Su-25T was to be the "Vihr" -- later the improved to the "Vihr-M" with a laser guidance. The main acquisition and targeting system, "Shkval", provided automatic target tracking and targeting with the laser designator and range-finder termed "Prichal".

For low light level operation, the Su-25T can be equipped with a "belly pod", Low Light Television (LLTV) camera termed "Mercury". This provides a night-time, electro-optical aiming system for "Shkval".

Imagery from the aiming systems is transferred to the IT-23M Television Monitor (TVM), which is located in the upper right portion of the instrument panel. "Shkval" optics allow a 23x scene enlargement and "Mercury" provides a 5x scene enlargement. These assist in identification of distant targets: a house at 15 km, a tank at 8-10 km, and a helicopter at 6 km.

The integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) system provides detection and direction finding of air, ground, and naval radar emitters, with an accuracy of +/- 30 degrees in azimuth. The EW system can detect and classify radars emitting in the 1.2-18 GHz bands. Adjustable, Electronic Attack (EA) jamming can be used to reduce the effectiveness of weapon control radars operating in continuous wave and pulse modes. EA pods can be fixed to under-wing suspension hard points. For protection against infrared-guided missiles, expendable flares are used. The Su-25T is equipped 192 flare cartridges. Also for protection against infrared-guided missiles, the electro-optical jamming system "Sukhogruz" is installed in the tail section of the aircraft. This powerful, cesium lamp, with an energy consumption of 6 kW, creates an amplitude-modulated jamming signal that prevents infrared-guided missiles from guiding.

To engage air defense radars, the Su-25T can be equipped with the target designation pod "Viyuga" or "Phantasmagoria." This allows the Su-25T to designate targets for anti-radar missiles such as the Kh-58 and Kh-25MPU.

To simulate accurate flight dynamics of the Su-25T, a very detailed physical model has been created. This model is a further development of the models used in Lock On. The model includes dynamics that partly control behavior in various flight regimes: standard, transitional supercritical, and damage modeling.

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