Buy DCS World DCS: L-39 Albatros PC key

DCS World DCS: L-39 Albatros adds the L-39 Albatros, a Czechoslovakian jet aircraft developed in the 1960s to replace older L-29 trainers. It serves as both a trainer and a light attack aircraft, and has also been used by aerial acrobatics demonstration teams. You can fly it from either cockpit seat, alone or with another player in the same aircraft.

Aircraft and cockpit

The L-39C has a tandem cockpit, with the student in front and the instructor behind. The instructor can trigger simulated system failures to test the student. The aircraft has two underwing pylons for bombs, rockets and close-range air-to-air missiles. For decades, countries around the world used the L-39 to train pilots who later flew aircraft such as the MiG-29 and Su-27.

The L-39 is powered by an Ivchenko AI-25TL turbofan engine. It has a top speed of Mach 0.80, a service ceiling of 11,000 m (36,100 feet) and can pull up to 8 G.

Flight and systems

The aircraft features a Professional Flight Model that simulates its performance and flight characteristics, along with a detailed six-degrees-of-freedom cockpit. You can interact with cockpit controls using the mouse. Its instruments, weapons, engine, radios, fuel, electrical and hydraulic systems are modelled, as are its weapon systems and country markings.

L-39ZA

The L-39ZA is a later light-attack evolution of the aircraft, designed for low-intensity conflicts. It adds two weapon pylons and a center pylon for a gun pod.