All missiles have same air drag that is 0.018 except RUSSIAN IR missiles like R-73, R-60(no surprise it’s russian and 0.015), I know it is not about weight but they don’t say its size, but I’m sure 350 kg missiles way too much chunkier than 84 kg missile. Clearly, Russian missiles don’t look like more aerodynamic either. How could Gaijin, who examines and nerfs NATO equipment down to its atomic level, have overlooked this? Maybe because it benefits only Russian missiles, hmmm.
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One simple answer: “Selective Realism”
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Oops. Somebody got offended by truth :)
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AIM-9 series has more drag compared to R-73 because AIM-9 series uses rollerons which is an older and inferior method
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Have you considered the AIM-9 is just bad while the R-27ER isn’t and your preconceived notion of US superiority is wrong
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Lets be honest is this surprising anymore? Realism only comes into effect on Western equipment meanwhile Russian stuff is just decided on how management are feeling.
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Valid argument for the aim 9 series (except for the X) not really when it comes to the other missiles
True. However the R-27ER should have more drag than a sidewinder
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What would cause more drag
Zizgzag wheelyboi tails
or
extra big batarangs wings
(for the record, not trolling. I have no clue, I really want to know this)
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how do you say this when r27er matches its range charts to a tee, even slightly underperforming in speed
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Check H=10 km, Launch Distance = 25km
Shooter: 1100km/h
Target: 1100km/h
I’m pretty sure it’s the second variant, albeit I’m not aerodynamics engineer
Or maybe it’s because you can’t just read a single coefficient in the datamine and draw conclusions about how a missile performs because there are many other variables that determine that and you don’t know the relation between them. If you have actual evidence of a missile performing poorly in actual games compared to real life characteristics make a bug report about it. Whining over numbers in the datamine and crying bias is peak misunderstanding of how the game works and simple cope.
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Don’t forget Stingers that have 13G max because devs “don’t believe it can perform better than Igla” :)
It’s not cope, selective realism is a fact and it only benefits russian equipment interestingly enough
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I wouldn’t trust you over them tbh seeing how you completely failed to understand how missiles work in war thunder and with possibly absolute certainty in real life either. But keep coping, maybe it will make you better at the game some day!
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So… Just because missiles work how they work in game changes somehow, that western equipment doesn’t work as it should because if Russia can’t make it work - no one can. Aight
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Explain to me then why is it that Sparrows decide to go for whatever despite being launched in ideal conditions but R-27 do not have that problem :)
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Hey, Russia can get missiles that likely don’t even exist, for Russia they can set the lofting integer to almost 4 while other missiles can’t get that, they can entirely change how stuff works so it performs incredibly well, and so on and on.
I really want to see the AIM-120 improved, but I also don’t want to be associated with the mouth breathers who cry about Russian bias all day.
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Unfortunately, if you want some buffs for the U.S nowdays, you’ll always be associated with them, because it’s hard to comprehend that one nation has a lot of players, each with different ideas in mind, skill level and common sense. But hey, at least you can say that the U.S. doesn’t have imaginary missiles :))