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They haven’t implemented the flight optimizations yet
no amount of flight optimization can make that range possible without more kinetic thrust
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I do agree that it’s likely it doesn’t have a better motor, but the lack of evidence doesn’t necessarily prove inexistence, I’ve found one source so far that said it had better propellant, but for now I’ll chalk that up as a mistake unless I find something else.
What speed was the launcher? I put it to Mach 2
that not realistic nor is it how missile ranges are determined IRL or even in warthunder, the C.5 for example has about 120km range with the same launch parameters just like the statcard says
and i think its physically impossible for it the be a 50% range increase with just the stated battery life and flight envelope alone it would need at least 20% more thrust on top of that.
Raytheon officials already had no problems stating that they increased ranges of a variant of the missile due to “software changes” such as increasing battery time so that higher launch speeds and altitudes can increase the range of the missile. So it isn’t realistic to say that the launch parameters should remain the same.
in fact i created a aim120D with 20% more fuel efficiency so 9.3 seconds burn time on the same thrust and got pretty much the exact range of 180km
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i tested one myself and had to modified a bunch of things
orange modified 120D, blue 120D without mod
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i tried to modified a bunch of other measurement but they all just misses
it seems like 19.5k of thrust along with more lift less drag and bit more fin accel will do the thing
but otherwise they just missed
primary? if so i’d love to see it
from my own testing giving it 20% more time on the booster instead of just more raw thrust as well as a more aggressive loft (stolen from the R-Darter) had the missile timing out around its max range point so pretty much were we want it to be
i would think the burn time wouldnt change(maybe by like 0.05s or 0.1s) rather the thrust itself needs a buff and other things as well
for my testing for it to hit 185km
atleast about +20% of thrust
less drag
more lift
more fin accel
more fin aoa
and the Cx vs aoa and Cy at AoA thingy (lower the Cx and just marginally increase the Cy by 1%)
idk what is distance to CM but doesnt change alot
the problem is that on paper for gaijin it is such a huge change in the missiles modifier that i dont think they would make it go from 1.4(drag) to 1.2(drag), would be sth like 1.4 → 1.35 at best
honestly id be surprised if the devs touched the motor at all or any of the stats for that matter we can only hope
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Technically a primary, but not the strongest primary, on the MOD section of the Norwegian government website they said, “AMRAAM-D is an upgraded version of a missile that has previously been used by both the F-16 and the air defence system NASAMS. Featuring more powerful propulsion” Norway signs record agreement for F-35-missiles - regjeringen.no
if the C-5 and D is like this then the D-3 would probably like what i modified, good? maybe but when D-3 is here then it would be the worst because R-37M etc
By orbital launching it /s
problem is number
powerful can mean a whole 50% or a mere 10%