Theoretically it probably could, but why would it. Have you ever even seen an F-22 using external Missiles?
If it was likely we would have seen the AIM-95 turn up alongside the R-73 in place of the AIM-9M as a counterpart.
So at this point no. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the F-22 / F-35 ends up at 12.0 because they just don’t suite the meta at all (at least with the currently implemented mechanics; we’d need Link 16, and RWR / sensor missile guidance handoff via datalink to deal with the +/-60 degree radar gimbal of the APG-77 & -81).
They’re in the SAC for the F22 I assume. Problem is i have no idea if that chart is declassified or not. They’re one of the only 2 external loadouts for the f22. 4x aim120 and up to 2x 600 gallon drop tanks.
I think if F-22 comes it’ll just maintain its internal load until such a time comes to revise its loadout (like with the F-15C GE). I don’t think it’ll need it, but this is USA players we’re talking about
I mean if stealth is worthless in game then f22 could still be decent with 10x aim120 and 2x aim9. It has about 1.5x the thrust of eurofighter anyway, just the top speed is limited to a lower number than eurofighter to prevent damage to the RAM coatings on F22. F22 has thrust vectoring on top of those ridiculously powerful engines too.
You must remember performance of aircraft in the game is multiplied by like 1.6x-1.8x, so take the ‘max’ of what you know about the f-22 and multiply it by that: that’s the limit in war thunder. It would still be slower, but I expect similar to or even better acceleration than the Rafale.
I doubt stealth will be worthless, it’s just that at top tier our radars are really good at filtering or being able to detect low observable things (even if ‘late’ by air combat standards). I have no idea how an F-22 or F-35 will play in GRB for example, so that should make for a fun time for CAS/CAP.
“intermittent” lol, you mean the two times an update broke something and Eurofighters/Su-30s could launch ARH missiles in IRST? And suspiciously, Rafale couldn’t launch MICA in IRST lol
I hope you’re correct about stealth tbh. I’m halfway expecting it to be nerfed heavily simply because russia has no real equivalents in terms of that tech.
iirc max speed is multiplied by 1.1, so given F22s 2.25 confirmed max speed (it likely is higher) in game it should be at least ~2.48 which is fast enough that you dont really see it in game
and thats assuming they dont increase it even more like they have with some other planes eg rafale which IRL is limited to 1.8
it should be better acceleration than rafale
I am very curious how stealth will affect the notch window for missiles
Which would be wrong. The F-117 was in development for basically 10 minutes meanwhile the F-22 was being developed before everyone even knew what an F-117 was. The two research programmes were using two different technological (and physical) approaches to low observability for their respective airframes.
Sure, but all that lets you do is retain the aerodynamics while maintaining a similar RCS, it’s not utilized to absolutely minimize the RCS since that would require aerodynamic trade-offs And you would end up with a form factor similar to the B-2 or B-21 which would limit it’s performance in close.
Is this true though? Do missiles in Warthunder only begin emitting when they magically know they will attain lock or do they begin emitting when IOG says “you’re in lock on range”?
I’d imagine the missile searching it’s cone for the target is still enough for most players and maybe even RWR to say “Hey that’s a missile”
Can custom aircraft have their stealth values modified? You could probably test this by giving some jet a lower RCS since the 117 doesn’t even have an RWR to test with
Well that’s more so because the missile sees target A and you’re just getting bleed-through or side-lobe radiation. I’m more so talking about how the missile seeker behaves when it hasn’t yet acquired a target despite being in lock-on range to determine if this statement about stealth being a RWR nerf is true
