how tf do you use aim120
I cant get kills with it
I get much more kills with aim9m and aim7m than aim120 in fact I get hits much more often with aim7m than aim120
I tried using it in many ways, TWS, firing at <20km, firing at <10km but they always miss or eat chaff in situations where aim7m would hit
is their internal radar just normal src not pd or what
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The aim120’s radar is much worse than your plane’s one. The main reason to use the aim120 over the aim7 is for the ability for it to track on its own.
In 1v1 type situations, the aim7 is much better.
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thats what I figured but how do people get so many kills with them when in my experience amraam is just useless trash
The final testament to the fact that the USA in 2024 has the worst playerbase in this game’s history
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A lot of people still play like before the patch. Probably half of the kills that they get are from people rushing bases.
The aim120 has much less energy than the aim7m/f so you cant really pull off bvr unless they are high alt and/or continue flying straight. You should use them on people who are at a good angle and engaging another target.
You kind of have to use them like a red top. They are more limited than the other missiles in range/abilities, so you have to give them much better firing solutions. However, they offer a unique advantage.
TLDR: you have to baby the aim120
All fox 3s have the same chaff resistance, just that the chaff resistance is horrible currently, and I suspect that is modeled currently the way it is so as to allow players to learn how to evade these fox 3s. Hopefully this changes.
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How?
skill issue
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Because the aim7 has better energy and it uses your plane’s radar which is much better. The only benefit the aim120 has is that it is fire and forget.
It just doesn’t have better energy. The AIM-120 is far faster. Let’s not forget you can still use ARHs like SARHs. Theres nothing stopping you from keeping your radar lock. The AIM-120 pulls harder, is faster, and is ARH.
I dont think you realize how beneficial ARH is in a 1v1. If you’re really that confident that AIM-7s are better in a 1v1, how about we try it in a 1v1?
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pretty sure it doesnt matter if you keep your radar lock once its in range for arh
or does it?
I think it does
it will provide a bigger radar return for the seeker in the missile
Keeping radar lock will make it function like a SARH. If you can, it’s always better than leaving the missile entirely pitbull.
No, it will provide datalink updates to the missile, this is only worth doing in the TWS mode and there are only a limited number of aircraft that need to manually provide information with STT like the Baz Meshupar and Harriers since they both lack DL channels.
STT is mostly pointless in ARB now unless you don’t have DL and should be virtually disregarded as a viable option compared to TWS.
The ONLY missile I would take over an ARH these days is an R-27ER, you wouldn’t catch me dead using a sparrow over an amraam, they are far less energy efficient, you have to maintain lock while defending and they don’t have the best medium range reputation
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They both have the same max speed. The aim7m has a sustainer motor while the aim120 doesnt.
Once the missile enters pitbull, it uses the interal radar over the plane’s radar.
I did forget about the better pull so it does have that too.
This is irrelevant. The AIM-120A is faster and has better time to target. Two missiles can have the same max speed but have wildly different performances. I don’t know why you bring up max speed or sustainer. The AIM-120C-5 removes sustainer for example but it becomes an improvement over AIM-120A.
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Bruh the aim7m has the same speed as a aim 120 which is mach 4 and the aim7m burns way longer than the aim120. With the aim7m I can hit target which are 30km away. With aim120 t gets critical.
I dont find this to be true from my experience. I find the aim120 to struggle to catch anything that doesnt fly towards it. Once the booster is out, it will lose a lot of energy from the target turning. The sustainer keeps the energy up.
Aim120 works better for short range stuff while the aim7 is better for longer range.
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