What could be really really good, is repeat the same scenario. Rear-aspect, Aim-9L at various ranges in and out of cloud but against different targets. A nice broad range. That would be perfect for a bug report I think.
(like Hunter F6, Buc S2, F-5, Mig-21, F-4, etc and where possible, in both dry and wet thrust)
With harrier changes, is the weight capacity to still be able to perform VTOL reduced on the Gr7?
Struggling to get vertical landing functional with payload, the take off isn’t impacted too heavily, but just can’t get into a hover, even manually, to land.
Payload: 4 x GBU-12 {Outer Pylons} – 2 x AIM-9M {Dedicated Pylon} – 2 x AGM-65G {Inner Pylon} – TIALD
IRL, for a harrier to Vertically land they needed to be below about 2200lb of fuel and that was without stores iirc. Not exactly sure how that translate in game. One sec let me boot up with WTRTI
14 mins looks to be about the maximum fuel wieght of (iirc) 2200lb.
So with weapon stores, you would need to be below that. At 15 mins (infinite fuel) I was just about coping with water injection, but dropping like a rock without.
So it seems fairly accurate to IRL.
I dont really recall ever being able to manage a VTOL landing with stores + 20 mins of fuel before. I usually always try to land below 10 mins of fuel
It was a struggle, but I did manage it a few times a long time ago.
This payload can get up off the ground and into forward flight relatively comfortably with water, the issue is getting to the ground with it.
Aye, it seems closer to reality, just feels a bit skewiff when it used to work good enough. Happy for greater accuracy, just wish there’d be some indicator somewhere.