Yep, you can basically use the Harriers like SPAAs in ground RB lol
It’s funny but a bit unfair, at least the Harrier has a gimick
Literally the only purpose of getting the shitty airframe sea harrier is to give a proper AA for my challenger 2 line up
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I am tempted to try these yeet tactics, but I feel it kind of goes against the spirit of the SHAR, do you really get satisfaction abusing a bugged/broken loophole shooting people down with an I win button? What are we, tomcat pilots over here guys?
Nah, I will reject that reality and continue to fight fairly so when they see my SHAR on their kill cam, they know damn well they got boolied by an “inferior plane”.
Highly rewarding in AirSB.
Those long range AMRAAM kills against incoming SU27s is just Chefs Kiss
Ive had more success yeeting off AMRAAMs and not keeping a TWS Lock than actually keeping TWS lock on a target.
Fairly? Fair went out the window when they started matching us up against jets like the f5, which we cant do squat against. If im gonna be forced to face 13.0 every game with more than 4 of them on each side, im gonna do anything i can to get kills. Plus the hovering ARH is basically just a chinese heli so why not use it to kill all the f16c, su 25 scum that spawn in ground.
Few more matches in the SHar and i feel its gonna go down in BR, but only to around 12.0
AIM7M & R27ER outperform it and AMRAAM with ease.
SubSonic Fox 3 carriers dont belong tied in with air superiority fighters.
like dont get me wrong, it can work, but a good player in an Air Superiority fighter with SARH missiles can wipe out a harrier before it becomes a threat.
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how is its radar? is it any good?
Radar is fine, you can pick out target and maintain a TWS lock with ease.
Problem is being subsonic and lack of maneuverability (And lack of HMD that some jets have at that BR) put you at a huge disadvantage when you’re detected.
You have to play it like the FRS.1, but harder.
Be opportunistic. Don’t go hunting, take out unsuspecting targets instead.
As previously mentioned, easiest solution for sim is to add new brackets where its not constantly pitted against Air Superiority fighters.
RB it’ll end up at 12.0, any lower and it’d cause problems…further adding for the need of br decompression
Question I have though.
Any reason the FA.2 has a slower top speed than the FRS.1 on the stat card?
FRS.1 tops at 720mph, FA.2 tops at 705mph.
Weight increase of the Pegasus 106 & Blue Vixen?
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Been using the frs as practise, and what ive found is playing it at lt just works so much better. you dont see as many f5s up high, and you can just notch SARH missiles (which is alot easier than dodging ir and bullets.
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FRS1 is good practice to get used to the handling.
I tend to keep to low alt and utilise terrain masking.
I can usually be found on Sim Denmark in the FRS1, RPing as fleet defence of the ships and carrier.
Get quite a few kills taking out bombers/attackers playing the objectives.
Depending on cloud cover, go between 5k-10k feet and take up a CAP orbit then profit.
I’d love for the frs1 to get sea eagle, so I can play the aggressive objective in that map, taking out the enemy carrier.
For the fa 2 it depends on how big the match is, and which team has superiority.
If it’s a quiet lobby, I’ll go med-high alt, no higher than where contrails start, and go on the hunt. Get a AMRAAM or two off before going cold.
Busy lobby or enemy advantage, I’ll stay low and terrain mask, popping up and attempting to take out targets above me (rarely maintaining tws lock so I can go back to hugging the deck if my rwr goes nuts)
In both scenarios, I’ve found once you’re locked, you’re more likely to be wiped out than being able to successfully defend, given that what you face, are better in every aspect.
Notching or going cold can easily be countered due to speed an manoeuvrability of the enemy if they close the distance.
Is it me, or are Flares non-functional on the Sea Harrier FA2?
Had multiple R-73s and Magic IIs that I just oculdnt flare, no matter what I did, I could not flare, but Aim-9M in rear aspect against an AB target is an instant flare defeat
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Also, am I correct in saying the Sea Harrier FA2 pings as the J39 and shouldnt (i know why it does, but still shouldnt)
Yes
Has it been reported?
Dunno
Shouldnt the Sea Harrier FA2 have an Auto-ACM mode as its has a all aspect radar?
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Would everyone be happy with more SHars (fictional of course)
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- Sea Harrier FRS. 1(K)
- Sea Harrier FA.2(K)
- Sea Harrier FA.3
- Harrier lll
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Sea Harrier FRS. 1(K)- BAe plan to retrofit Sea Harriers with Harrier GR.5(K) wing when it became available, this new wing would add 8 total pylons.
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Sea Harrier FA.2(K)- same upgrade to the Sea Harrier FRS.1(K) as what happened IRL.
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Sea Harrier FA.3-Idea to give the Harrier GR.5 the Blue Vixen, an HMD and a new wing
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Harrier lll- proposed replacement with the newly retired Sea Harrier FA. 2, it would have been a Harrier GR.9 upgraded with Sea Vixen and the Striker HMD as well a being upgraded earlier to carry AIM 120.
Only have pic for FA.3
The FA.3 can carry 6 AMRAAM and 2 ASRAAM
P.S. Couldn’t submit the 2 as 1 comment.
I don’t think anyone would say they wouldn’t love for the FA.3 to have existed but none of these are applicable to the game rules.
I think its a massive shame no GR.5+ airframe’s were never retrofitted with the SHar’s avionics package and radar, or that the Legacy Harrier airframe never receives some sort of aerodynamic modification package with a LERX or something.
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