Maybe we can get Gaijin to fix the Thrust loss at higher speeds. This might help with its FM problems.
These figures where taken from a Harrier Gr.3s engine in flight at Max power setting for sea level and different Mach values. At .7 Mach the Harrier Gr.3 in game makes 10,366lbs. It should make 27,018lbs
(Source is Declassified and from the National Archives.)
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if this is true, the drag is going to increase ten fold.
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As it should but only on the fuselage specifically the intakes. However I also have good proof that the Harriers wings need a decrease in AOA induced drag.
My source above also has the sustained G performance for the Gr.3 at different Mach values so Gaijin should use that to make it turn better.
These engine measurements where taken directly from the tested Gr.3 in flight.
Ian Mortimer says that the Harriers had the 2 best air breaks in the world located either side of the cockpit. time stamp is 9:34
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Another update, still no HUDs. Shame after seeing so many HUDs get fixed, including a few newly added
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It’s a harrier. Harrier only get fixed if new harrier, and even then.
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1st gen harriers are currently a complete joke in terms of performance, especially the Sea Harriers, I really hope they take note of this
has it been reported?
Yes my bug report was labeled Info requested I gave them what they asked for. It is now labeled accepted. As we know however it could be in the accepted state for years with no changes.
Still, this to me indicates they do actually bother about updating HUD’s so there’s still hoping… = )
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Yes but I don’t think Gaijin like Britain or the Harriers. Also the Chieftain Mk10 is missing 80 BHP.
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I fear for the mig 21 players if they ever fix our poor harriers. I think we have all had the practise now to somewhat dogfight them at this point so i cant imagine flying something that doesnt constantly act likes it wants to touch the ground. Not so much for the gr 3, but the sea harrier really suffered from the massive drag it has in a turn as it basically stalled out trying to pull vertical.
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Has gaijin accepted any harrier FM bug reports?
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HA… Fat chance.
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Actually mine has been accepted.
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Great work, but we all now accepted doesn’t mean much until its added into the game. If we even get half of this i will be more than happy flying out my sea harrier, as rn its just a lead pebble vs anything 9.7 and above… and its sat at 13.p.
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I always found it kind of strange that the Harrier Is were complete buses but the Harrier IIs were ufos pulling 15G consistently, I guess this explains it
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One thing that this may cause is for the harriers to be even harder to flare, one of the main problems was when you turned you lost speed causing your thrust to spike. In gaijins massive genius they tied heat sig to thrust so now youve slowed yourelf down while increasing your sig causing missiles to love to ignore your flares… ESPECIALLY bol pods with its “small” flares.
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Looks at cr2, chieftain, cr1 reports.from years ago in sadness
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We all knew better when they said they were fixing the chally 2. British tax, gaijin fix something british, they then realise what they’ve done and make it worse than it was originally, repeat into infinium.
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Heres the Kicker the Harrier 1 is now in like 5 nations and there are several Harrier 1 premiums if Gaijin made them actually good they would make money.