The J-8F is already missing it’s PL-8Bs which are creeping ever closer to being a necessity in this day and age, with a dual mode seekerhead similar to a TY-90 and the already powerful body of the Python but with reduced weight and increased efficiency of the control surfaces, I am very excited for the future of domestic PLAAF aircraft :P
The introduction of the J-8H between the J-8B and F with PL-8s and PL-11s, and with the J-8F getting PL-8Bs, would really help high tier China as a whole.
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I’m fine with it’s addition but allow it to be folderable since it’s not far off the J-8F capability wise but lacks in some important departments that make it more of a ‘filler’ aircraft, I am currently hoping for the addition of a vigorous dragon or second flying leopard II variant to spice up top tier air.
The JH-7A getting PL-12s would be nice, and I agree that the J-8H should be foldered, either under the J-8B or above the J-8F.
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Eh… It’s War Thunder.
We have sources from the RAF that state Aim-9L should be totally unaffected by large calibre flares when used in rear aspect vs a target on reheat. They are defeated all the time like that in game. (even with smaller flares)
I know from a book (Harrier: How to be a fighter pilot) that Aim-9Ms were notorious in live fire exercises for going for the tug drone and not the flare pack it was meant to go for because the flare rejection was that good. I’ve had an Aim-9M defeated with 1x Flare against a reheating target in rear aspect (Harrier Gr7 firing at an F-5)
The likelyhood is that the IIR missile will be harder to defeat, but laughably easy compared to IRL. Their main advantage will be their other traits (range, pull, 360 engagement, etc)
To be fair, seeker shut off IRCCMs aren’t affected by afterburner. They treat engines the same, regardless of throttle and afterburner.
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Hows everyone doing?
Yeah… Its all to do with Thrust-to-flare ratio (whatever that truly means) in-game
So if you are in something with a lot of thurst like a Harrier, good luck flaring anything. If you are in somethign with lower thrust. like the F-5, you barely need to flare.
God what Id give for a ground up overhaul of how gaijin models IR signatures and flare resistance
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Not bad. Just hoping for some interesting dev blogs for this week. Yourself?
Feels, ive been getting help trying to find info on a tonk and now i have its history and its name so i think i have enough info to make it a suggestion finally, and its pretty unique imo
We may very well get the teaser tomorrow (or the day after tomorrow if it’s still Tuesday for you).
Nice. I’ve got a few suggestions I want to work on at some point, but just cant be bothered at the moment :D
I suck at making vehicle suggestions lol.
There is a reasoanble chance of that
Yeah. I have a vehicle I want to work on but its tricky to research it and I dont overly know where to begin. On my suggestion list but CBA to make them:
- Hunter F6A
- Sim Economy overhaul (hybrid system)
- SIm objectives
- CCRP target points in GRB for cap points
- CCRP “Buddy lasing”
Probably a few others on my list somewhere if I can find it :D
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Not the same, Yak-141 was about to hit pre-production and had all the systems/weapons ready to fit and go the only thing stopping it was the collapse of the soviet union and subsequent cutting of funds. EAP has none of the key systems so unless you want a cool airframe, no weapons and the concrete mk.1 radar set Id discontinue the line of inquiry on EAP.
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Well… Not entirely true. Was slated for the Foxhunter radar and the RWR from the F3. BOL for CMs, 27mm Mauser gun, etc. The only thing it never did was fire a live missile.
Now a year ago when we were fighting Yak-141s and F-16AJs with our Tornado F3… It would have been nice for them to consider it in that intervening year of uptiers.
Now im just hoping the Sea Harrier gets finished after 2 years
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Yea, though even if it was modeled properly, it wouldn’t matter anymore since ARH missiles are all PD.
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Its not a bad point. With how all ARH missiles ignore the aircraft’s DL once they get to a certain point, Radar capability becomes basically irrelevant
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PLAAF JL-10 is a pure advanced jet trainer and unarmed
L-15A full Air-to-Ground armament but limited IR SRAAM
L-15B Air-to-Ground system like L-15AW but full Air-to-Air ordnance
I don’t know FTC-2000G to chinese fighter or attack aircraft line