Dassault Rafale - Variants, Characteristics, Armament and Performance

Book about development of dassault aircraft stating mach 2 on the Rafale A achieved while using the F-404 engines. I know the Rafale C F.3 is way different than the Rafale A, but still I doubt between these 2 there has been a regression in performance right?


Also there is this about the MICA being guided by the RBE 2 radar on the initial part of the launch (before reaching bulldog) I guess this would mean guidance like a SARH missile for better tracking for launches beyond 20km? idk

I think they are just talking about Datalink and we already have that in game for most fox 3 capable planes.

thank god it kept the scorpion

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Would have been very irritating if it didn’t. FM is already annoying enough.

how much fuel are you guys bringing i do not have the same problems

i am noticing that, i dont think thats how AESA radars work

there were datamines for fix so hopefully soon

It is low speed where the issue becomes obvious.

Odd, because Rafale feels WAY worse right now at slow speeds compared to dev. Maybe its engines got nerfed ?

2000 at 20mins turns like crazy at all speeds below 1000, even at 250. Rafale is brick below 400 significantly worse than 2000… it should be significantly better. It is not.

ah i usually can get around it i use full real controls a lot

This is the only FM change to the Rafale. No changes to the engine.
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And to me the Rafale feels great, not Eurofighter great but still really good. You have a 27 degree AOA
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then maybe Eurofighter got buffed even more even though it already had a UFO-like FM in the dev server, because it feels worse than the EF compared to dev server right now

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sadly, unlike the 2K no RDR range number on the HUD :(

No range, no DLZ at radar or hud, no target on HMD…

I am honestly jealous of Eurofighter’s HMD, looks much better than what Rafale has rn

EFT either needs toning down, or Rafale needs to be brought up in the areas that the design is known to outperform EFT

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I don’t think that will ever happen, judging from the Leclercs

Probably won’t. Still ought to