Care with that:
AIM-54 are anti-bomber weapon in US Doctrine.
So it could have been said that LF SF sequence was considering the AIM-7’s F-14’s also carry, or the potential AIM-120 from F-14D
And in all considerations: Look first means that Couple of Radar range + RCS was in favor of Rafale.
Probably, been a long day.
by doctrine anti bomber, but they were more than capable of taking out fighters
What I am saying remains :
Reports of such mock BVR fight are to be interprated correctly in order to ensure that comparison is to AIM-54 and not shorter range missiles such as AIM-120 or AIM-7
Because most of those reports are also made by USAF/USN/USMC reporters, the AIM-54 capability may have been occulted
true, could affect performacne
i think he was referring to the radar being able to tilt side to side up and down?
unless it can and i just had no idea it could
In that case; no. CAPTOR-E is the only I can remember atm.
Raven(Jas-39) also must be able
No i meant the radar on F-35 is physically angled upward to reduce RCS.
oh ok then, my bad
It’s fine, I wasn’t even sure of myself.
I did read it, and the only part of your bug report that mentions Rafale RCS value, is a word. “Sparrow”.
Forgot to look two posts down from where I said that and read that post? You don’t need a definitive number to arrive at the conclusion of 0.01 if a provided scenario arrives at that conclusion for you.
The AIM-54 are very much considered capable fighter air to air missiles, and even then AIM-7F does exist and doesn’t necessarily lack in range compared to MICA. This was in 2002 by the way, not 1980’s or 1990’s.
The thrust values were pulled from the Czechslovakian estimate, same for the Derby.
I don’t necessarily see it like that. A big culprit is the loft value of the MICA. Its loft is something like only 5 degree loft, changing that would already have the missile in AAM-4/PL-12 category if not higher.
When I tested the MICA and Derby with loft removed for both, the MICA ended up surpassing the Derby. The thrust of MICA is similar to Derby with both having the same caliber and nearly the same weight.
Still wouldn’t change the VL Mica situation though
I remember pretty damn well that no amount of loft could change its pathetic speed past 10km in that little custom mission
But i suppose it has to do with the fact that atmosphere itself isn’t even modelled correctly, so not much that can be done i would imagine (unless they revamp their physics engine entirely)
oh, but i can agree on that, if the source gives that the comparison is given for AIM-54.
my only problem here is that you seem to assume that F-14 was considered armed with AIM-54’s, but nothing proves it ^^"
Congressional hearing let slip that the AIM-54 was far more than “capable” of being used on fighter targets.
The only concern is a minimum range twice that of the AIM-7E-2’s dogfight mode (so, ~600m?)
not my actual point, but thanks for that information.
i was specifically about what DirectSupport said earlier about 2002 Mock-fights with F-14’s and caring about what weapon was considered to be on F-14 during those 2002 mock-fights.
