You know that the aim120b isn’t modeled after some claims made on some wiki
It was model after testing data from the British MoD
So unless you have an unclassified document saying otherwise, there is no indication of the mica majorly underperforming
that’s MICA-VL : Directsupport made calculation from that as they’re are the same missile missile as MICA-EM, to demonstrate the MICA-EM lack Kinectics.
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That isn’t properly testable ingame due to the fact that we don’t have a surface launched mica ingame currently
you can launch a mica vertically from a 0 speed at ground level using custom mission, and it’s underperforming for that. although, i’d rather it lose its sustainer and become even more optimized for short range like it is irl because its boost only (this would make its long range performance worse)
The biggest problem is probably the woble of the missile
Which gaijin has to fix for all TVC missiles sooner or later
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30G at long ranges isn’t that bad.
i mean AIM-120 only have 35G
no it would lose speed faster if it was modeled with boost only (after the booster ran out) because the sustainer helps it well, sustian speed. but it would get even more nasty acceleration. so it would be worse at long range than it is rn, but the trade off is even better close range performance if it was accurately modeled
that wouldnt neccesarily make it better at shor ranges
because more accelaration means the missile has a harder time turning, even with TVC
i mostly mean time to react, because unless youre shooting from like sub 2 km high off bore, this would just mean the person notching has less time to react
as if MICA-EM is,… It was deliberatly under-modelized by gaijin because it would have become an easy missile to use in any situation,… Making Magic-2 even more Useless, and making players to ask more for MICA-IR to get IR seeking missile to choose outside of MICA-EM
it would become worse at longer range than it is rn if it was modeled accurately? idek why people ask for 80 km, like you’re getting no kills at those ranges. what people should really want is better acceleration instead of range
i don’t see why : the MICA-EM is having different PID than IR variant,…
50G would remain for at least 18km (on air launched MICA-EM), and taking about 30G after that range for the 1st pull. it would make it up to 60km, then decreasing to 0G at 80km
there’s no way it’s reaching 18 km in 4.75 seconds (it needs thrust vectoring to pull 50gs)
4.75 seconds is roughly the time of the motor is active
thats what you implied
it already is ingame the Mica EM is by far the best missile currently
anyone that isnt AFK will not be hit by a MICA launched at anything more than 30km
not even if gaijin increases max range
50G is due to TVR (Thrust Vectoring) - so that’s about right
not my problem here,… missile isn’t accurately modeled is.
how. the missile would have to be going at like 3800 m/s or like mach 11 to reach 18 km in 4.75ish secs. that just makes 0 sense
the missile will not reach 18km in 4.75 seconds
that would mean it travels 18000/4.75 m/s = 3789.47 m/s or 1.36421 x 10^4 Km/h
which wouldnt even make sense if it was launched at mach 2
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Mach 4 - 360*4 = 1440 m/s - then you have energy retention
Similar to How MICA VL is given for 50G up to 7km, with a speed of Mach3.
the air-launched MICA-EM is taking Mach 4, from an already Mach 1-1.3 aircraft, and doesn’t need to set himself from Vertical to Horizontal trajectory.
it’s literally impossible for the missile to reach 18 km in around 5ish seconds. i mean unless youre talking about that distance relative to another plane going at like mach 2 towards you at the same time.are you talking about ground distance?
here’s where the 4.75ish secs come from
