gun is completely incorrect as well
I also think the HUD is the same as the Mirage for now
So currently the Rafale is missing its airbrakes but has flaps
Also, i don’t think the SBU-64 (IR) should be used like an IR Maverick but instead behave like a GNSS bomb unless Gaijin implement GNSS jamming and inertial drift on predertermined target
- The Safran documentation never state it can target moving target contrari to the SBU-54 (Laser), it even precise it use its seeker to match with the provided data and use for precision strikes
- Example of a SBU-64 working with the matching algorithms on vertical final
- ATE CHUET ex Rafale pilot explain how the SBU-64 work
FR
“ensuite vous avez l’infrarouge grâce et bien à des images que vous obtenez en préparation de mission grâce à la reconnaissance ou grâce au satellite et en arrivant au-dessus de la cible votre A2SM regarde ce qui se passe et va reconnaître où se situe la cible par exemple ce pont “il” va savoir taper au bon endroit avec une précision de l’ordre du mètre c’est bluffant”
EN
“then you have infrared through images that you get in preparation for a mission through reconnaissance or through the satellite , when you arrive above the target your AASM looks at what’s happening and will recognize where the target is, for example this bridge, he will know how to impact in the right place with a precision of the order of the metre it is amazing”
It doesn’t have “actual” airbrakes. It uses its Slats/Flaps and Canards to slow down.
They would never implement the IR version as it is IRL, the LOAL capability would make it way too powerful
Yeah they’ll need to add some form of air braking I think. The plane does NOT want to lose speed unless you manoeuvre
Rafale seems to rip itself apart reaching mach 1.4 at low altitude. Dunno whether this it teh case or not but a fellow early said it should be 1.4 supercruise at low altitude. It gets to 1.3
In the screenshot below I did not bring the Damocles pod. Only the IR AASM (which I already fired). I still have access to a targeting pod. I don’t know if it’s supposed to represent the OSF or if it’s a bug. I can target lock but the seeker of the IR AASM does not slave to this targeting point (It does slave to the Damocles tho). IRST is also present but can’t lock anything yet.
AASM IR are missing a TV camera to be aimed and locked before firing (like the PGMs)
IRST can lock but you have to be close enough to the target
the rafale is in terrible state now, almost everything is placeholder, i wouldnt be surprised if FM was too as it seemed super sluggish on dev stream
I tried locking the mig15 in test flight and it did not work at 5km hence my assumption. It seems way underperforming but I guess its copy paste of mig23/mig29 for now
How ? SBU-64 doens’t have LOAL look what i showed its not a Brimstone, it lock on terrain feature to correct its position and increase its accuracy even under gnss jamming, current gnss bomb already have a perfect precision
The current implementation is actually the overpowered one compare to the real bomb
The main idea of the AASM IR is to be able to fire it without exact visuals of the target and when the ammunition passes the obstacle (cloud cover, mountain), the IR tracker locates the target closest to the GPS point entered and directs the missile on it.
No, the top speed at low altitude was once estimated only 1.1 mach but this is a safety restriction I think. The supercruise altitude would be similar to the Eurofighter and others at ~30k+ feet (~10km) and up to 1.4 with 6 missiles or 4 missiles and a drop tank.
Top speed of the Rafale should be a function of protecting the RAM coating and the diverter-less supersonic inlet. Most of these are optimized for 1.8 to 2.0 mach at altitude. At low altitude this will be more so a function of heat concerns on the aircraft skin, as such top speed would be limited to a lesser number.
Has anyone made a chart yet to compare its turn/energy to the typhoon and gripen
Not yet
Guys you’re forgetting one of the problems, Rafale is the only top tier aircraft that is limited by 2 missiles as in stock, while other ones can enjoy their 4 missile loadout we will stuck with 2 MICA’s and Gun only.
This should be either changed to 4 MICA-EM or 2 MICA-EM+Magic2/MICA IR.
That is probably because dev internal was using MICA-IR for testing and forgot to apply magic 2 as they pushed the model to live. It seems they also created a basic “Rafale F3” build and then decided later to go with F3R based on the files.
Hopefully they change this soon cause i dont wanna suffer with 2 Fox3 missiles only.