i dont think thats going to be exportable for the vast majority of countries for a while. and the only reason it would be integrated quicker is because it was made with the F-35 specifically in mind
Just a friendly reminder that this topic is about Eurofighter, yet some how for the past almost 100 messages, things where about Gripens, Tornadoes, AV-8s, F-14s,15s,16s,18s and 35s, so i kindly ask to take those to thier respected topics to keep this thread in order and on topic (German Eurofighters)
And thenk you in advance.
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Since when do politicans think longterm? They won’t do things which cost much now and give a return of investment at the time when they most likely aren’t in power anymore so that the competitor gets all the glory. Never.
Man I just love how spoiler is called in german
Also why does Taurus look like it’s just a guy from that one german party in a box?
Interested in seeing Taurus in-game, though atm there’s quite literally functionally no use for it.
That being said, the precursor shaped charge on that thing is hilarious
They could make it so that it has a damage modifier that makes it destroy bombing targets in a single hit, but that just seems kinda dumb, so I’d rather they give us objectives for it to be used on.
P.S: 14in diameter shaped charge puts the low end of penetration estimates at ~2.49m of RHA…
Not sure if I’m reading this right, but looks like KS22a TNTe is ~1.45
Imagine, you set your point for an Taurus, and in the end kill an M22 via direct hit xD
First: impact of the penetrator which kills allready
After that to make sure its realy dead let it also explode xD
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it could probably smoke a bunker 15m deep after going through the m22
The huge issue with the F-35B in particular, but parts apply to the other F-35s, is that it uses fuel to cool its electronics, plus with the cancellation of the SRVL capability because it just wasn’t working, this means their margins for landing are extremely small, and the gross weight at takeoff leaves very little for missiles/bombs. So it’s range limited for A/A engagement more than most, because radar performance is throttled as fuel is used up, because it reduces the size of the cold sink and heat rejection rate.
Plus it’s just a slow plane, 1.6M top speed, even with AIM-120Ds, or even the mythical AIM-260 that is yet to be introduced, isn’t going to give good launch parameters especially with its low ceiling capability.
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I thought it’s cooled by the fuel which is on its way to the engine anyway, so it gets warmed up and burned afterwards (enhancing the burn quality by better “misting” through the fuel injectors as a side-effect). Same with the fuel-draulic actuators of the nozzle. The minimal fuel flow should be more than enough to transfer the heat generated by the electronic equipment.
As I think about it it, I don’t know any modern plane which doesn’t cool its electronic equipment by fuel as it’s the easiest way to do that.
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I found a brochure by a company called Eaton that specifies the Typhoon uses non-fuel water based cooling fluid, so that’s probably not true.
Either way I trust that the F-35’s electronics cooling system was designed poorly and isn’t very good, as the software is of the same dubious quality.
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And where does the water bring the heat it absorbed? To a heat-exchanger with the fuel. So yes: Avionics is cooled by water which transports the heat to a heat-exchanger to transfer the heat to the fuel. Makes sense as you don’t want to risk fuel leaks in the electronics bay ^^
To draw a conclusion from software-quality to hardware-design-quality is quite the jump I wouldn’t go with TBH.
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Imagine they did what @Rileyy3437-live said and let it be made compatable with teh Meteor etc.
I agree with the idea that it’s another F104 scam all over again TBH
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Yep. To think the company embroiled in decades long hyper-bribery/extortion scandals wouldn’t do it again is ridiculous.
Even if the plane performed in game as well as Lockheed says it does irl, which it doesn’t, I’m really wondering what BR it’s going to be at. In BVR it’s just going to get stomped flat by the Rafales, Typhoons, and Su-30SMs. It just doesn’t have the capacity to be competitive with its garbage performance.
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It’s ridiculous how they have treated Britain though, who literally helped get the software created xD
I don’t even need to go into it at all as Riley already has and quite indepth to the point of certainly making LM look absolutely diabolical.
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Without it’s stealth capability it would most likely be a F-16 with better radar and all-around IR view (and most likely MAW + integrated targeting pod “EOTS”) but a worse loadout and worse flight performance (maneuverability and thrust-to-weight). So I would guess 14.0 at max if they don’t implement its stealth features.
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With stealth I mean. In the chaos that is top tier with players everywhere and the spotting system, it’s going to be launched at from every angle, top side rear top, the worst angles for it possible. Even from the front at 30km it’s going to be easy to pick it up, and its acceleration at altitude it’ll be going like 1.1M F-18 style against 1.6M Rafales/EFs that are 4000 meters higher with, probably meteors by then.
I personally think it should be at the highest br possible so it faces contemporary opponents, performance not considered.
Meh, the more modern the equipment is they implement the more the shortcomings of the current implementation of certain game-mechanics become obvious. At some point in time they will have to overhaul, and with that I mean reconcept and rebuild, core game-mechanics like RF and IR stuff. Otherwise this whole game will collapse under its own deficiencies. This point seems to be awfully close already (insert “objects in mirror are closer than they appear” meme here).
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Has an IR seeker…it should follow convention of all other IR seeker air launched ground attack missiles.
EG it can track moving objects perfectly and lock from 20+ Km away :P
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I mean the games been pretty much redefined a few times.