do we know how good the radar is ?
Define “good”… And which radar exactly? Captor-M? Captor-E? CAESAR? ECRS Mk1/2?
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±70° azimuth and ±60° elevation for Blue Vixen and CAPTOR-M.
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So the bug report about the cockpit buttons missing the lights that were present on the Dev Server but not on the live server has been marked as not a bug.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/sNRBtIYVNwxT
Apparently the lights are for selected operating modes which hasn’t been implemented so the Devs decided not to add them. But it just makes the cockpit look weird and unfinished. We can’t have some lights in the cockpit but the Rafale can get modifications it only has on it’s export variant which isn’t the version we have in-game. Can see which one is Gaijin’s favourite.
Yep, we all agree that it looks just half finished this way, but the dev says so…
I mean, we are still missing some crucial MFD modes, like map with overlay and side view at the radar, so i would love that first.
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It’s especially bad as critical information like current radar mode is displayed via them.
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Mk1 & 2 are practically the same thing right? Are there any difference’s
Different production companies (Airbus and BAE) and AFAIK the Mk1 (Airbus) uses GaAs HEMTs as semiconductors while the Mk2 (BAE) uses both GaAs and GaN HEMTs.
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nahhh they’re quite different
starts with the repositioner. the Mk1 is like the Mk0 and has a swashplate to keep the array upright while the Mk2 has just a simple ring which rotates the whole device. now to me that indicates that the mk2 will have some sort of max angle at which it has to rotate the other way while the mk1 doest but IRL its less mechanical things to wear out.
the TR module count is different, etc.
the brits obv say that mk2 is infinitely better but eh, we do not know.
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Right, thanks
sorry Captor E mk2
Mk.2 is also supposed to have a larger focus on EW iirc. Germany also wants it for the Eurofighter EK and Mk.1 for the bormal Eurofighters
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haven’t seen any concrete evidence of that
Clear marketing lie
I would like to apologize for the wording and confusion caused. I meant that it looks like the speed mentioned in the document is unlikely to be physically achieved under normal circumstances in real combat. Once again sorry for the words chosen and the misunderstanding. We need more sources to confirm this primary information.
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PPI on map would be nice, as you could translate map features to visible irl features to determine target location.
Bigger deal for the MFD’s imo is still the missing radar profile view, since the radar is already pretty terrible at finding stuff (and everything else it seems), so it needs all the help it can get in steering your radar correctly. Both the Gripen and Rafale already get a radar profile view as well, so its not a new thing for MFD’s in-game, it just wasnt given to the Typhoon like most other missing and/or broken features…
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This display board at Farnborough Airshow implies ECRS Mk.2 has a larger emphasis on EW.
Also when I spoke to one of the BAE Systems representatives at the ECRS Mk.2 stand I asked what advantages it had over the Mk.1 and he highlighted EW as an area of significant improvement. I obviously can’t prove that though.
The ECRS Mk.0 uses a modified CAPTOR-M backend and ECRS Mk.1 uses an improved CAPTOR-M backend. ECRS Mk.2 uses an entirely new back end, and is significantly more powerful (evidenced by the fact that it can only be fitted as a drop in upgrade to Tranche 3 aircraft which were built with improved power delivery the radar - it can in theory be fitted to Tranche 2 jets but they need various upgrades to support it).
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There was an ECRS Mk.2 stand?
Well there was an ECRS Mk.2 replica inside the BAE Systems building with a guy permanently stationed next to it.