Combined with the secondary sources confirming that AMRAAM on inner pylons is possible. It might be enough.
But they dont inherrently trust them outright because of how easy it is to photoshop them.
So they could turn around and give a million reasons as to reject this image and more than a few would be fair (like the quality being too low to confirm what is on the pylon). There is every chance they will reject any image, even ones that are vertifiable as an excuse to avoid buffing the Typhoon.
What is probably need is video footage of a Typhoon with AMRAAM/METEOR on those pylons or photos from a million angles from an event like an airshow and or a primary source.
It’s just that we are talking about aircraft with performance characteristics closer to each other than the one on Bf 109 and Spitfire we are also talking about aircraft with a thrust to weight ratio higher than one.
You are a little simplistic in your approach.
Even in War Thunder the speeds you are flying at matter as well.
Over all Rafale has quite the edge regarding maneuverability. Guns only is mostly interesting for duelists only while Rafale might as well just win that one due to the mind boggling performance and characteristics it currently possesses in game.
Eurofighter has been nerfed heavily in flight performance.
thats why you should manage your energy well instead of pulling all the avaiable Gs in the merge, energy managment applies to all planes in a dogfight.
It dosent matter if it is a BF-109 or a EF
Unless im reading that wrong, doesnt that say the Rafale can pull more Gs and turn in a tighter radius than the EFT?
But in either case. It doesnt matter if the Rafale cant quite pull onto a Typhoons tail. it can just use HMD+MICA or Magic II to close the gap. Typhoon on the other hand has to maneuver to the point of bringing guns to bare before using either of its missiles.
Id rarely if ever fire an AIm-9M with anything other than a good lead on the target.
In War Thunder if missiles are involved Rafale will notch more easily and fire a high off bore missile more quickly while also being able of reentering the notch more easily than Eurofighter.
In a dogfight Rafale can often times simply pull a lot of AOA and get a high off bore launch off.
Without missiles it depends on speed and altitude of course.
If Eurofighter manages to force Rafale into a regime that is advantageous for Eurofighter it will of course win in a guns only fight. But at the moment at high speeds Rafale is so dominant, that Eurofighter barely has a chance.
Management of energy works a little differently for 4th gen jets than it does for older aircraft. Advantages gained are often not quite as decisive.
Eurofighter rather locks up at the moment so you are forced to bleed speed deploying the airbrea for example kwithout resulting in a gained postition while Rafale can choose to either keep energy or do what currently might be easier pull as hard as possible, bleeding speed to more optimal energy levels for maneuvering while also gaining position.
