Striker 1 isn’t even fully functional yet…
Gripen E: not so fast!
at best the same gimbals with a smaller radar dish resulting in less range than the ECRS
the range difference would probably matter IRL but not in WT airquake maps
yeh but uh the gripen E is gonna be a brick man
At the very least, displaying RWR threats on the helmet-mounted system is a nice touch. And it can be implemented relatively easily, using the same mechanics that display allies on the Stryker 1.
iirc striker 1 also does this lol, gaijin just hasn’t implemented it.
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The main advantages of Striker II would be:
- Much larger FoV, could be useful for displaying all the information from the new radar
- Colourised display, again, could come in handy for filtering inforamtion, like if we get multimode radar modes, ground vehicles could be displayed in a different colour
- AR stuff. like display SAM threats (like a danger zone), not sure if the Striker 1 can already do this though
- Technically… if im not mistaken, Striker II would be the only HMD in game that worked at the same time as NVGs. Even on the F35 I think they have to pick and chose.
- They could also reduce the engine noise when in cockpit for a Striker II equipped aircraft, could be interesting.
Everything else, isnt really something that they could realisitcally model. Like the fact its lighter or has 3D audio.
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Regarding the Stryker 1, I’ve never seen this feature, only on the Stryker 2. Although, it’s not surprising, since finding an image of the Stryker 1 indicator is, to put it mildly, a difficult task.
Interestingly that picture does show an AESA only FoV of ±70° with around half maximum range and ±80° with around a quarter (or one eight) of the maximum range for the fixed antenna without the repositioner (the red area in the graph).
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That just says typical escan radar in red and not typhoons which is the blue
Radar in videos I have seen looks incredible! I do hope it makes it to the live server in the same state!
Yes, but doesn’t change the fact that AESAs can work with a ±70° or even ±80° FoV even though the range at these angles is halved or just a fraction of their usual range because of the smaller exposed antenna area. I think they should implement the FoVs of AESA radars not as fixed angles but more as gradients with the maximum range at 0° which is constant until around ±60° and then looses range rapidly until ±80°.
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True but it does mean it’s not entirely out of the question
Im still praying that the past year of complaints regarding the A2G loadout, plus the myriad of seocndary changes they could make will be implemented. Make this a distinct airframe from the earlier Typhoons and not just the AESA.
Coupled with advanced AAMs in the hopefully near future… Not foldering makes sense long term, but short term, it needs more
So im personally expecting them to add more too the AESA Typhoons
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oh I fully agree i’d prefer they just make it properly unique, but i have a suspicion they won’t.
Inb4 we get the Typhoon (AESA + New Missiles) for 430k RP.