max speed is 3960 kph arcoding to the brochure for the 31PD
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which would corrospond to mach 3.7 at its max alt of 15km
the base Kh-31P has a lower max speed than the 31PD
and it is listed as 3600kph
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My bad, I should have specified for sea level or close to sea level. At 15km I could see the speed being higher
I feel like you’re asking wrong questions here.
Why the hell is this thing appearing in the game at all?
Because the soviets have the weakest AGMs in game at the moment and clearly needed the buff
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Mixed up the PD with the P on my end. The P is limited to Mach 3,5 while the PD has its limit increased due to better heat resistance.
at sea level a max speed of 3600kph is slightly below mach3
which the Kh-31A also has listed as its max speed
but a lower max range of 70km compared to the 110km listed for the 31P
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An even better question: Why is it carried by planes at BR 11.0 to 11.3 (Su-39 and MiG-27K AFAIK) while the ALARM isn’t allowed to be below 12.0?
Can they go at least one patch without letting themselves slip?
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Thanks. This is inconsistent with actual figures for the MA-31 at sea level, maybe they put 3600 as top speed for the A since it shares the airframe with the p.
Also, what Mach calculator are you using? The ones I found both give about 3.75 for 3980kmh
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Are you proposing the soviets not be defacto the best nation in-game at everything?
That I beleive is a bannable offence!!!
Yeah after seeing this I concluded that bug reporting kh31 with ma31 stuff isn’t the best idea which is why I abandoned that bug report
You put the 3960 in Calibrated airspeed when it should’ve gone in TAS. There’s your issue
Read above, it was user error. Calibrated is just IAS adjusted for some slight errors in the pitot tube and the differences in local airspeed dependent on where the tube is located, he put 3600kmh and 3960 as its IAS basically
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Ah that makes sense
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i see
let me correct my earlier messages then
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made me spit my water lol
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It’s a lot more in line with MA-31 data now. The difference between older Kh-31 and MA-31 top speed at altitude is ~.1 Mach which can be explained by a cold day and rounding.
The only thing that is weird now is the avg speed listed (2630kmh/mach 2.15), the sea skimmer speed shown in the MA-31 antiship trajectory graphic (Mach 2.5) and the max sea level speed stated at Mach 2.7 don’t really add up.
Idk if Mach 2.5 is the top speed under regular conditions and 2.7 is under ideal circumstances or if 2.5 is the average speed during a specific part of the flight
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