Yeah, I find it quite odd since aesa was too easy to evade missiles.
You can try to use enlarged ACQ mode to catch people shooting at you if you can’t get any idea the enemy was at to lock through ACQ HMD :D
90x30 is aweful?
Its one of the best in-game iirc
Though would be nice if it was at max speed
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Ah… that makes a lot more sense now…
Didnt before the last major. It always hit a solid wall of drag.
I tried 2 matches and got fed up of most of my C5s just falling out the sky, so Im gunna leave it a few weeks before trying it again.
Honestly, I just can’t do this anymore. I’m testing it in Nuclear Thunder, but my speed immediately drops down to subsonic, and recovering from there is basically impossible. It gets a little better if I drop down to around 6,000–6,500 m, but I really don’t like that because enemies above me stop being highlighted by contrails.
Are you talking about EFT’s flight performance or Aim-120’s?
EFT’s flight performance
I think Gaijin modeling of very high alt is just wrong. Not even necessarily anything specific to the EFT.
But other issues like the EFTs rudder being basically useless at any alt above sea level is an issue that they need to resolve
probably because gaijin’s instructor LOVES to use rudder when it really shouldn’t be used at all
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Next major update
Added AoA limiter limiter
on a similar note
How do you struggle with EFT’s that much?
Mines has no issues maintaining supersonic speed during climb to 10k altitude.
Perhaps you’re trying to climb too aggressively?
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EFT, F15 and Rafale can all climb at 30+º while remaining supersonic and even gaining some speed quite easily (I don’t know about other jets, but I assume MiG35 and some others can as well).
But yeah, overall, turning at high altitude needs to be done with gentle turns at least on EFT and rafale. Drop below 600 IAS at like 9000m altitude and it’s hard to pick up speed again.
Honestly took me a bit of time to get used to, since I’ve been more of a ground hugger for a long time, but now I feel confortable spending a game at 12+km and defending
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Exactly.
Wait, you don’t own a Eurofighter?
Neither in game nor in real life
Edit : but the FM of the EFT and rafale is somewhat similar (trading blows in acceleration, instant and sustained turns) so between that and the multitude of videos I’ve watched (as well as other players I’ve been playing with and against), I do hope I have a decent understanding of the FM
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I do have it and he’s right on that part.
The big issue though that I dont think you can appreciated properly without having actually flown it is all the issues regarding the rudder. Even after the changes they made a few updates ago, it still flops about like a fish out of water half the time and the energy bleed from your back end sliding all over the places is pretty extreme.
The rudder performance needs to be notably improved, I seriously doubt it lacks that much authority at any altitude, and the instructor needs a total overhaul to limit the usage of the rudder to far more reasoanble levels
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Rudder authority on the rafale is also pretty mid. I wouldn’t know the actual difference between the 2 but I remember some time ago when people were comparing pure dogfight FM of different planes that they said the main issue of the rafale was the rudder, while the EFT, considered better than the rafale, did not have the same mention (or nearly as much).
This made it annoying to use the Rafale gun, coupled with the weird ballistics. Now it’s probably better since the cannon is much easier to use with better aerodynamics tho