from what i heard from a guy that was lucky enough of sitting in a EF simulator, they only restrict the weapon modes so you cant get anything about the radar and stuff like that.
Good luck proving this
Sooooo when are we all pitching in to send @Gunjob or @Flame2512 to a defense expo as “War Thunder press” to get as much official answers, pictures and videos as the company allows?
War Thunder press at a defense expo: “K so heres the pitch guys. WE’RE sick and tired of digging through obscure documents and trying to piece together fragmented info to try to convince the hardheads that work for The Snail that the EFT is underperforming, YOU guys are sick and tired of dealing with classified leaks and answering our constant emails, also probs arent too happy they made the CAPTOR-M look like a joke and the EFT seem like a relatively slow jet compared to competitors. So how about this, you provide us with as much info as you legally can at this defense expo, we take it to gaijin, no more risks of leaks, and no more bad representation of your jet, sounds good?”
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I highly doubt they will let 'em in as “War Thunder Press”. XD
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Why not? Lot of ppl are exposed to the vehicles by WT nowadays, being the largest military vehicle game out there, and it has a certain degree of infamy at this point. Would be a great opportunity to get us off their backs :p
Way more official (and legal) than sourcing classified docs and posting them online 👀
Could also ask the chinese for info, they paid a bunch of ex-western pilots for info on modern weatern jets and tactics iirc. Most notably a somewhat famous (or now infamous) Rafale jet pilot. (Tho being honest, I doubt the chinese will provide the info they bought on western jets publicly, its just a funny idea)
maybe we could get him to give us info for the rafale as well
Might be hard, I have a sneaking suspicion “treason” isn’t a light sentence.
i mean seems like the guy is okay with it as long as the price is right
At this point I belive this game is labeled as a threat to national security.
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you mean a “great source for intel gathering on the enemies equipment”
not “threat to national security”
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But there has never been a classified leak on the forums. Its just marketing lies :P
true
it is all just fabricated so it looks better for export
Your words inspired me to go out there and once more prove that EF in it’s current state is abysmal dogs… Thanks
Me sat in my tornado gr 1 while others fly around in their f16s and mig 29s… ah yes, the “non existent” margin your speaking of.
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To add a little to the linked comment @Morvran provided, here is an official quote on the subject:
Contrary to the in-game depiction, the CAPTOR-M is likely a tremendously capable radar irl, more than likely very much capable of standing up to the radars of its time, and seemingly enough so for the Eurofighter consortium to delay implementation of an AESA for their primary radar until recently. Its also worth noting that the Gripen also took a similar approach, with the PS-05/A radar also being developed from the Blue Vixen like the CAPTOR-M, and later on the ES-05 Raven being more along the lines of the CAPTOR-E (being a slewable AESA).
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Hey, just noticed this on the Rafale and figured I should ask the British Typhoon ppl here, since I only have the German one atm, but when you use the TGP, do you lose the ability to use the PIRATEs TV channel?
The location of the TGP sort of makes it unusable to look up at targets without rolling the jet despite the positive vertical angles being pretty much the same.
Spoiler
Also as a sidenote, is it true the PIRATE only has a ±30deg vertical coverage and its only gen 1 thermals? Seems a little odd of it to be gen 1 thermals (im honestly surprised the Rafales IRST only gets gen 2 thermals on its end)
Yeah, but given the limited FoV of the PIRATE and how good the Litening III is, its never been a bother to me. Not that I use it for VID often.
Never really paid attention to the PIRATE IR quality. let me check
Quality is pretty low but I also remember another advantage to just using Litening III. You cant actually lock onto an aircraft with the PIRATE like you can the Tpod, which makes vid and tracking a lot harder
Edit: its been fixed, you can now
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it was rejected because that person did not do the sea level test correctly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhKDJkez3Hk (this is a different test done correctly) around the 1:30 mark is the sea level test, this shows the plane at a turn rate that is within 3% of the ESR-D requirements.
With 3,571 kg of fuel instead of 4,300 kg of fuel…
Now I would guess he’s doing that to match the mass used in the 1987 estimates, but here’s the thing: he’s not matching the thrust used in those estimates. There are two valid ways I can see of testing the Eurofighter:
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Use 4,300 kg of fuel and max thrust to see if it reaches the design requirements.
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Use a reduced fuel load and reduced thrust to match the conditions used in the 1987 estimates, and see if it matches those estimated figures.
He’s used the reduced mass from option 2, but the full thrust from option 1. Therefore his testing doesn’t match the conditions used in either document, and so frankly is not much use. It’s also testing from 2 months ago so doesn’t account for the FM rework in the most recent update.
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