Eurofighter Typhoon (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion

That might be Aim-120 on the inner pylon, but that might also be ALARM or something similar, its impossible to tell

it will still struggle, until and unless you are providing DL updates to it. its not a a good idea to waste a amraam on a stalling target

I tried having a play in Photoshop, see if I could bring out any additional details, but the data just isnt there. The image is too low ress and there is just too much noise and distortion.

Definetly looks to be something on the inner pylons, but just no way of knowing if its AMRAAM/Meteor or something else like a HARM

Probably

Looks like way more MRAAM/BVRAAMs than the current 6, but quality is so bad we cant tell if its real or what it is exactly…

can it ?

helis are surprisingly hard to lock on hovering heli imo. Seems like the giant blades are just ignored

Fox 3 seekers are a bit more advanced than that. First off, filtering out is usually done to avoid false returns on a scanning radar. The thing is, you don’t just “filter out” a target you are already locked onto. Also, the return given by the notching target is at a different range compared to the ground behind it.

When it comes to chaff, one simple algorithm comparing the vector to the new returns created by a chaff drop would be enough to entirely disregard them, especially in a notch.

Fox3s in the game have a tendency to miss even the mig15s on the test drive at times, which really shouldn’t be the case

That being said, it’s a balancing tool, so it doesn’t bother me that much

Rafale for example does not have to worry at 10km.^^

Typhoon is rcs optimized from the front so in the notch it wouldn’t make that much of a difference

And I wouldn’t want gaijin to make another radar overhaul before they fixed the bugs of the last one

Su30 doesn’t have an aesa radar not even the Indian one, the radar you are talking about was revealed not to long ago so it will probably take some time until it enters service

Yeah, so it makes you slightly harder to detect in the headon giving you a few more seconds to beat the CAPTOR-M into submission and then when you notch you have 320 standard calibre chaff instead 320 micro chaff to notch with.

Well… Chaff should have been fixed a year ago.

Then PESA.

It certainly isnt an M-Scan

Rafale is worse in pure flight performance

Not quite either because it has multiple tranceivers, so it is in between AESA and PESA.
Iirc they are called Hybrid ESA radars

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Interesting.

Well, in the FGR4 they are always enemy :P

but never had an issue with F-18s and F-15s thankfully.

EF is better in a fair 1v1 but in an actual game the rafale has better high speed pull and high speed energy retention which is very strong for notching or going cold at very close range.

and then has the best HOBS IR and ARH missiles in game, so doesnt even necessarily need to pull fully onto a targets tail to get a shot off like the Typhoon would need to do with the Aim-120 and Aim-9M

For now, since Eurofighter can’t have it’s flagship weapons

Yeah… I do respect that ASRAAM would be too strong, it will likely be the meta weapon, but it is also a real shame we have such handicap

Can ASRAAM pull in a close range dogfight though?

Perhaps at speeds that are suicidal to begin with in the current gameplay.

Even without missiles Rafale will pull 15g or more while Eurofighter will pull 10g to 12g.
By the time Rafale starts lacking thrust compared to Eurofighter it should be able to make some shots connect.