Issue is the merge and “ghost returns” You are stuck with a Radar that wants to lock things in TWS that aren’t there
I have the narrow scan search mode fail on me about 10-20% of the time. Its really wierd. Doesnt in either the SHar or the Gripen. But sometimes it just looses the target with the narrow scan.
So even in that mode, something is definetly not quite right with the Blue Vixen in the Typhoon at the moment
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If it performed as a copy paste of the Gripen it would be useable.
Also is Pirate supposed to be stabilised?
Yeah, that is what has me most confused of late. Its one thing that its Blue Vixen placeholder till CAPTOR-M is ready (called that months ago btw) but they’ve somehow made it worse than the radar its should be a C&P of.
yeah, what exactly am I looking for?
One says nothing about it, and the other I’m doubting the accuracy of. Its an off hand sentence in a study that is about an entirely different subject
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How does it achieve 360 protection if the rear sensor is not 180°
Stop putting the blinders on then
That would be the maximum possible gimbal speed.
The maximum gimbal speed of the blue vixen is 300 degrees/s
The maximum acceleration is 2000 deg/s squared.
The maximum scan speed in tws mode was still 60 degrees per second.
Maximum gimbal and acceleration speed of of the radar is as far as I can see, not modeled in the game and technically infinite.
Huh
Yes IRL the voice on the typhoon is an English woman, she sounds like an old character from downtown abbey, speaks very proper!
I’ve heard them all, her shouting ‘total hyd failure’ is a scary one!
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For those curious as to what the typhoon voice warning should sound like
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My god it’s like Lizzy “God rest” her is in the cockpit with me, someone needs to sound mod this!
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It states the drawbacks of PD MAWS in an entire section, it is not an offhand sentence. Take the blinders off and find me a source that contradicts what was stated by that source. I’m not peddling misinformation, you are asking me to prove the sky is blue.
No need to insult people. If the rear receiver isn’t 180 degrees you would have a large blind spot on the back left and back right where it isn’t flush with the wings spanning a total of 60 degrees.
Maybe the rear radar is made up of smaller radars that electronically scan to the sides and behind to achieve 180 degrees. It would explain why it is so long, and maybe the wing roots use the same tech.
Oh you mean the other one?
It doesnt state anything about beam width or radar type, only that its not accurate enough to direct DIRCM
That only means it doesnt have the sub-degree accuracy required to shine a laser into the seeker of an approaching missile
If all the radars do say ±61°, that blindspot is less than 290 meters long. with ±62° its even less at 140ish meters.
Only if the radars do EXACTLY 60° you will have a maybe 10m wide blindspot
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Does 360 degree protection imply blind spots to you, why are you doubting the rear antenna covers 180 degrees? The sources state that angle of approach accuracy is poor, I never stated a specific accuracy or how poor it might be because I don’t have that information. Obviously it’s vastly inferior to IR based MAWS.
Ona side note, the second part of the wing mounted missile approach warning antenna is not part of the MAWS but rather is a forward low noise amplifier that seems to be part of a separate system?
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I’m doubting it because it doesnt fit my assumption its phased arrays.
And yes, as I said, assuming the radars all do ±61° that means the blind spot will only be ~290m LONG. Everything outside of that range will be detected in a 360°.
This is something that ALL radar systems using multiple distributed panels have
This isn’t a 2D equation, the rear receiver must cover a much larger vertical area hence the shape and size of the rear receiver and its’ placement. The assumption that it can’t cover 180 degrees is just out of pocket nonsense.
Quick question, should the tornado have ground radar?? not 100% if the captor-m had it
Both have
But its not given in-game right?? I know the tornado hasn’t for the brits I know how switch to it and it don’t got it that’s why I asked