Eurofighter Typhoon (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion

Dontkev · February 28, 2025, 6:37pm

fixed issues as of now

Grimtax · February 28, 2025, 6:43pm

Weird, Captor-M got the slightly reduced radar scan period, while the Captor-M with Pirate did not.

Spoiler

Definitely not the only thing

kitsune_qq · February 28, 2025, 7:47pm

Does eurofighter has NCTR IRL?
I think if it does - it can be reported, Su-30 got smth close to NCTR.

WereCat888 · February 28, 2025, 7:55pm

Every other plane that has NCTR already has a report open and accepted, including the EF.

Flame2512 · February 28, 2025, 8:00pm

What’s it got?

WereCat888 · February 28, 2025, 8:02pm

Do you know what the Eurofighter MAW is called in the Datamine files? i want to check what changed because smin said maw is fixed.

Dontkev · February 28, 2025, 8:06pm

DASS
is the name, and you can feel the changes allready in the testdrive

Flame2512 · February 28, 2025, 8:09pm

github.com

gszabi99/War-Thunder-Datamine/blob/master/aces.vromfs.bin_u/gamedata/sensors/uk_praetorian_mlws.blkx

{
  "type": "mlws",
  "name": "Praetorian DASS",
  "targetSignatureType": "radar",
  "rcs": 1.0,
  "range": 20000.0,
  "matchSector": 10.0,
  "signalHoldTime": 3.0,
  "closureRateMin": 100.0,
  "angularRateMax": 10.0,
  "targetRangeFinder": true,
  "targetRange": [
    100.0,
    10000.0
  ],
  "signalSfxName": "alarm_launch_detected",
  "threatFlag": "MLWS MISSILE",
  "receivers": {
    "receiver": [
      {

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It’s been changed into a proper radar MAWS

WereCat888 · February 28, 2025, 8:10pm

Thanks, i wonder if they’ll explore adding its ability to detect planes, and apparently do IFF and NCTR on them

kitsune_qq · February 28, 2025, 8:18pm

Spoiler

Basicly can identify target with radar

Metaltank1990 · February 28, 2025, 8:20pm

The radar seems to be… trying to do something? it’s listed as “TWS+” now on devserver and weirdly drifts off the target unless it’s constantly updated (much much worse than live)

Flame2512 · February 28, 2025, 8:23pm

Make sure you submit a report on that behaviour

Metaltank1990 · February 28, 2025, 8:25pm

It seems to be updating the same way rafale does, but slower (as it should) and… wrong? I’m not quite sure i have the resources to do bug reports rn but i’ll see what I can do

kensai16 · February 28, 2025, 8:52pm

They took the 20 km range for 1 m² targets or what does “rcs: 1.0” mean? 20 km should be the range for targets with an RCS of 0,1 m².
What exactly does “signalHoldTime” mean? The time the target has to be detected before it rings the alarm? That would be deadly if the missile was shot at you from a really short range.

Metaltank1990 · February 28, 2025, 8:53pm

I imagine signalHoldTime is the time from losing track which it will hold the signal, so if it detects a missile it will warn you instantly, but if it loses it the warning stays for 3 seconds.

Metaltank1990 · February 28, 2025, 8:54pm

Also, after doing a bit of further looking, eurofighter, gripen, tornado and similar modern aircraft have “TWS+” while jets like mig29 have “TWS”. There must be a difference, but anyone know what it is?

Morvran · February 28, 2025, 9:00pm

Wait we now have PD MAWS?

kensai16 · February 28, 2025, 9:03pm

That indeed makes much more sense :D

Morvran · February 28, 2025, 9:08pm

New radar controls as well. This is an awesome update for behind the scenes stuff

WereCat888 · February 28, 2025, 9:09pm

Important thing to know is how big of a RCS missiles have in WT, i can’t find specific values for them. With the 20km range for 1m RCS the Eurofighter MAWS should have a 11km detection range for AAM and 7km for manpads.
Not bad but still kinda meh, if in the future a Rafale sends a MICA IR or an EF sends a ASRAAM at you you’ll have 10 seconds to react.