And even then, the state of BOL is exceptionally annoying when defending against a threat
I have an easier time dealing with AMRAAMs and other ARH/SARH missiles in the tornado Gr4 than the Typhoon quite often. Despite the massive FM performance difference.
I often find I defeat threats in the Typhoon largely kinematically rather than with CMs
I’m more interested in what they have planned with CAPTOR-E (will all 3 nations be identical?) and ASRAAM/IRIS-T (given all nations have PW4s ans Brimstones)
If both the AIM132 and the IRIS-T can be owned, then the Typhoon will be the most powerful fighter in the Fox2 field (of course, it is also important to model the historical Catcher M or Catcher E, and more Fox3s).
And what about the ability to lock onto multiple enemies using the ‘Captor M’ to launch several air to air missiles simultaneously, or the capability to lock onto multiple targets with the pod and laser in order to fire multiple Brimstones at once? Do these features actually exist, or did Gaijin simply not implement them?
The Su57 has a large azimuth because it has side looking radars, most ESA radars are fixed (F-22 also apparently has a later upgrade with side looking radars).
I think the su35 should have a slightly lower azimuth limit than the EF w/AESA, because the mechanical part of Irbis-E has 60° azimuth, while on the EF it has 70° azimuth.
The Irbis-E is a hybrid PESA as well, so i don’t know how it compares to a ESA in edge limit tracking (100°+ of azimuth).