have about a hundred games in IRIAF, why?
Idunno.
Because to say such a dumb thing you have to either be very “smart” or just never touched it
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Sure thing, dumb thing lol. I guess game was gaslighting me by showing a hard lock on the enemy while i actually didn’t had it.
I checked and it’s actually 241 games lol.
Tbf, IMO isn’t HDN technically can lock against target flying away from you? Technically it’s still HDN lock if you are slower than the enemy that are flying away from you, there’s a reason they’re called “HPRF” while normal PD called MPRF.
in theory yes
but there are (almost) no cases when that will happen in wt.
very “smart” or just never touched it
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you dont need to be slower than the target
HPRF can lock a target flying away from oyu without issue
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Fair enough lmao.
To truly get that lock, you would have to have such a high closure rate that you’re going close to Mach 1 and the other guy is basically stalled. (Or vice versa) Hardly a normal engagement.
I guess game just gaslights me then with locks, what else can I say? I had more problems with Sparrows/R-27s not giving me solid lock during chase than actual radar tbh.
The F-14 radar is indeed atrocious when trying to detect or lock targets flying away from you. Especially at those Battle ratings when virtually every other aircraft have All aspect PD radars…
Sometimes when chasing someone I like to use my airbrake to force a high negative closure rate and get a solid lock. It can be a neat trick in the right situation.
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He’s not wrong though. PD HDN is a misnomer, it just needs high target speeds relative to the launch aircraft, either positive or negative. Beaming targets always tend to have relatively low speeds, but targets flying away from you that are either gaining distance or losing distance at a relatively rapid pace can be locked just fine.
why are you comparing the first truly bvr capable radar to the AESA radar on the raptor lmao
hes not wrong, but hes not right either, in 99% of cases pd hdn will only lock a cold target from extremely close ranges
Well, not like you have anything to send at the enemies not from extremely close ranges. At the range when you can reach enemy your radar can lock target relatively fine. Obviously it’s not full a PD super good radar, but it works.
f14b should have the aim9m, besides that im pretty sure the tomcat has a mode specifically for aim7 launches that is hard to defend against
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Would be cool to get them if that’s true. But for now most of the time it’s gonna be a head-on launch in most of the situations, especially in ARB. And AWG9 works decently well in this case.
besides the 9km acm
Oh yeah, still find it weird that Tomcat was left with it. Probably as karma for years of domination at top tier or something like that.
Hope someone reports F-14s missing some HUD/VDI functions.
Spoiler
It’s neat to see that an IRST/ TCS contact is actually repeated on the VDI, but not the HUD or HSI for the pilot.
Do we know if there is similar symbology for the TID, to display a IR / TV contact?
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