This is the most ironic thing you could’ve said dude.
You being wrong isn’t very ironic 🤷
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i mean multi target track doesnt have to necessarily be tws, i assume f-14 has rws as well (range while scan). but it’s definitely while tracking multiple targets at once
lmao
avg 12.3 f-14 pilot experience
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It’s saying the radar has (multiple target tracking) with (twice the previous range). They’re not the same thing.
You do understand how radars work, right? There’s no benefit to tracking a singular target over targeting multiple at least in terms of range.
Where are you getting “reliable” from? It doesn’t say ANYTHING about the quality of tracks.
Burned Tomcat…why
“Goodness, Gracious, Great balls of fire!”
-Some bird animal named man on a piano
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Maybe Phoenix got a little too fired up
Doesn’t the outsiders view document put the maximum PDV search detection range at something like 115 nm (213 km) and the maximum RWS / TWS search detection range at something like 90 nautical miles (167 km)?
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I was thinking more about in Warthunder, but if that’s what it says, then probably. I currently don’t have the files to check. It’s also possible the radar modes just have different coded ranges.
I’d make sure that they’re both the same situation/RCS though.
Wouldn’t it be a nice option if we could use two bombs of different guidance systems up front so we could still take more missiles without having to sacrifice the rear hard points in the tunnel?
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52 nautical miles isn’t anything too insane.
So it being doubled at only 104 nm (192 km) doesn’t make the apg 70 radar anything insanely special.
i dont think F14D may ever come F18 super hornet just got released
yay a heavier F18 at higher BR like thats going to be good its gonna be a repeat of F15C GE
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For the APG-71 to be tracking multiple targets at 192km in TWS is pretty good in my opinion… Even the APG-63(v3) from my limited researching only has 86nm of range for fighters in STT.
Of course, the 63(v3) can iirc STT multiple targets anyways, so it’s not that affected except that enemies will get track and launch warnings a bit easier.
If they don’t revise BR, it’s probably going to get knocked out by the Rafale.
I don’t want to admit it…
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If we are talking about a Block II Super Hornet (AESA etc) , it’s an OVERALL upgrade to F/A-18C …
In fact it will play nothing like 18C , it will kill a 18C in every possible scenario.
Vs a Rafale , probably can beat it in the merge… after the merge though, no it won’t keep up much.
And , no…nothing to do with 15C GE…15C GE probably would lose to 15E /I anyway…
In general…guys, US 4,5 gens won’t be something too special against a Rafale or EF2K .
If GJ comes to the point they can replicate sensor fusion and electronics correctly , they may be close in that department , but not forget that’s because US has gen 5s by the same time the others got AESA 4,5s. And they use 4,5s as a bulk force , while the others as a ^special^ fighter of kind.
I don’t think it has anything to do with that. 14D will come , the problem is in what form.
And they’ll need to fix Phoenix to actually make it viable, else there is no real purpose.
Probably when you see Mig 31 (now that they went to 25, you’ll see 31 at some point)…with R-33 and R-37…
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Except Legacy hornets got the AESA radar anyways and we’re talking extreme loss of speed, acceleration, energy retention, and maneuverability on a plane that already lacks in most of those areas. And with the lack of a HOBs weapon, the slight bump you get to AoA will not make it competitive against the Rafale, as even the legacy C isn’t.
And thats only for the flightmodel. The Block 2 doesn’t get most of the cool features of the block 3 like the Aim-174B or the special EW suite. The most significant add on besides the radar is the upgraded version of the RWR they already have. I believe we might already have it on some of the harriers?
Not in game.
yes, my mistake… i was reading the Block III mods. And i overestimated it . I read very contradicting things… when i go home i’ll search more. Some sources give it 1,6 mach, others give it 1,8+ mach…an example.
May be better as a plane, in multi-role… not better as a superiority fighter…especially in game.
The case reminds me of Su-30SM vs Su-27SM…
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but if I did it was a while ago, so I’ll post it again. The IRIAF F-14A in-game is currently bugged: when equipped with the Sedjeel missile, the AIM-9P and Sedjeel overlap and touch one another, which is obviously incorrect and appears to be a modelling issue. I looked into whether this might reflect a real-life obstruction between the missiles, but images of operational Iranian F-14s shows them carrying both the AIM-9P and Sedjeel without any visual problems.
I’m a bit too lazy to file a bug report myself, so if anyone would like to make one, feel free. You may also use the images I’ve provided if you wish.
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Missile model for reference, credit to msk._designer on Instagram
Issue seems to be that the Sedjeel is placed too far forward, so nothing impossible to fix.
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