So it would work at mach 3 the awacs sr71 and why is it called super duper AWACS
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Still open if there is an update I’ll post it here.
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It’s probably based of the F-12A, so would have access to the AIM-47 / -54.
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Alright, thanks. We do also have documents regarding the scan pattern it used, not sure if thatd help:
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Yeah we have that on the report!
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Sorry for the late reply Mytho.
I am not sure perhap just because of the speed and for the article title.
I can only imagine how much lift the radome produced. Then again, maybe minimal at the Blackbirds operational altitudes 85,000 feet etc.
I am not sure if it could operate at Mach 3 with the radome. However even Mach 2 or even 1 would still offer capability and range traditional airborne early warning radars are not able to. Slower speed would surely reduce its operational altitude, however.
Maybe it was susceptible to attack at that point and deemed unfeasible.
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Bumping this thread since the AIM-9M thread for F-14B has received a little traction. Personally, I’m for inclusion of AIM-9M on the F-14B with a BR increase to 12.3.
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I dont think it should go to 12.3 until the AIM-54C’s get some more fixing personally, but i do think it could get 9M’s
Id much rather they just fix the AIM-54C’s though. Giving it 9M’s just makes it a side/downgrade from the F-15A and F-16C instead of the unique BVR vehicle it should be
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with proper AIM-54Cs and 9Ms it would be pretty nice, proper AIM-54s would keep it competitive even against modern fox3s in BVR since they have a sorta R-27ER effect with their long range potential. I hope thats the angle gaijan sees too (I got a free talisman on my F-14B a while back so I really hope it is xD)
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Completely agree. 9Ms would be nice to have to round out the historical load out but the 54 should take priority.
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@k_stepanovich any good reason why the AWG-9’s HPRF mode got nerfed and now has a deadzone in it like the MiG-29 radar or did you guys just nerf an already powercrept plane(because of refusal to fix its weapons and sensors) for fun?
Increasing the min range of the PD radar on the F-14 from 500m to 5000m out of nowhere is in pretty bad taste
Is this another one of those patented gaijin “well the russian radars had this issue so the American radars MUSTVE had it as well!” moments?
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If you want him to respond to you this probably isn’t the way to do it.
is there a reason why the f14 has PD HDN and not just PD all aspect?
Because AWG-9 operated in high PRF in PD mode.
so how did they lock targets near the ground that were going away from them
With HPRF PD… gaijin is unable to model it correctly and its wrong to insane proportions. HPRF works against cold targets just fine if they are not too far away.
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seems cheap
When the F-14D comes its new radar (APG-71) should have the full sha-bang of modern Radar features modeled (vaguely) accurately. So PD-all aspect (MPRF) will be present.
Now, how will they implement its IRST, TISEO, and Fire control system? probably very wrong if we’re being honest. But at least the most basic function will be there.
Maybe even 120s
TCS is already in-game and works nothing like irl.
IRST radar and AIM-54 slaving wont work most likely.
APG-71 will probs come in some bastardized/butchered state, or worse, gaijin will pull an AIM-54C and copy paste the AWG-9 and say the changes made to the AWG-9 to turn it into an APG-71 don’t have any in-game relevance (ie: lie because few if any non-classified documents exist)
The only likely difference the F-14D will get over the F-14B considering gaijins history with he Tomcat and its armament will be it’ll get some new cosmetics, a new radar name but same function, and some 9M’s…
AIM-120 was only tested on the F-14A afaik, so gaijin wont even look at it lmao