Reminder, this thread is to collect sources for the most accurate unbiased representation of the fighter in the game. If you have sources please feel free to share. Otherwise… the envious argumentative attitude isn’t welcome.
By the way, the math doesn’t work out in your favor. It’s not possible for it to have worse range than the AIM-54 with 40% more deltaV especially when one considers that drag is of no consequence at higher altitudes and the boost-sustain is lending more towards the in-game meta. Having the ability to hit a target from much further on a ballistic trajectory after some long period of time is not as good as being able to hit him first because the missile got to the target quicker.
This missile will be considerably better than the in-game Phoenix models thanks to the boost-sustain design.
We need to look into the capability of firing the R-27R. I don’t think it was capable. @Smin1080p_WT are the devs aware of this or is it an intentional decision to add it anyway?
The source stating 21G acceleration for the sounding rocket confirms that indirectly as the math comes out to a very similar number. Those are also peak numbers.
So we have at least 2 sources for thrust, burn time, propellant weight… the missile should be very close to accurately modeled when it comes to the game then.
There is the Sidewinder-based Azarakhsh IR missile with (apparently) IIR seeker, datalink and smokeless motor that is used as point defense SAM and also air launched from drones, but there is no information about its use on F-14:
The comparison is being made against a missile we had actual data for. Conjecture does not go well in reports and is why you don’t report. Stop hijacking my threads.
Yeah it would be good for this thread to actually contribute efforts and resources towards this aircraft. The AIM-54 Phoenix thread consists of nearly 2,000 posts but not much results to show for it.
Iran never had AIM-7F/M
Those are AIM-7E2 (which had to be modified for use on F-14 as the Tomcat is not compatible with the standard AIM-7E2 either)
As for the R-27 only the physical pylon adapter was made. (As part of “project Tofan”)
There is no evidence of it carrying or test firing R-27 and even years later you can see it being armed with AIM-7E2 and AIM-9P/J when on alert or on escort missions
