TWS is useless without ARH missiles realistically.
Also as stated below the mig29 radar, cant change its scan area, is slow, and struggles to pick targets up half the time.
Same reason the F15A sat at 12.3 while the SMT was 12.7 back when the F15A dropped, people dont know how to use it, like at all
Would not go that far but its only useful to gain information you might otherwise miss by remembering scans and/or for keeping a lock ready on standby so you can stealth an r27er in by using IOG+Datalink for most of its flight. It can be used in these ways, but as you said without ARH missiles the true potential is unreached.
Yeah good points man did not think about that tbh.
I know r27ers have a nasty range but i also do know folks now adays are more aware of them.
I will say but even the tws for the fulcrum seems a bit on the dodgy side.
I tend to stick with the HMD and just come in from an off angle.
R27ers at 9km side aspect cause mayhem.
Biggest issue is but once you sling them off, youre down to 4 x R60Ms which are found at what ? 10.7? Or 11.0 br , at 12.7
Ngl i quite like the mig29 its just a fun plane .
i wouldnt trust the mig-29 radar to pick a target back up in tws after i unlocked it
valid concern
Ill second that, usually when i lose lock after slinging an r27er ill try grab a target further away and not the same one it was on.
Seems to work okay but god damn the radar is dodgy, one minute its fantastic the next you cant get a lock on someone in perfect conditions.
has a very good radar, all aspect missiles and sparrows
most planes at 11.7/11.3 dont even have pulse doppler radars let alone all aspects
Next time I play I’ll send you a replay where the MiG-29 starts following me with its radar from the very spawn. I just don’t know how it does it.
Mig29 base picking you up the moment you take off from your airfield is the least of your concern. Idk why my man trying so hard to make it out like he gonna launch a 27ER across the map and take him down and he unable to do anything in return, is just absurd. The Mig29base is in no world better than the F/A-18 premium. Let alone the F15A.
The base MiG-29 model is bring hard carried by 27ERs.
If it didnt have those, i wouldnt touch it with 10ft pole nowadays.
Alright whatever you say mate.
You dont know how to play with or against these planes, and thats okay, but you should.focus on learning and getting better rather than coming here and saying theyre great planes etc.
Genuinely im enjoying it a lot but those R60s at 12.7 (or a 13.7 uptier) make me question reality.
End up going for gun kills over r60 kills
Lol what
they are of similar capability
no. MLA is 90% of a MLD
lol what , what?
the mig23MLD is better in a dogfight than the F4E due to the additional wing slats, meaning it loses out on the rate fight, but claws it back on the AoA (instantanious turn)
However the gun isn’t that good, its mounted in a piss spot. R60Ms aren’t that handy any more, not like when R60s were intorduced.
as well as that, the F4E has pretty good sustained fighting, and longevity in an ARB match.
Over all, if you take a good F4E pilot and a good ML pilot, usually the F4 comes out on top, providing you dont headbut an R24
Same here. Wouldnt wish this experience to the worst enemy.
Anywhere you mount GSh-23 its gonna be shit. the gun is the problem, not placement. At least velocity-wise because when it hit at least it’s gonna be crit, and I am sure they are capable of making a 23mm variant of GSh-30-1 but they are not making it for some goddamn reason.
Though, I have had some mega fun dogfights with the mig29 man, like ive finished most matches with R60s unlaunched.
Though I have out done SU34s with the Mig29 and finished them off with an R60 to the side
you know the mig-29smt has a differnent radar from the one at 12.7