That’s not to say they have the same speed; the AIM-120 has less drag and conserves more energy, whereas the PL-12 doesn’t perform quite as well (and the difference is 4 km/h for the PL-12)
You still don’t understand my point. The aerodynamic state of a missile is different with and without thrust. Because the missile flies at an AOA, the rocket thrust deviates from the missile’s velocity vector (producing an effect similar to TVC). This means that for some missiles, the available overload with thrust is greater than after burnout — they are completely different scenarios. In my tests, you can also see some “prettier” overload figures, but they are not directly comparable.
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The fact that the PL-12A has a smaller turning radius right after launch and the fact that the AIM-120D has higher available overload at a later point in time coexist in this game without contradiction
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If the aircraft separation distance and off-boresight angle are both large enough, the AIM-120D might even be able to hit targets that the PL-12A cannot, thanks to its greater overload in the later phase (at 7.7 km range and nearly 55° off-boresight)— the aerodynamic models of these two missiles are so different that some counterintuitive situations can occur.
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To be fair, I don’t believe any of the top tier Fox-3s can actually hit their G overload, can they?
r-77 and mica can albeit I’ve rarely see it happen
Yes. But other missiles are difficult to reach, but the PL-12 is completely unreachable and has a huge gap from theoretical standards.
PL-12 misses targets because of the bugged flight performance, Derby misses them because uh… ummmm
@CofCof why are you trying to rage bait people by saying that the PL 12 is fine in its current state and calling other people delusional for stating that the missile is bad
your talking like your the best player when you are bellow average sitting with a overall negative kd in air rb
plus the only chinese jet that you have is the jf 17 and you cant perform well in it
on top of that you have 2 of the best jet in the game and you still struggle to keep them above 1 kd
why are you saying the the pl12 is fine when yourself cant even perform with the only plane that has pl 12s that you own
to me that just seems like the pl 12 is not performing like it should
if it really was fine i highly doubt a mig 17 would be able to roll it
even the c.200 the lowest br prop can evade a pl 12
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Nah he is just ragebaiting, ignore him man. Atp he is illogical.
That buddy wasnt here to discuss about pl12
Damn, aim120 is actually pulling better than pl12, its just that aim120 takes 0.6s to start manoeuvring after firing.
