First Generation Harriers discussion about flight performance and capabilities

Ok but in their defense that applies to like literally everything in WT ever so it proves they’re unbiased

didnt they “remove” the water so that it could actually use vtol for extended periods more than 30s?

Don’t think so. I know the thrust has a bodge or something because set to IRL figures it didn’t work or something

That was disproven already.

Gaijin simply got the Mk.101 Pegasus thrust incorrect and gave it the thrust of the Mk. 102 and 402 engine.

All the other Pegasus are by brochure numbers.

(However I have installed engine thrust and they all need a decrease in thrust)

I believe personally that the weight of the gun pods is in the fuel as the gun pods are modeled as part of the basic aircraft.

Just want to point out that Gaijin hasn’t even gotten the visual models of the British Harriers correct. Legit just gave them all the AV-8A model. Didn’t even get the flaps and aileron sizes correct.



Below is RAF harriers:
Notice under the front nozzles the fuselage was widened for the more powerful engine.
Between the two nozzles the British harriers have a different nozzle aerodynamic cone than the Gr.1/AV-8A.
The front nozzle cone is also smoother and extenders further behind the front nozzles effectively covering it more.


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I have the exact engine thrust loss figure


. A whopping 800 lbs at high mach.

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GR1 and GR3 also have AV-8A/C cockpits I think. Which is why there are flare buttons in the cockpit on the GR1

Not quite every harrier has the Gr.3 cockpit by the looks of it. The American harriers did not have INAS the backup sight was also different.


AV-8C swapped the backup sight for the AN ALE 45f rwr display.

I believe @Gunjob confirmed there was a report made to get the AV-8C its correct rwr as well as the Thai ones.

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The US harriers used different equipment IIRC and that would explain the slight differences

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Along with different navigation and transponders and rwr

meanwhile the AV8-A: RWR??? WHAT RWR???

Yes it had none, same with gr1

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Saw Christine GR.9 today on my journey!

The cursed harrier that has a car as a kill marking

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Pretty. Wish she was still flying.
Still waiting for the devs to reply again. Hopefully might have an E-M diagram soon (with luck).

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Oooh I wonder what they will come up with to ignore it this time. Gonna be fascinating. But seriously, Bravo Matrix, you are doing great work. And you have the patience of a saint.

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Thank you. I’ve taken a break from harriers for a while.

If you want to see something interesting check out my cvrt and chieftain posts.

I tried playing the AV-8S Late and this happened to me, but with a side-aspect R-60M while I was preflaring lol. Never flying a Harrier in RB again until they’re fixed.

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Chances are they won’t be fixed lol.

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Pleased to tell everyone that I was in fact correct. This is now the only known official E-M diagram for the Harrier 1 Available to the public.
You would test this in game with about 80% fuel.

Just want to thank everyone who has been supportive and anyone who questioned the Harrier can go kick rocks lol. in a friendly way ofc.

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