French early jet suffering from BR compression

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well:

on the paper yes, but the way those are used, makes it the other way around.

when you first experiment uncaged seekers, but still 10G missiles, it is safe to assume that you’ll fire more missile outside the confort zone of the Missile. (slight Off-Bore launches) (Explains why China got better results than US F-100, as china is often played as secondary nation, rather than 1st one when entering game)

you don’t have that problem with the AIM-9B, because you’ll fire it in a better position (straight to target)

i’ve ran some test with “Statshark calculator”, and the difference in range is really ridiculously low considering true engagement (also, i wouldn’t fire at those max range most of the time)

if you and target flies straight lines, with 900km/h speed both, the difference of range at which you can fire to it is 510m
AIM-9B : 2230m from target
AIM-9B : 2740m from target

if you turned behind your target (after merge you’ll be at 650km/h) which flees you in a straight line (1000km/h), the difference of range at which you can fire to it is 370m
AIM-9B : 1550m from target
AIM-9B : 1920m from target

both those differences can be made in a matter of few seconds when you do have speed or acceleration advantage.
so it’s really not unfeasible to get those AIM-9B working.

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Mystère IV is quite decent. Super Mystère is more of the same but you need to maintain your energy state (speed as well as altitude) carefully.
Étendard is lovely. Both have their strenghts and weaknesses but Étendard is easier to play since staying fast and in a dominant position is easier in most situations.
Neither is flying well with damage but Super Mystére has much bigger issues with that.
If you want to play F-100 play either the American or Taiwanese one. The Aim-9E is making quite the difference.
F-100A has the early wing.

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