ZJ201 with what look like expended LAU-5002 (6x CRV-7) rocket pods (Frangible Forward Fairing shot out). And in plain grey without the black Hawk 200 branding, or blue camo overpaint.
Looking back at a pic AblativeKitten posted of Malaysia’s Hawk 208, it seems they also operated them with 19x CRV-7 LAU-5003 launcher in addition to FZ rockets using LAU-51 and LAU-32
The black arming device on the side is quite distinctive for CRV-7 launchers compared to other rocket pods (it’s on the opposite side on LAU-5002, so can’t see it above), and this one has Magellan’s “Advanced Forward Fairing” for the LAU-5003 on the ground behind it
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annnnnd aced
Took 58 battles of mostly air combat, my stats say 77 air kills, but that includes a non insignificant amount of AI kills from expending extra 9Ls before RTBing (Edit: Using the skin progress bar I’m sat at 71 player kills, which gives a KD of 1.65). Apart from 9Ls being 9Ls and Skyflashes occasionally having a moment it was pretty fun!! Did miss a gun from time to time though…
Full disclosure I did GE Skyflashes, 9Ls, New Boosters, & G-suit
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I was wondering if it was for the Aden 30, but I dont know how much bigger they are compared to the 25
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Would indeed be funny if the bulge was necessary for the aden 30, kinda force gaijins hand a little xD
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Will they still make changes to the Hawks 200’s FM? I saw a report from Flame that was accepted saying the Hawks have almost 30% less sustained curve. Does anyone know if they’ve fixed it yet?
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I do not believe it is, but I hope it will be soon.
not fixed yet, still handles like an underpowered harrier gr3 :(
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you are lucky to have GE’d the sky flashes the stock grind is one of the worst I’ve seen, 2 9Ls and no gun against f18s isn’t the most fun experience.
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I think it would be good to check with one of the tech mods if gaijin are aware the hawk is underperforming
I can try tomorrow
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The devs seem to be aware of the Hawk underperforming
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Maybe will give it correct cannons too seeing as they love the Hawk more than any other puring British jet (* stares intensely at my model Shar while holding back an eye flood *)
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I’m still waiting for them to fix the Hawk 200 so I can play with it, lol.
I’d still recommend getting it, I’ve really enjoyed it, I’ve averaged a K/D of around 3.3 in ARB so its not terrible.
It turns very well and is very nimble, it just likes to lose speed a lot (which is incorrect).
The stock grind is horrible though, I’m going to start spading the RDA now and I’m not looking forward to playing it stock again.
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It’s because I get a certain amount of anxiety using vehicles with unrealistic limitations.
Do air arcade with it, trust. Maybe sim, but never realistic. If you use Buccaneer S.2 and S.2B in arcade you can grind a lot of RP through bombing and high alt aim-9L slinging.
I think if the hawks aren’t fixed tomorrow, we’ll have to wait until next week.
Even with the not fully doing as they should thing, have to say very much enjoying using the Hawk 200 RDA in GRB as air patrol and giving enemy planes the Hawk 2a business. Only issue being that of usual things like being TKed.
Also, since when could aim9Ls etc lock helis from any angle? Been that long since I tried to lock helis with missiles haha, last time I would try was back when helis had that wierd protection sphere from plane based AAMs so you could only fire when really close/behind them.
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Dosen’t seem like anything changed today sadly
That’s sad, I was excited to play with the Hawk 200 RDA this weekend, but it seems like the gaijin hates Hawks, that curve rate report has been up literally since the dev server.
