I think you are wrong and right at the same time.
I dont think they relock more often than say the C5, but the IOG drift on the C5 is such that, even if they relock, they probably wont be able to get back onto target to actually hit. With the 0 drift of GNSS, it doesnt need to react as much to hit the target.
I’m unsure how they really work in-game, but they seem to be more reliable when following people in the notch, even if they notch for a while.
this is just a personal theory i have literally 0 evidence for this,
but I believe your right normally the missile can get confused if the Heli just floats there at low alt, but I believe the GNSS providing 0 drift allows the missile to knows where it is compared with the Heli while the other missiles drift and miss because they don’t know where they are.
fire an AMRAAM in any other scenario than a straight line and you will certainly notice it will not hit
I’ve used both the C-5 and D-1 on the F-15CGE and I can confidently say that there is a “Tangible” difference. But their performance difference is so minor that I don’t actually consider it to be that big of an upgrade.
The same issues I experience with the D, I also experience with the C-5.
When the enemy tries to defend, the GNSS can help guide the missile in. But I’m finding the missiles being practically interchangeable. Especially when the D can still somehow lock onto CHAFF of all things. I simply think they’re not good missiles.
I think it’s half added in the game right now, when I fire my aim120D and if the aim120 has a lock, it will feed info back to my radar screen and shows where the guy is even when my radar isnt pointed in that direction (only appear on radar screen, NOT 3rd person). However, it still does not allow me to use aim120d’s lock to launch another aim120D without using my radar, which is like the key feature of two-way data link so right now aim120D is just aim120C5 with lipstick on (useless)
wait how have i never heard of this, so they use the missile radar to launch another fox3 from the parent aircraft without the use of the parent aircrafts own radar. tf ?
Are there any allies around? I think the top tier jets have DL with allied jets so anything your allies ping shows up on your radar.
yep, modern Aerial combat relies on that, you can even fire missiles from a Datalink to another aircraft’s radar
this way you can have your missile carriers turn their radar off to be harder to detect and still have them able to fight
this is a mechanic for all planes with radar
Really?
I dont recall noticing it on anything below the top tier jets.
I noticed it when turning the Radar off on lower BR aircraft they would show me very few enemy markers
How are they showing up on your radar scope if your radar is off?
yeah i knew about the latter, it just never occurred to me they could do that with a missile as well.
no i was doing a 1v1 with a friend so it was just me and my missiles (aim120D specifically)
interesting
I haven’t seen that happen with me.
Two-way datalink is supposed to have it where any compatible aircraft, your missile should be able to swap between other vehicle’s radars for the best track and so you would in theory have a radar net that would basically give it 360 degree coverage at all times.
The AIM-174B does the same thing where the range of the AIM-174 is longer than the Hornet’s effective lock range so it two-way datalinks with a ship’s radar. The GNSS is supposed to be supplementary to help guide a missile in, even if it’s not a dedicated tracking radar.
