How do I use this? I am about to get it and it will be my first aircraft with fox 3 and I still don’t know how to notch properly and is the Su-27SM that bad?
It is quite bad. Think of it like a Su-27 except you know have a usable RWR and a mid missile you can spam at people sub 10km.
As for notching go into a custom with a friend and practice. One practical advice I can give you is to pull a bit more than 90 degrees when you are at the same height as the missile. And drop chaff in batches of 3-4 drops and then wait like 5 seconds before you drop more.
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Is it at least still as manoeuvrable as the Su-27? And fast.
what modification would it be better to reseaerch to stock grind it?
Flight performance is a little better from what I remember since the engines are slightly upgraded.
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Go for flare/chaff and then weapons. I don’t think flight performance mdos will matter too much since BVR and flying high is not advisable in this thing at all.
is the R-77 really bad though? 10km is like the range to send the R-27R.
It is quite bad. They lose so much speed as soon as they start turning it’s insane. R-77-1 is a big upgrade so look forward to that.
Good luck with your new jet.
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Back when ARHs were first added, I went from using R27ERs on 29G straight to AIM120As on KWS. One thing that I immidiately noticed was how slow the AMRAAMs are when compared to ERs, missing many shots that would otherwise land with the R27ER.
Once I work my way through the soviet TT, i plan to run 2x R27ERs together with ARHs for this very reason.
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Is it good for temporary CAS? If I remember correctly, it can carry guided bombs.
Kh-29TDs would probably be better choice, since they have their own engine and as such have better range and speed.
4x Kh-29TD + KAB-1500 is this good setup?
for temporary CAS? Id personally ditch the KAB-1500 entirely. With FnF weapons you want them to reach your target as soon as possible (so that the target doesnt have time to break the LoS with the missile seeker) while being able to launch them as far away from the target as possible (so that the enemy AA cant properly intercept you). KAB-1500 doesnt do either.
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Its great
U are a bit missile bus but its the best for the meta
U can stay low and go for furrballs kills or stay high and be a support fighter
Its in very good place in the br bracket u get alot of downtiers and uts useable in uptiers
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No, take your time when learning
How far can I release it and the Kh-29? It said 35km but that it launch range but what it tracking range?
bout 9km for the KH29 if i remember right but good luck finding a target that far, the Kab has like 3km i think so pretty much useless
What radar mode do you recommend? I normally use the HMS pd is it good?
are the R-77 good at close range battle btw? and What the best Radar mode for the SM?
Yea they pull hard and have decent accelertion
Not much range so keep that in mind (i reccomend to take one or two r27er/t for long range or side shots)
For radar u should stick to tws there is no reason to be on pd (true for every plane that has tws imo, it gives u better info on the battle and auto lock target for fox 3 if u need )