Considering J-8F’s multiple problem, I changed this topic into a lasting problem collection topic.
I’m not a good information collector, most information comes from other people, I will try my best to collect information posted in forum.
1. J-8F should get IRCCM missiles
F4F ICE gets its AIM-9Li, J-8F should also get it’s PL-8B, PL-5E or any other anti-interference IR missiles.
Stock PL-5B will be not suitable for 12.3 BR, and its flight performance is not so good compared to Mig-29, F-16, not to mention F-15A.
ARH missile is an advantage, but not a big advantage, especially consider its flight performance(lose speed quickly when pulling G, and acceleration ability also not good in this br)
I suggest change stock PL-5B to PL-8 or PL-5C, and change PL-8 to PL-8B or PL-5E.
2. Lacking MAWS
The J-8F in dev server still lacks MAWS which it should already have before.
in the dev stream it’s mentioned but “unfinished”
in the photo, there are a clear view of the little optical probe in tail
J-8F still find some way to use PL-11
PL-12 comes into service almost same time as J-8F, and not reliable at first time, Chinese army won’t stand this without a backup plane, in this situaion, PL-11.
Now, we finally have evidence, even a launching cut.
Bro 11.0 is J-8B with Aspide and PL-5B x2
J-8F is 12.3 in next patch (even higher than Falcon and Fulcrum), and even in 11.7 at now, stock grinding is really crazy cause in most of battles i must fight with 12.3s with only PL-5B
Same things happens on F-16A MLU, with 2x AIM-9P
no, it shouldn’t, because china doesn’t have any that would be fair at 11.0. The only all aspects at 11.0 are basically R-60Ms which are like 1/3rd as good as any chinese all aspect
The J-8F at 11.7 is a good aircraft and one of my most favourite, next patch however it will be 12.3 with 2x PL-12 missiles. At 12.3 I will need its historical MAWS and PL-8Bs for it to be somewhat competitive otherwise it may struggle.
Flight performance wise it should be better than the F-15C and with my testing’s it should be pretty good for dogfights if used correctly.
How is the J8F better than F15C? It should just be a slightly faster mig 21 and its an interceptor, so its best performance should be at high altitudes, but currently without Fox3s it can’t go up. I think it should be much better after getting Fox 3s since you can now use your good radar.
You can submit bug reports for missing PL-5E or PL-8B here: Gaijin.net // Issues
It doesn’t seem like Gaijin has a lot of information on those systems so it would be best to just submit information that you have on those systems here.
