No it’s not??
You can guess when someone is planning to flare.
You can also fly really high to make yourself less of an IR target.
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The case of Yak-38 is very rare. If he uses the VTOL mode even once, he becomes a massive heat signature himself, as the engines for VTOL are activated.
I don’t know how it is currently, but in the months since Yak-38/Harrier GR.1 was implemented in the game, I have been able to launch at head on against the Yak-38 with my AIM-9B/R-3S, PL-2.
or fly really high to lob an IR missile from an angle they don’t look out for one at
I think what he meant was
Tomcat is also overperforming ‘for creating heat-signatures’
Just like harriers nowaday does.
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IR missiles perform better when fired down at your target from high altitude. They also hit more often. If you fly higher, you only need to worry about radar missiles.
Yes it is in sustained turn performance.
At high speed and high alt it hold much more sustained G than it should.
the issue with Su-39 it’s fat and slow and limited for only 2 R-73 I wish if I never bought it.
Gajin could Add the R-27ER or R-77 for it and its missing systems and move it for higher Br but at the moment it’s not that good also R-73 IRCM works at 1.5km! it’s easy to kill the Su-39
everything out speed it so easy to kill never had issue with killing it !
A-10C way better because it has HMD and advance MAW system but slower + 4 aim 9ms !
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I’ll just 🤫because the Jaguar IS is wonderful at punishing J7Ds
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No, it doesn’t. That’s literally the Tomcat’s specialty. It could do 7.5G sustained at high altitudes high speeds which is more than any 4th or 4.5 gen.
Decompression and Br change would help a lot , I understand that Su39 and other IRCCM jet that you face are unfair. Because in a sense they are but you also have to take in the fact that some of them are strike aircraft and they having piss poor AF not helping. So moving them up or down would just break more
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Literally no lol.
35,000 feet the F-14A will barely sustain 3G in game its going like 3.5-3.6 so .6-.7 G too much.
At this rate of turn it should be bleeding speed at about 2 knots every second!! yet its accelerating.
A10c isnt a problem its so slow and ez to kill
These are not accurate sources for testing performance.
Even 10.0 planes can face R-73
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Tell me you dont know how seeker shut off IRCCM works with out telling methat you dont know how seeker shut off IRCCM works
Such advanced missiles are the only means of defense for strike aircraft. They’re slow and have limited maneuverability, so it’s fair. If you don’t want to get a rocket in your face, fight the fighters. If you want to feast on the fat carcass of the A-10C, get ready to dodge the missiles.
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Their are players who exploit these missiles and go hunt the fighters, not play CAS.
With their speed, they still can’t do it efficiently.