The post we are commenting on does not represent nothing.
All plane are welcome but to simple say that if this nation get this so we should its nothing but hypocrisy.
It already happend with tge f16xl and su47. Why should this nation get a good prototype but when come to other, the tears come down faster than a missile.
The post includes pictures of the thing, so it is real and could be implemented into the game.
So it does represent that.
Cannot be balanced ?
Its something in between a mig 25 and mig 31, just with a higher max speed it could but will never reach in a real match.
Depending on how the missiles would perform in game, it could fit perfectly into the 10.7-11.7 area.
Why would it not be balanceable ?
Again, many thoguht the same about the mig 25 and where disproven. Not many people are complaining about the mig 25 and how it is performing.
Why would it be different with the yf 12 ?
Its the same concept, just a bit more extreme.
The f16XL/yf12a is not comparable to su47 the f16XL if it comes to game would just be a delta wing f16A the su47 what a pure stretch as if I remember correctly it didn’t even have armament just built and flown but had no weapons system. so yeah it is completely reasonable to ask for the YF-12A/F16XL as they actually had armament in real life
Yeah I’m pretty sure a majority of the players won’t think it’s a waste of time adding the Yf12A and even a lot people would try to get it and the game is for it. this is not dcs where realism is 110% so speak for your self
F16xl is not a f16a. Only real weapons it had is the aim9 and agm65.
And my point was not exactly about the su47 itself but the complain comming from a certaine people who says that plane with none existing weapons shouldnt be added while they ask for it.
It would be at with mig25 I’m pretty sure 3 sarh missiles,no rwr,no cm but the A-12/sr71 did use ecm and Infrared Signature Reduction A cesium additive known as panther piss so the Yf-12A could potentially get this(if ecm is ever added)
ICBMs got really good and upgradability for this thing would be questionable (very important in aviation industry) Does one thing very well. The Blackbird at the end of the day was at its limit too as a recon concept as vehicles like the Lockheed D-21 drone could do the same thing with less political risk. One Lockheed D-21 crashed in China and you can go see it and the crash did not start anything if a blackbird with a man had been crashed there would be issues.
The manned hypersonic aircraft concept had limits of impartibility for man and machine so a interceptor would have been unlikely to have been massed produced. All you could do with the interceptor is turn it back into a recon plane or strange bomber once it could not safely intercept anything.
If there would be a concept for a hypersonic interceptor now it would likely be a drone run up to a awacs or refueling plane club it and run to the next.