Prototypes are justified as tech-tree vehicles as the nation in question built them. Well-tested is C&P and doesn’t have any justification.
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Well it’s just a simple assumption. If Python 4 pulls 50G single plane then Derby (which is basically a Python 4 stripped off control surfaces) can’t possibly pull the same amount of Gs.
Afaik Derby is also stated to pull not less than Python 3 which itself pulls 40G.
and its bigger
it doesnt
It does?
combined pull, but it spins (as magic 2 and stingers) - so its always combined pull
combined pull is 75G
tell me it’s 50G
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what makes python 4 so deadly is the 90deg HOB
that’s some really nice G forces it can pull
as a non-TVC missile its crazy and now i want it on a ratplane like the F5
made me rememer the AIM9X test video
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IRIS-T my beloved. 100g death stick
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oh yeah wait, around 1.6 seconds to make an 125 degree turn
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crazy
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yeah just a rough calculus tho
matches with the reports of the pilots,
They described a 90deg turn within a second
has shorter range than other missiles like AIM-9X but it reaches top speed faster and its Top G forces much faster than those wich allows this crazy stuff
meh range is still good (looking at IRIST SLM performanc in ukraine)