I don’t know if I missed an episode or if the decal is just new but could it be a first teaser of J15??
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I mean I would still take a EF because the R-77 coupled with a terrible radar is just so sad. I wish we had something like the MiG-29M (with a fixed flight model bc for some reason the MiG-29s flight models are still terrible) where you can carry a decent amount of missiles including the R-77 on an aircraft with a good radar it would probably be 13.7
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Nothing solid, just know that Blue Vixen is considered on-par to superior to the AN/APG-73 found in the F-18C.
based upon messing about with the F-14A IRIAF. I prefer the Foxhunter and Blue Vixen over it massively
well yeah because the AWG-9 should be much better.
ill base it off that then apg-73 vs awg-9
That’s why Im thinking the SU-30 is going to be a fairly decent aircraft. Going to have one of the better radars at top tier and that R-77s have been just handicapped by a poor radar more than anything else
Yeah the only issue with it is the drag on the R-77 and R-77-1 is still complete bs so it is imo still worse than the AIM-120 by a long shot
I disagree as I use them on both the MiG-29SMT and Su-34 and they are imo the worst of the modern ARH missiles in the game only being better than the AIM-54
isnt R-77 supposed to be very draggy though?
Yeah… Though in fairness. Aim-120 is also underperforming by quite a margin. So if both were fixed. Im not sure how much would actually change relatively speaking. At least in terms of max range
Im sorry is chat really debating on if a 1990s Radar is better than one from the 1960s ??!!!???
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AWG-9 was ahead of its time. only held back by older electronics, which was resolved with AN/APG-71, which is incredibly good
Not at supersonic and subsonic speeds iirc its the transonic speeds where it had more drag than the AIM-120
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I mean ground effect is also an issue as you can just hug the earth at any range and boop ARH missile is useless
Only if fired at the same alt though.
Im finding that in aircraft like the Typhoon, which quite happily operate and survive at 20-30k ft. I get kills no matter what height you hide at, because I can just shoot down. Cant wait for the improved radar controls, going to make life so much easier in the coming update for shoot down
holy s*** they are.
Ok its still three decades older than the blue vixen, which was also very ahead of its time.
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Thats why if I hug the earth and fly in an S pattern and drop a little chaff so even when above me I will still cause ground effect to trigger and kill the missile lol its such a dumb feature
how was blue vixen ahead of its time? it was behind when it entered service
and AN/APG-71 is more fair comparison, that has longer range, is more powerful (as powerful as CAPTOR-M), has good modes.
according to the manual the tomcat can hit farther than vixen it can track fighter sized targets at 80NM and F14 with AWG-9 can track same targets a 120NM but vixen is more precise
so id say there roughly on par NM is nautical miles btw
Blue Vixen = to AN/APG-73 despite the fact Blue Vixen was like half the size.
CAPTOR-M = to early PESA radars. (maybe even early AESA radars)