Major Update "Leviathans" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

Just sad to see Python 5 seemingly coming in its dev WiP state. Besides the flare rejection you already mentioned :

It ‘wobbled’ very erratically after launch which drained huge amounts of energy

It should have a smokeless motor but didn’t

It should pull 50G but I was barely seeing it reach 35.

It lofted hyper-aggressively and would often stall and just spin out, aimlessly making large circles

And for whatever odd reason, it often just… missed?, like it would just fly straight past things making no effort to actually turn into them. Sort of like how old bugged Stingers used to a few years ago on Type-93.

Several of these have accepted bug reports. Sadly it looks like all these issues are still going to be present on live based on these datamines…

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@Smin1080p_WT is there a reason why US aircraft besides the F/A-18C Late arent getting their Laser JDAM’s despite the evidence they could use which was posted earlier here?

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Yeah.

Also… just realised. Hunter F58. The Swiss export variant of the Hunter F6… Has AAMs + fuel tanks already. The Belgium Hunter F6… Has AAMs + Fuel tanks.

Why is Britain different?

SRAAM wasnt on those pylons unfortunately. So its unlikey the F.6 will be accepted based on the AIM-9 placement.

FGA.9 however yes.

Because of the placement of their missiles.

Currnetly the FGA.9 uses the inboard tank pylon.

Hi @Smin1080p_WT

Does snail intend on giving SPICE to F-15I Ra’am this update?

Cheers

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Sorry is there any chance you could comment in this?

Hearing that Sniper would be coming for the A-10C and F-15E was great but now some of the main points a lot of people wanted them for has just been blanked.

Right now no. Please report it tomorrow with the appropriate evidence and we can pass it on for review.

So FGA9 needs 2x Bug reports then. Correct AAM placement and another for Fuel tanks conflicting?

Wouldnt be an issue for the F6 if it was getting Fuel dumping… But oh well

Full details wlll be in the changelog about what gets what.

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Just one for the missiles conflicting showing them on the further pylon. As this solves both issues.

Yeah its a shame to see them come in such a bad WIP state, even the IRIS-T barely cracked 30G sometimes

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Right. I shall do that in the morning.

Thank you.

Any news on BOL?

842 votes with a 93% approval (and most of those voting against I think are people that just dont want aircraft to get any buffs or changes due to GRB)

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Hi @Smin1080p_WT
the Datamine states that the AS-30 is being removed from the Mirage IIIS.
Could you say why this is the case, because it could carry it IRL and it had it on the dev-server.

Thanks

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Genuinly would like to see the BOL nerf reverted

Yup and its impact is huge.

7/8 Rank VIII British aircraft are (for a lack of a better word) dependent on BOL. The only one that doesnt have BOL, could get BOL (and maybe should imo)

It would be huge to be fixed and not just for Britain. Problem child aircraft for multiple other nations like the Viggen D/Di would also get hugely buffed

We generally should get more BOL pods for jets that use them irl

Ignoring the rocket pylons, the hunter has 4 default stations: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The fuel tanks being added are the larger ones for stations 2 & 3, the F58 uses AAM rails on stations 1 & 4. SRAAM from what I can tell are mounted on stations 2 & 3 so that’s where the conflict arises.

SRAAM on a Hunter, note the dog tooth in the wing, which occurs just outboard of stations 2 & 3

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The FGA.9’s have the AAMs mounted on a “new” station between the inboard and outboard stations as seen in the 2nd picture I sent earlier.

I guess we need to bug report the lack of the smaller 100 gal tanks? Though that might be a FAA thing?

Yeah. I do think a cap on the amount of BOL pods might be in order. the F-18 with 8x might screw over the chances for getting BOL fixed. But yeah. 2 being added to aircraft here and there wouldnt hurt

Yeah, was thinking that. those FGA9 pictures show a mini tank that would go I guess where the 1000lb bombs do alongside the SRAAM