pretty unfortunate, thankfully i will NOT be using it
Hm, well not like anyone lacks FnF helicopters so it’s not that bad
Yes, with avionics from a Block 72, but how can you be so sure it’s a Block 52?
Them being slow is even worse for a lot of non-top tier anti air because many of them tend to struggle trying to destroy incoming missiles
As I’ve said, the ARMs will act like crowdcontrol in an RPG. If the anti air is aware of ARMs coming their way are forced to do something about those ARMs and if they don’t have the means to destroy the ARMs, they’ll have to hide
And as we all know, the maps tend to be terribly designed, so running away from ARMs usually puts you into the line of sight of some enemy tank
someone sent a pic of its engine in this thread, its a 229, also the tail number links it to a block 52 pobit from south carolina
could totally be wrong but even if its a block 50 that hardly changes anything
People queueing with their premium helis and low tier helis to grind don’t have FnF missiles
That’s the whole problem and saying that everyone could use a FnF heli (if they even have one unlocked) is just deflecting
Yeah…have one unlocked…
I may be crazy, but the Block 72 engine is a 229, and of course it will always be a Block 52. The Americans upgraded their Block 40 and 50 to 72 with an upgrade kit.
They should base it on 98-0004 instead in my opinion, since that’s got the full PoBIT suite including the AN/ALQ-257 IVEWS system that’s set to go on USAF F-16s
https://www.53rdwing.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3949075/85th-tes-flies-new-f-16-electronic-warfare-suite/
Note the extended nav-light stalk/EW antennas similar to export F-16s with ALQ-178
and other altered antennas and inlets on the tail fin, the “beer can” antennas near the wingtip, and changes to the RHAWS bumps on the nose [1][2][3]
Would also be a Block 50 if it was based on 98-0004
i dont think theyre called the block 72 but just the block 50/52 pobit, also the 229 is the worse engine so a block 52/72 is worse than a 50/70
lets just see what it is on the dev stream and server tmr, it changes nothing to me really, the plane is still extremely doa regardless
Yes, but what you want on the plane is radar and missiles. At least what I want is a regular F-16 with better radar and better missiles.
if the plane is anything above 14.0 its not gonna be worth using with only 6 missiles, the gripen e at 14.3 has 9
holy moly part 3 of yap
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F-16I has M-Scan and is 14.0 because it has Aim-120C5
This new F-16 with AESA, IRST and Aim-120D will be at least 14.0, if not 14.3
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Don’t bother me, honestly.
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its not even like i dont like the f16, i do, but its not going to be competitive whatsoever just because it got a new radar and missiles, same exact situation the f15cge was in before, but the f16 doesnt have the option of getting 4 extra missiles like the f15 did
its genuinely gonna be toast