it kinda does look like the 9x explodes on the first flare in the footage. if u look at the footage carefully you can see that the first flare dropped by the su22 suddenly gets brighter/bigger than the other flares.
https://youtu.be/2azWZ4QcrPA?si=JdyL4Ck18o142ceF&t=20 0:20 look at the first flare , it gets bigger in like 0.25 sec ? compared to the other flares ? kinda looks like a small explosion.
i dont think thats the f18 ? u only see one aircraft , i think thats the su22 and the guy probably mistook it for the f18 , if it were the footage of the headbutt then i think we would have seen 2 planes in the vid.
headbutts arent point blank, the flir is way to zoomed in to visualize both aicraft. they are close range but you wouldnt see it in a zoomed in flir, the f18 is flying infront on the su22 flaring. the flir has way too little detail to IDing aircraft, the f18 was well withing visual range though, and the pilot says he lost track of the aim9 if it blew up he wouldve seen it.
what is likely what happened is that the aim9x was dumb off the rails.
Live server screenshot of DIRCM functionality:
Just in-case it wasn’t posted by someone else before this moment.
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Thats kinda buggy, DIRCM cant affect missile thats not launched yet as it have to dazzle seeker head of that missile but how can it dazzle it if its not even launched yet
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That’s not bugged, it’s just the current iteration.
It has nothing to do with Soviets either.
It’s likely that next update’s updates to DIRCM impacts launch parameters as well.
Oh, I hope they will fix DIRCM before update. Ka-52 had all of thoose things from begining, I undertand that its just bad implementation of this type of systems. Moderators answered that rework of DIRCM will take some time, but its kinda strange if they will release update with this helis being immune to all new IR SPAA, it should take 2, maybe 3 missiles launched at once to down thoose helis, they shouldn’t be completely immune.
The update doesn’t make them immune to IR SPAA, that’s the point.
They were always immune.
Yeah, just as I said, DIRCM on Ka-52 have been implemented like this from the beginning, though its main threats were SACLOS SPAA so it wasn’t really that noticeable. Now, with new SPAA they should try to fix it asap.
They say that in the last days of the Dev server, DIRCM stopped working altogether, I hope they won’t give it in this patch.
If they don’t then it’ll be as powerful as it is currently and still work on all IR anti-air missiles in the game.
I think we should wait until all nations have helicopters capable of carrying DIRCM.
That’s the thing, people are speculating that the better DIRCM code change the IRCM of Ka-52 and Mi-28NM potentially in a negative direction.
Cause right now the IRCM works regardless of if the missile is launched.
If speculators are to be believed, it’s allegedly only supposed to work after launch, which would change how it behaves.
Right now, the IRCM of Ka-52 and Mi-28 work on all IR anti-air missiles in the game without exception, the new code seems to allow for that to be selective, which could very well be a nerf.
So no, you don’t want Gaijin to wait, unless you like Ka-52 and Mi-28 potentially over-performing.
How does it know where the launch is if it hasn’t even occurred yet, or the rocket motor that the MWS uses to provide turret train info to the DIRCM system hasn’t even been fired?
There is no alleged here, the directed (Coherent) systems only work post threat launch; the Incoherent ones (such as the ALQ-144) are those that are Passive systems and so are always on, and do not react in any way to a threat being launched.
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When talking about a topic one is not fully knowledgeable on, it is proper to use the word alleged out of respect for everyone involved.
DIRCM and IRCM are far out of my field of expertise, so I must give credit to those that are talking with authority on the subject.
Do not mistake my ignorance on the subject matter for anything other than lack of knowledge.
My knowledge in this regard is game functions, which is what I provided.
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To be fair, the Apache and UH-60 could have been given LDIRCM, since the US had LDIRCM much earlier, they tested it on the AH-64D.
su57 has ldircm