Well, I am giving them this week. Mig said we should see some pitch etc. However, I do not think it will solve the whole problem because poor recovery and acceleration. I keep forgetting that SMT or not. This Jet is a very high thrust to weight.
Higher than the Su27 and it should be able to toss around. I do not believe we are feeling to true thrust of the jet imo.
Adding the alpha and nose authority will be highly appreciated. But without the thrust to recover we are going to dump more speed in dogfights with every input and with little chance of recovery and find ourselves sitting ducks.
I believe the Su27 is coming before the F15. Because we still have the F14 that is held back in radar performance and still have not modeled the aim7M or aim54C. They are going to have to give its performance eventually. I think they are waiting for the Su27 for that. Another reason they may give us the Su27 first is that they buffed all F16s. So, the sheer number of F16s, F14s and new inanely good F15s would be overwhelming.
To give the F15 alongside the su27 would actually put the Soviet/Federation tech tree at a huge disadvantage (I never say that lightly). It is a bigger jet, a huge jet actually and a F15 being supported by hordes of F16s is not something I want to deal with especially if the SMT is in this state.
My report is for 9-12 and 9-13 models, I didn’t report SMT on anything yet because we lack sources that are available / unrestricted. Appears it should have a full FBW though.
They are actually adjusting a LOT of things with AIM-54 right now to my knowledge. Not just reduced smoke motor and G-pull but speed, range, motor performance, seeker performance… proxy fuse, etc.
İ believe Gaijin chose this path because of marketing mostly.
Remember what happened when they showed us Viggen for the first time? Everyone was so hyped and ready to grind that plane, just like when they showed Tomcat and F-16.
Russia has Also very iconic jets in 4th gen, Mig29,Sukhoi 27 both are legendary in terms of legacy, but i believe western planes will bring more profit then Eastern planes.
Just imagine how much profit will they earn when they introduce Legendary Eagle, the plane that has zero loss and 104 kill score.
Yes, and if they make the eagle anything short of OP there might be another boycott lol.
Thats why I think they are going to give us the Su27 first. Iron out all the issues and fine tune it first before 3 nations get the F15 all at the same time.
The Israeli one used python’s good lord. Omg I can see it now. They need to get this SMT propper and the Su27 first and give China its first variation of the Flanker/J-10 too.
F-15 is a sidestep from the F-14 tbh, idk why it’s expected to be “OP”… as far as it’s relevance to the game it will be a important stepping stone for Japan until we get to the point of them adding the Mitsubishi F-2.
Yeah, AMRAAM capability doesn’t show up until F15C MSIP II, that leaves an entire earlier variant and two upgrade cycles between the basic airframe and BVRAAM capability.
iirc the basic C was entering service right after the MLD in ~'82. Still just sparrows, sidewinders, and the Vulcan.
F14 is arguably more advanced because until MSIP II (mid 90’s) it was the only aircraft in service with active radar missiles
Survivability and acceleration & climb rate have no bearing? Thrust to weight? No?
Additionally the advancements in its radar built upon lessons of the Awg9? The different modes and techniques with High PRF stated in you radar book that you never read but like to reference?
Well yeah that’s been apparent since forever (F4E fighting MiG-23MLD for one)
I mean that the F14 and F15 were developed at practically the same time, with the same technologies available to them. So as you said the F15 is more of a sidestep (excluding MSIP II) to the F14
Fundamentally it is going to come down to MPRF and good dogfighting but sparrows vs extremely long-range but HPRF missiles/radar and meh dogfighting in the game. (Again, excluding MSIP II)
It further proves my point that gaijin doesn’t care about dates. You’re saying the R-27ER outperforms the Phoenix made 30 years earlier… interesting… but if you want to take things out of context that’s on you
The one you misunderstood despite multiple people explaining it in different more broken-down methods? The one you continue to never reference along with all the other mystery sources used for most of your unfounded assertions?
So how is the F15 not going to be technologically superior in the meta? Especially since the Awg9 is gimped and we are forced to use Aim7Fs? No ETA on the Aim54 confirmed either.
