it isnt live yet tho
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I’d much rather if they fixed the ACM. Since there is no HMD, a properly working ACM is something we absolutely need.
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You were flying the Typhoon in the video, it looked like at the point of stall you used "full real controls?
The way you were able to swing the nose round, As someone who flies Typhoon a zero energy Typhoon is an absolute bus.
Oh, I guess if that’s true that might explain the discrepency. I assume in these tests that only mouse aim and normal keyboard inputs are used
I don’t know for sure but the Typhoon to me did not perform normally when in full stall mode like it was the way the player whipped the nose round is not something the assisted flight controls let you do.
If that is the case then some transparency is needed from the testers.
im assuming you are talking about the first round around 8:40? that was the aoa toggle button thing, we do not use sim controls to test match-ups but with the way gaijin has implemented the button it would be silly to ignore it (as much as i despise its addition). also sending it for the shot at 8:40 isnt optimal play either, it would have been far better to continue vertical as walrus was full stalled, i kinda just sent it for fun as the round was effectively won with the first shot.
more importantly with a good stall entrance you dont actually need to use it as demonstrated in the second round, and on top of that the euro can simply just hold its speed as it has a better sustained turn and win that way.
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Last match my radar was blind to a f-18 10km away flying straight at me, radar only detected the missiles it shooted
“It’s not the plane, it’s the servers.”
-John Top Gun
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Say im not dumb or anything but uh why do the aim7ms have less lock range on the f-2a premium compared to the f15j about 15k difference to be specific
It comes down to the platform’s radar and the aircraft’s speed. The F-15J not only flies faster but giving the missile better kinematics and a larger NEZ, but also typically has a more powerful radar, which allows for a longer detection and lock range. That’s why you see about a 15 km difference in lock range for the AIM-7Ms between the F-15J and the F-2A.
So it’s not just the missile itself; it’s also the launch platform’s speed and radar capabilities that directly affect how far out it can lock and effectively engage a target.
and yeah your Ping.
To be honest, the AESA radar on the F-2A both the premium and the tech tree versions is quite underwhelming at the moment. I’m not sure if it’s due to a bug or just how it’s currently modeled, but its detection and lock performance seem noticeably worse than expected for an AESA system.
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sso do japan just not use BOL pods at all?
Yes, no BOLs in Japanese service
But it’s not like the planes aren’t compatible with bol pods right?
Gaijin is weird with Japan (and maybe other nations too) in that, they state any aircraft can use weapons they were technically capable of, but also only use weapons that they actually had stockpiles off.
For example, we have the F-15J(M) that could use TV guided bombs like the American counterparts, but because Japan doesn’t use them IRL, they don’t get it in game. In the same breath, Gaijin gives AIM-9M to it, even though Japan went from the AIM-9L to the AAM-3 and never used the AIM-9M.
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Isn’t there disagreement:
F-15J is missing TV bombs which it never used IRL - it is bad
F-15J has AIM-9M which it never used IRL - it is bad
Maybe I am wrong but looks strange
It is strange, because Gaijin is cherrypicking their reasons. I think the AIM-9M is simply there as an RP filler. Interestingly the AIM-9M is missing on the F-2, probably because it has enough things to research on it.
So now that the F-2 has been out for a bit, what do you guys think of it?
I think it’s a decent sidegrade to the F-15J(M) so far.
For someone like me, who only uses the 4 AAM-3 + 4 AAM-4 loadout on the F-15 anyway, it is a more fun sidegrade. Where it is a huge upgrade is ground battles, since you finally get some guided bombs.
If you used the 4 AAM-4 + 4 AIM-120A loadout on the F-15 though (first of all, ew), it’s not much better in air to air.
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Additional modules doesn’t increase needed RP for go to the next rank of modules research because number of needed RP is limited not to number of mods but just to rank of modification so tbh AIM-9M even helps skip rank easier (but I don’t remember is there any arrow in modifications, it can be a trouble)