Why can’t the aesa on the f-2 guide multiple sparrows at once? Other esa radars like (no35) (irl) can guide 2 Sarh missiles like r27r/er at once.
It depends by both radar construction and missile guidance construction.
We don’t have any source/hint that F-2 can guide 2 FOX-1
It is feature of R-27 guidance logic. In theory even no ESA radar can guide 2 R-27 at the time
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Would this increase top speed on sea level as well?
In theory it shouldn’t. However, depending on their implementation it may also increase top speed at SL.
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Hey do you wanna make a report on the F-2’s high speed compression? I’ve been meaning to but I won’t be able to for a bit still.
Basically the MLC implementation doesn’t use mach scheduling like it does IRL, which is why the F-2 feels so sluggish at high speeds. As you’re at higher speeds your plane pulls less AoA, leading to decreased flaperon deployment. Which since the flaperons on the F-2 generate a positive pitch rotation, means that the plane is actually a bit dependent on AoA to actually turn.
Also have some secondary sources on hand confirming that they were made to behave comparably at all speeds, so there really shouldn’t be any reason for such compression.
If you want to I can pass you the relevant sources for it, I’d make a report on it but I’m unable to at the moment.
Also it’s very funny you say that, because on the dev server they initially had the response for the visual model of the flaps bound backwards to their actual deflection.
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Yes i agree they modeled the F-2 pretty well surprisingly. The issue is they added it way to late tho still a fun aircraft at its respective BR
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As for the AAM-5, since aircraft carrying live rounds have been confirmed, the technical validation may have been completed. From April next year onward, some people will likely obtain documents on this.
https://x.com/GB250_E/status/1968944877921611862
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Oh wait, is it first images of serial F-2 with AAM-5?
Previously there were only in ADTW squadron
Well the F-14 had it back in 2022 so it should be possible now. They did break it on the F-14s with the automatic radar stuff though…
Live rounds, yes. Inert Captive rounds were confirmed in late July.
https://x.com/himazin_180sx/status/1948715296069390526
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Very cool!
It was one of the F-2 problem that even now it used only AAM-3 in fighting squadrons but now this one is fixed
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The issue was mounting the AAM-5 on the wingtip, so not sure about that yet, but it’s good news that confirms it can be mounted on other stations.
In that case, you will have to modify and test just for two AAM-5s… It will not be a waste. In the first place, if you ignore long-term operation, you can use it.
why doesn’t the f-2 have maws? I remember someone saying that it can have one
People have said it, its particularly been said in a lot of magazine articles… but the thing is we aren’t really actually sure if it has one.
Like, we know it can automatically detect and chaff radar missile launches, and ive been meaning to bug report that, but we dont have proper documentation describing a full MAWS capable of detecting IR launches - ie the only thing people care about MAWS for in game.
Also like, with the current 16v16 meta, and its relatively limited CM amount, it dumping it whenever it detects a missile headed for it kinda wouldn’t be that useful anyways.
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I did bug report it, however because it can only detect radar missies and being limited to deploying electronic jamming and chaff, no flares (I mixed up flares and chaff in my report to… oops), so as it’s not a full MAWS as is currently in game it was rejected.
Here is my report if you want to pull anything from it:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/YHDRdg5ljPWi
the relevant part is here (google translated):
Spoiler
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I’ve been going mildly insane over this, do these pylons have a name? I don’t mean the MRM rails, I mean the pylons themselves, both the bigger pylons further outboard on the wing and the smaller pylons mounted on STA-5 and STA-7.