The J/ASQ-2 Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS) is also being developed by Mitsubishi Electric, and the electronic support device (ESM), electronic jamming device (ECM), and chaff flare dispenser will be integrated with a dedicated electronic warfare controller (EWC), and will systematically implement everything from receiving threat radio waves to identifying and assessing threat levels, and implementing countermeasures.
unfortunately Gaijin has stated that currently the requirements for “maneuver mode” is if the devs want to add it or not. whether or not an aircraft actually has an AOA limiter or the ability to turn it off currently has no effect on if it’s added in game.
It seems I might have been mistaken, but I believe there was indeed an interview with a Mitsubishi designer in that magazine back in 2019. Could you help me find it? Thank you! The title appears to be: “F-2 Support Fighter: Technical Analysis of the Final Production Model” (日本語原題:「F-2支援戦闘機 最終生産号の技術検証」)
looking at the files, F2 is currently using wingspan with launcher rails for calculating wingspan which f16s are not, it should not be outperforming f16s in STR as it currently does because it has faked more drag efficient high aspect
I have all the January-December 2019 issues in my possession, but unfortunately I can’t find any article that looks like it. Are they really from 2019?
The ADTW premium is currently 13.0. It could (SHOULD) have been added alongside F-16C and it would have fit in perfectly as a slower, more maneuverable sidegrade. There is zero reason for it to have only been added now.
In a perfect world where all information is available in one location in one language, that would be the case.
We live in an imperfect world and research is dictated by information availability and language barriers.
That and the F-2 ADTW in hindsight is a great premium candidate, cause the alternative would’ve been a sub-tree premium or something entirely copy-paste rather than just copying [most/all of] the airframe of another jet.
I was personally hoping F-16 OCU would’ve replaced 16AJ, but that fell through when they still haven’t added Thailand’s F-16A MLU.
i can not find it sorry maybe it is really wrong.
Since I don’t live in Japan, I can’t verify much of the information. However, if you do find a feature article titled “ F-2支援戦闘機 最終生産号の技術検証”, I’d be very happy if you could share it with me. I have a guess—could this be a special feature or a magazine extra?
Honestly I’m just so over this. Pretty clear indication they’re gonna screw over the ASM-2, won’t even matter if we bug report the RWR to J/ASQ-2 since we don’t have any solid concrete info on it so they’ll just change the name and that’s it. Can go ahead and try if you want, but I’m not gonna bother wasting my time.
Yeah, considering thats all they did for the JP eagles…
(Fun fact: The J/APR-4 is not, in fact, a japanese produced APR-4, instead its an entirely seperate RWR which just shares a designation type.)
Also the F-15J(M) should have have the J/APR-4B, which is two versions (and 3 decades) newer then the version it has in game, but its still going to be the exact same version in game. Because apparently something being 3 decades newer isn’t enough evidence it should be better for gaijin.
Basically the only countries who are going to get better RWRs in the future are the US, because they’d cry if they didn’t, France, because they actually talk about theirs occasionally, and Russia, because gaijin. And NGL I find it kind of sad.
Got 4 bug reports cooking today! Be sure to look out for them so we can get the F-2 even stronger:
1: J/AAQ-2 does not remain tracking objects when the radar loses lock
2: J/APG-2 is lacking redundant slaving to J/AAQ-2 when it loses lock
3: J/AAQ-2 does not provide datalink updates when the J/APG-1’s deviation exceeds its own
4: J/AAQ-2 does not not provide datalink updates with the J/APG-2 turned off
kinda off-topic, but China also still don’t have 14.0, I think if it aligns well with the “Leaklist”, maybe F-2 eventually gets an HMD for balance purposes, and China gets J-10B/C so it can fight on par with other 14.0.
But, worse case scenario, the F-2 is just glorified JF-17.
Just red your reports on AAM-4, very well written and as far I understand actually passed moderation, any updates on that front? It already was 9 month and as far as I know AAM-4 wasn’t changed a bit since then
Sadly there has been no update on them, i was hoping we’d see something this patch, but no word so far… TBF they are things which require pretty major back end work to implement, so they’re probably pretty low down on gaijin’s priority list, as sad as it is they didn’t get around to them for this update.