Actually in this instance I did update a report internally regarding the incorrect specifications for the radar in question with information regarding the correct interpretation of what “back scanning” meant in this context.
So while yes I cannot direct the devs to do anything, I did ensure this information was on the report.
Additionally to above, increasing CPI to increase doppler resolution comes from fourier analysis, where tau = 1/f_d.
So in order to distinguish closer delta f_d, we need a longer observation time.
Was more reported on it? Like it not being supossed to cover the full 65° elevation range in a single 2s rotation. I don’t think it’s beneficial for game balance, but it’s technically ahistorical currently.
Back scan is not the same as read facing beam, it was explained here.
Back scan is radar sending a beam in the direction opposite to the antenne rotation. In case of Sentinel, that will be up to 5,5° away from the antenne norm.
That feature is not in game right now.
There is no rear facing beam on a real radar, that was corrected. Why devs did it, they probably misunderstood what back-scan, but they corrected it now.
here you can see both usages of the back scan,
Search beam is pararell to the antenne face, while a backscan is used to verify target, so it allows the radar to confirm a target in one rotation, and to track already known target.