mm a bit more spice than I was going for, trying to keep to the same level of firepower, just change up the visuals while giving appropriate options
The hornet is slow. dont expect it to pull 1/1+ twr moves.
Finnish one can, but it also weighs 580kg less than the US model, i dont have it spaded but stock it can go 90° and climb with min fuel and clean pylons.
Falco astore gets 4 laser guided Cirit rockets, I don’t think those are comparable to hellfire. I guess Italy will have to use other drones
is the radar good?
no lol
Eh, not having HMD in realistic screws you over a lot trying to hit close range shots, you’ll almost always be at a disadvantage.
Radar is okay, honestly think i prefer PS0/5A MK.1
AN/PG 72 has ghost tracks and often for me tracks nothing through mountains. Honestly i don’t care for the radar and it feels pretty trash at times but its usable if you have all keybinds for tilting your radar and can react in a dogfight.
Gun is also off center for SIM and in firstperson so im gonna stay away for the time in SIM.
Ive gotten into a few dogfights but since the Finnish model doesn’t get aim 7p after the 9L like the US model does you have to close the gap. Its also more expensive to get the missile on the Finnish model because you have less modules from not having CAS. Its a more annoying experience and in dogfights with Su-30 and Su-27 if you dont have the energy and nose advantage you will die. You need missiles to keep going out to keep them panicking. R73 is the best missile for this and not having HMD can make this brutal since you have to do so many of these close dual esq fights. Over the US F-18 they will always get a radar lock via HMD in a dogfight but you should have the advantage because you weigh less. Just be more cautious and play as a support fighter. For Afghan stay close to the mountains and sneak up on enemies. You only get 2 aim 120s stock and 6 IR missiles (after getting 9L or 9M upgrade.)
Is that the Hornet ? as the video isn’t showing
Finnish Hornet yeah
So missile bugs, Jesus bug, Titac bug, Invisible ship bug, Tyres clipping and now gun bugs. How many more now lol
Id say its more so gaijin incorrectly adding the gun at 0° vs the +3° it should be.
So yall when does the next update come out lol
June/July I think
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But still just shows you how under tested the update was even with 2 weeks of public testing
I mean the Finnish F-18C didn’t even have a radar gunsight until my bug report got accepted the 2nd to last day before the update came out.
Boeing F-47 when
Spoiler
JK
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Sure, adding more drones with similar specs to the ones we currently have to give as many nations their own drone as possible would be nice, but they shouldn’t be better than the ones we currently have in terms of armament.
Isn’t the gun mounted in the upper part of the nose like on the F-5 series of planes?
Yes just above the radar. But in game its angled at 0° meaning in first person you shoot below the actual gunsight which means you always almost miss even with EEGS. IRL the gun was raised +3° so you could get proper aiming.
Oh, that’s what you mean. Well, you could experiment with the vertical targeting settings to maybe get around that.