Considering real world scenario; J/APG-2 is inferior to RBE2-AA.
All F-2 were able to use AAM-4. Hhowever only J/APG-2 enabled (specialized) Datalink guidance using J/ARG-1 transmitter - i.e. a F-2 with J/APG-1 would be able to use AAM-4 but only by guiding it via hard-lock.
I doubt that very much, but of course a US main would say that tho
We have 4.5’s infact more 4.5 is what I personally expect the raptor to come with in December
No. It wont handle anything like an F-16 because of all the changes to the airframe. So once again we dont know how it will fly at all.
IIRC, the F-2A’s flight performance is similar to that of the F-16C’s. Little bit more performance than an F-16A but all the extra weight means it loses an endurance fight
It’s known worldwide, it’s been the gold standard for air superiority and mimicked multiple times
I am a bit biased in US but I think it might be the most widely known fighter in the world right now
we dont exactly have Gen 4.5’s yet, just the platforms that have Gen 4.5 versions later down the line
Dude, the Flying Scotsman is props more famous than the F-22
At least it traveled out side it’s home nations borders lol
The extra weight is countered and then some by flight computer and other improvements. The only thing it can’t really overcome is the higher drag when it comes to top speed which the F-16C should be faster.
Given how an F-16A runs circles around an F-16C, even T/W isn’t a good indicator of anything
But as Fireraid mentioned, this is all in theory, at the end of the day, Gaijin can model it however they want
we wont have proper Gen 4.5’s till we get F-15EX, F/A-18 super hornets, the later Eurofighters, and later Rafales
Pretty damn sure the Rafale and EFT are proper 4.5’s.
Especially Rafale since it’s an F3R
We already have the second latest Rafale standard in-game, same with EFT.
Fair, even if the difference is probably less bad outside the US where representations of other nations tech is more common and F-2 is the go-to aircraft to represent Japan as a nation.
At least here the F-2 was one of the big well-known aircraft for just the average kid. For me it’d be Eurofighter, Tornado, F-14, F-22, Rafale, MiG-29, Su-27 and F-2 as the modern aircraft I’d know before actually developing more of an interest.
Seeing the F-16 for the first time my initial thought was it might be an upgraded F-2, because the common US aircraft was either F-15 or F-22, so I connected the appearance more to the Japanese plane.
Did it fly before 1996?
Love the Scot. Marvelous engine.
Anyway, boy I sure do hope the F-2 and Richelieu will be worth the wait and aren’t going to be complete letdowns that kill my hype to play the game. Surely Gaijin wouldn’t do that, right?
Was the F-2 equipped with J/APG-1 in service in 1995?
Are you Japanese?
im pretty sure the F-2 was completed a week before the AESA carrying F-15C was
dont remember the exact date, but Japan heavily rushed the development of the F-2 in order to beat the US to have the first flying AESA radar, but that resulted in a comical amount of problems for the F-2
