went from an overall upgrade to immediate downgrade in all but 1 category
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if the d doesnt have any hobs capability then we’re going to need the d3 so we at least have a ton of range in place of that
but id 100% prefer the d to just be able to turn
It retains the exact same fins, so it realistically won’t.
unfortunately youre likely right
It was how it should have been. Now it’s something else.
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theres multiple accepted bug reports on the 120c so maybe theyll do something about those soon
The HOBS capability got modeled in with removed seeker gimbal limits, so it’s “there”. But yeah I can’t see Gaijin not going to D3.
Imagine waking up and seeing Centauro 2 and WM-23 in WT teaser)
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They’ve repeteadly admitted over time that several stats and performance of basically everything are mostly game conventions, so be ready to potentially witness the same exact fins pulling 40Gs depending on their mood.
So just gimbal for HOBS? In a missile which can’t even do a 180° turn before its booster burns out? It’s like “This guy has everything for HOBS, except the necessary flight performance”.
Honestly, as far as new missiles go, I’m way more interested in seeing the PL-12A than the AIM-120D.
the pl12a will be a better c5, probably around the same range and it pulls
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Estimated-detection-ranges-vs-scan-angle-th-against-a-target-of-1-m-RCS-for-the-radars_fig1_337985199 bruh AN/APG - 83 only slightly better than the 68 and worse at HOBS angles
I suppose it has some HOBS capability if you launch with enough speed and altitude, even if it ends up taking a turn radius the size of Japan, just will still have some speed when launched from aircraft like Eurofighter.
I’m curious if PL-12A will have Gaijin move the J-10C to 14.7
more than likely will, its also receiving its better engine soon
If its maneuverabilty doesn’t get gimped at those speeds and altitudes because “muh small control surfaces with weak motors”.
That is indeed their implementation of “improved HOBS” yes. The AIM-120D was accidentally added to the files during the last dev server (I assume accidentally). These were the changes over the AIM-120C5:
Battery life: 120 → 150 seconds
INS drift: 2 → 0 (GNSS/GPS)
Launch angle: 55 → 180 degrees
Reworked guidance/PID at high altitudes
That’s… it
The language of the community update made it seem like the engine change was a future thing while the PL-12A was a more immediate next patch thing. But will PL-12A addition without the engine change justify a BR bump?