PL-12A Motor underperforming

The alternative is a lot of Chinese aircrafts and equipments never being added to the game because there isn’t sufficient information for them.

Yeah that’s a popular narrative people resort to once they have their reports rejected.

What? No… the alternative is allowing best-guess calculations for EVERYTHING and not having a double standard…

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one of the many examples

Yeah no, that’s a bad idea from the perspective that everyone would start trying to make things up as much as they can.

What in the world are you talking about? On what planet is just deciding what vehicles deserve best guess estimates and what don’t fair?

I guess we’re advocating for double standards now

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Where does Gaijin have differing standards for vehicles bug reports currently?

One of the many examples of where you don’t realize what’s going on in the actual report.

There are genuinely countless examples. I literally had a bug report shot down just a few hours ago by a moderator who literally did not even read my report.

As someone who had like over 30 reports shut down by tech mods before I started getting my reports accepted, they don’t shut down reports unless there’s a very good reason 99% of the time.

What was your report?

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Here are two 2nd attempt reports I’ve had to make for inexplicable reasons.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/lfSydfxAI3xD
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/SmmZ6o7UvvOo

And for the differing standards, I have watched hundreds of bug reports on specific MBTs be accepted and resolved within days, while I have a list accepted Abrams bug reports have been ignored for up to years for some… and armor fixes to other tanks I have witnessed have been much more complex fixes.

Someone needs to hurry. They got to give Gaijin that one random Brochure they’ll take at complete face value.

In fact, officials state that the PL-12A(E) weighs 214 kg. The PL-12 in the game weighs 198 kg. Theoretically, an increase in propellant is inevitable as the range of the PL-12A(E) is extended.

Of course, I highly suspect that if Gaijin were aware of this, they would only increase its weight without altering any of its propulsion performance.

What? No, there is no pixel measurement in this PL‑12A report. You didn’t even look carefully. Those images are only meant to show “what part this is and what function it serves”. All the figures regarding the missile length come from public sources, not pixel measurements. And just like you said, “I’m just putting the numbers together”.

They do it all the time with China and then people say that theres somehow some China Bias because of stuff like the VT4 but in reality Chinas Tree and Vehicle get treated like crap

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The PL-12A in game even can’t reach its max range at 1 Mach and 10km altitude.

i saw your bug report, statshark cant be used to report stuff like that. You need to test it ingame

Honestly, while a more forward grounding socket does deffinitly make it seem like it should have a bigger motor, and I do think its likely it has one; there is still some stuff about it that make it unclear.

So, something I noticed in my own bug reports, motors actually generally have a lower density than other components. So a missile having a larger motor section, and being heavier, while still fitting in the same size seems odd. That being, unless they swapped to a higher density fuel grain material.

This is possible, as there are modern high density compounds which could push the weight up more. But it introduces its own problems, namely, it doesn’t actually get us that much closer to figuring out what a correct figure would be. As with multiple variables changing, theres not an easy way to calculate what the correct performance should be.

This is also assuming it uses the same grounding socket system in the first place, most more modern missiles i know of use internal arming mechanisms instead, which could lead to a socket being placed in front of an arming section. Although I dont know enough about CN missile development to speak on that. Its just a source of ambiguity.

(I should specify, just for brevity’s sake, i am saying this all as personal conjecture of the irl performance of the missile. Without reference to the statuses of any potential or ongoing bug reports).

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