R-77s are horrid and the R-77-1 is needed

Ah I thought there would be DL.

DL?
What it means?

Datalink but as you already said, you can’t guide it as soon as it gets off the rail.

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It seems like this is a type of LOAL.

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Yep. It would be funny if it was added tho. You’ll be able to kind of extend the lock-on range of the ET.

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I think it will feature soon enough, there are several high performance LOAL missiles, things like ASRAAM, MICA IR, R74M.

It is.
Well, Fox-3s can do same - if you don’t guide them, after launch - they just went to predicted “pitbull” point by themselves.
Being pretty vulnerable to any course change of target.

Same there, just missle will look for IR signature, not the radar one.

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If this system does get added would the ET try to predict the heading of the initially locked on aircraft like IOG in game?

Dunno, tbh.
I don’t even know, how snail will make it.

I just know, that those functionality been maked in missle for purpose.

As in War Thunder, seeker of 27T/ET been pretty nerfed, to been unable lock targets from frontal perspective, that kind of mechanic been pretty needed.

Its still pretty good. I’m able to frontally lock targets 15km away.

Well, it hard to believe. (For me. I pretty unskilled/unlucky one.)

I can lock (if luck) from 6-8km, in head-on situation.

From 12-17km, if enemy fly in profile (perpendicular) to me.

And from really afar, if i chasing enemy, have clear sight on his afterburning engines.

You can only lock F-15/Su-27 from that range. F-16, more like 9KM

Gripen? Just no lol

18.7km R-27ET launch and kill frontally.

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This is extremely circumstantial ngl; if they would have done literally anything like launch a missile it would have just stopped tracking.

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Still a great missile even if its circumstantial, they’re IR so they’re stealthy and they have a lot of range. There are circumstances where the ET is better than any other missile like chasing a target going cold, or a target that’s side aspect, or just shooting at a target frontally without alerting their RWR.

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Are you serious? It’s literally the equivalent of the JDAM ER. For a missile that interacts with the radar, a software update is required.

The R-27T requires target lock by the seeker before launch. It doesn’t have a datalink.

It’s not a datalink - just radar calculate point of meeting for missle and target (if target don’t change direction of flight), and missle fly to predicted point.

After getting off the pylon - missle totally unguided, to the moment, when it reach those point, find her target, lock it with seeker, and finish the job.

The radar doesn’t calculate anything, and the missile doesn’t fly anywhere until the target is locked by its seeker. This is explicitly stated in the aircraft’s flight manual.

Ok.
I dont want say “you lie”, or something.
Just:

  1. In selector, i don’t see which missle been used (it always show “R-73”).
  2. In the moment of launch, i don’t see, what the missle been launched, due to angle taken for turn aside. Even if under right wing being some R-27 (i guess it ET).
  3. Also, i seen you use radar for launch, maybe it been just for find the target, idk.
  4. In video i don’t see a “splash” moment, nor a normal “red” circle of lock (missle been launched by “white” one).

Once again, I’m not trying to accuse anyone of lying, I’m just pointing out that the sequence, and launch distance, are very similar to those of the R-77. (radar lock - missile launch - turn away to avoid a retaliatory attack).
And if i remember this correctly, only radar missiles can be launched, without “red” lock, IR can’t - because “white” one mean seeker ain’t locked the target.

Maybe, you can just send the video with same situation, highlighted in “tech” mode?
In those been fully signed who fly, what the missle been launched, and how it track targets.