Ive seen many documents stating the R27ERs only hit 4.5 mach ? 5.8 seems a stretch
https://weaponsystems.net/system/666-Vympel%20R-27
where does gaijin get sources saying this goes mach 5.8
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I always thought the R-27ER’s performance was a bit of an exaggeration especially its unrealistic speed.
Gaijin 100% should provide the sources they use for modelling all of these vehicles and weapon systems, although they definitely have to guesstimate for modern stuff.
IRL the R-27ER was a miserable missile with bad electronics and reliability, although I could be wrong on that as I haven’t researched it much recently
@Elitely6 @BACKRAGE44428-live
It doesn’t go mach 5.8:
Sometimes statcards be wrong.
I’ll test again with Su-30SM, but I doubt I’ll see it even hit mach 5.
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i think the in game stat card is just wrong it never reaches mach 5.8 in games
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Aah thanks, game statcard may just be inaccurate again. I’ll try and test this myself
I gotta get the SUkhoi jets man
it is, like most stat cards tbh
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Gaijsmoojles Entertainment at its finest ig
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yep, missile is still cracked tho lmao IOG + DL and top speed of like mach 4.10-4.20 on that thing is crazy
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Yup its such a pain in the ass to evade half the time. Gotta notch, chaff and beat its IOG by changing altitude . A launch below 10 or 5km though you might as well J out
Test with the SU-27SM instead. The SU-30 is a bit too heavy and slow for a fair test while the -SM has the best FM in the family. If that’s not fair just use the regular Su-27
i hit some goofy clips on some guys despite loosing lock multiple times on them but the IOG+DL combo carried to hard
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Update with Su-30SM [stronger radar so I could launch it further away]:
Peaked at mach 4.24. Might reach 4.4 if it doesn’t maneuver too quickly.
Launch parameters: 10,000 meters, mach 0.92.
Which is how top speeds are obtained IRL. That 4.5 citation will be around 10 - 12km high up cruising at mach 0.9. If you go faster, you can probably get all missiles to go faster.
The mach 4 AIM-7 doing mach 4.17 in a maneuver as AI is too low. All cause the starting speed was faster.
@zaedbe
The radar range matters more than the vehicle itself for this. Though I can’t always predict missile movement.
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Having spaded all Russian Su-27s (other than -34) I get that the earlier radars are absolutely terrible but I assumed you’d launch it at absolutely max top speed to see if Gaijin’s statcard here is true in any circumstance even if getting a lock-on is tortureous
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jeez thats insane
No, they run statcards based on mach 0.9 and 12,000 meters almost always.
So it’s a statcard issue.
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Love these tests though, gotta get info somehow
Sensor view is the best thing they added to the game.
1800 m/s * 3.6 = 6480 km/h
1800 m/s divided by 340m/s = Mach 5.29
Hypersonic missiles are in-game now? :D