I have, many bug reports are already in. They all have the associated documentation linked.
Hopefully they change things this update.
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Amazing video of the HUD and an airshow
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A premium shar called “black death” would be based but gaijin is calling the falklands “las malvinas” (lame asf) for the Spanish so we arent gonna see anything cool to show our triumph in defending an island from invasion
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harrier was strike jet from the start lol. if anything its the typhoon that was UK last air superiority fighter
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How this feature works? Is there any special on its engine design? I’ve never heard this tech and it sounds interesting.
There are 2 major parts to the trick.
The first is fairly simple. By angling the nozzles to 30° which in turn also raises the nose of the aircraft, what was a rear-aspect shot now becomes more like a side aspect shot (which is more than a few rear-aspect IR missiles can usually handle) and instead of a clear line of sight to the nozzle, the wing is now also placed between the exhaust and the seeker.
This distrupts the ability of most rear-aspect IR seekers from getting a lock entirely and makes defending against all-aspects much easier.
The second part is more complicated and I dont fully understand all the details. but in essence the forward 2 nozzles on the harrier output cold exhaust and between this and the turbluance created by the wing, the exhaust from the rear 2 nozzles is disapated far more than they would be from any other aircraft, which further reduces the IR signature of the Harrier,
You can read this being used to great affect against USAF F-5E Aggressors with the Sea Harrier FRS1
Sea Harrier Over the Falklands by Sharkey Ward
Which resulted in a win ratio of 7:1 in 1v1 combat
Harrier: How to be a fighter Pilot by Paul Tremelling
and was taught to Sea Harrier FA2 pilots to help defend against IR threats
There is limited evidence that this affect was good enough to save some Harrier Gr3s from a blue on blue from an Aim-9L from above (but key factors such as range are unknown and maybe the 9L was also right at the outer limits of its lock range, by the fact VID was a bit of an issue, I think this is a potentially fair assessment)
Sea Harrier Over the Falklands by Sharkey Ward
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So in fact it’s further more complicated to calculate how hot a engine is… Gaijin just take it easy and replace it with thrust. The Harrier has powerful engine so it suffers a big loss…
I notice some rear-aspect IR msls can even lock on harriers from its side, from the oldest varients to the latest ones. Sad game facts…
Yes, and just to further complicate matter. The Harrier’s engine produces more thrust at lower air speeds. Meaning when in a dogfight or perhaps when you jink to defend against a missile, you are in fact increasing the temp of your harrier.
Me and Matrix were testing this. When near enough max speed in the Shar. 2x Flares was enough to decoy a R-60M fired from 3km in rear-aspect with no turning required. If fired at a SHar doing 420kts (which isnt an unreasonable speed to find yourself at quite often) 8x flares was not enough to defeat an R-60M fired in rear-aspect from 3km. It took throttling down and turning to actually defeat the missile.
Yeah, and its one thing when you are in something like the GR3 or FRS1e and are facing relatively trivial missiles to defaet. But its another in the FA2 or AV-8B+ against pretty much pure IRCCM missiles and with even more powerful engines. Especially with the BOL issues as well for the FA2. Its a rough time for the Harriers.
There is a slim hope though for a short term solution without them having to model anything. The F-117’s (and I also assume the Commanche) IR reduction, stealth stuff, is just a multiplier of I think 0.5x applied to the thrust-temp which greatly reduces the IR signature (though ironically, the F-117 is still hotter than an F-5 on reheat). This code could very easily be transplanted over to other notable aircraft such as the Harriers and F-14s and give them some short term relief. Just a bit of normalisation with the IR signatures (like roughly matching the IR signature with that of a Hunter or Buc for example) would do absolute wonders for us.
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The Sea Harrier was considered a major change aircraft from the Gr.3 and had many of its components redesigned from the ground up.
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Just like the strike eagle, but that is not a purebred strike jet is it?
What are you talking about, and the Typhoon is not 100% a British aircraft, the Sea Harrier was the last all British combat aircraft that filled the role of fighter. It filled this role well.
Alright?
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Just because it was a VTOL bomb truck with a radar and sidewinders (later amraam) strapped to it, does not make it a purebred fighter
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It also had an all new cockpit, with a raised position for better visibility and I think some wing tweaks. it was also extesnively modified for naval operations
The Harrier Gr1/Gr3 was design for mud moving
The Sea Harrier was design for Air-to-Air combat.
Yes, based upon the same airframe at its core and yes the Gr1/Gr3 came first, but that doesnt necessarily mean the Sea Harrier isn’t a fighter.
Where an Aircraft like the F3 was rather handicapped in its interceptor role by being based upon an aircraft designed for low level flight, the harriers had no such weakness.
It also had some of the best control in a dogfight in the world for a long time. Still having few aircraft designed for dogfighting capable of relibily defeating it
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The FA.2 even went against Rafales in close combat and it was apparently a very “fruity” fight as Paul Trembling stated.
The fact that the Shars where engaged in prolong fighting with a plane as insane as the Rafale instead of straight up being curb stomped I think says enough.
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Yes, they look the same yet like 70% of all parts where redesigned, and from the intakes forward it was a completely different aircraft with different (better) flying qualities.
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You made a mistake. I think you swapped Rafale with Shar by accident
Lol not quite, the Harriers where very capable but by the time the 2000s came around they where in need of further improvements already.
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Im very disappointed the devs have not addressed the Sea Harriers gunsight and EEGS this update.
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This just felt super clean. Over the new Falklands map too.
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