I prefer by far to play a PL5EII which is the fastest FOX 2 in the game and which has a more solid IRCCM from the front than an R73 which can be lured in a dogfight at less than 1km in rear lock, not all dogfights are spinning and we have plenty of opportunities to plan a FOX 2 which is not TVC, but after
this is my recentie via my gamplay I prefer a solid FOX 2 which has a hit probability of 90% than a FOX 2 THC has a probability of 60%, I had a lot more misses with the R73 and that PL5EII
I would wait for the PL10 to have a viable THC missile
1493 should be much better than 1492.
1492 and 1493 both have 6 datalink channel for Fox 3 missiles, but 1493 has much more power and subsequently, more range.
I mean, the radar could have been originally designed for use in other aircraft as well, just that it never got the chance to be fielded on anything other than J-8F.
It’s a fan/unofficial designation for the engine that was fitted to later batch of J-16.
It was known that early J-16 used WS-10A, but later batch had notably different engine nozzle and was more similar to what we know is on WS-10B, but since WS-10B’s oil cooler position is off to the side, like AL-31FN, WS-10D was given to what we think is WS-10B but for the Flanker platform, aka different oil cooler.
