aim120-C5 will likely get the AIM-54 treatment
oh well if its like that it will probably be fine
if they dont change it, yea, its basically good for sim, sucks for rb, 120b will still be better in RB as everyone flys low and the numbers are for same altitude targets. the 120b likely in practice still has more range even from a 16000ft launch as most targets hover around 4000 feet
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They already do??
Why would they another one?
It’s not, because the missile is WIP.
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wip?
Work in progess/unfinished
oh well just have to see
The AIM-120C-5 is more maneuverable and has better High-Off-Bore-Sight capabilities than the A/B IRL
If it doesn’t get those improvements ingame then it is pointless to add the missile in the first place, as it most likely is meant to make the Hornets more competitive.
You claimed that the Kh-38MT justifies the AIM-120C-5. The Kh-38MTs performance doesn’t matter at all in ARB, however the C-5s performance matters in both ARB and GRB.
Since the US and Israel are getting a more powerful weapon in ARB AND GRB this in turn would justify the addition of an even better weapon for the USSR in GRB.
If you don’t see how silly this kind of balancing approach is, then I don’t know what to tell you.
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in the files i can see they changed its fin AOAs to be higher which argues it could theoretically have better turn but I haven’t been able to see it used at close range, the change in AOA isn’t much. lemme check something
ok nevermind, them fin AOA has no good correlation to pull rate trying to compare missiles, the 27er1 has the same fin aoa and accel, so does the mica EM, it should theoretically be somewhere in the middle if we bring into account weight. My best guess comparing and contrasting would be a 40g missile.
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At the end of the day we will have to wait for the update to be released, but based on the real life upgrades for the AMRAAMs, the maneuverability of the missile should be better in-game as well.
I don’t know how the longer rocket motor of the C-5 affects the missiles acceleration and speed IRL, but based on the stats I have seen on the spreadsheet and the datamines suggests that the missile would indeed have a slower acceleration, but keep its speed for longer.
In theory AIM-120A/Bs were introduced with similar overload performance as 120C5s, if not identical.
It was with a later (and artifical) nerf on their AOA generation that completely screwed them for close ranges to behave 9J/P-like.
we will have to wait, that’s accurate its a 1 stage thruster rather then a 2 stage, but they seemingly modeled that the 120c doesn’t have its longer burn time, so it burns the same length just in different amounts
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yep
My publication was focused solely and exclusively on Air RB, in which the most dominant nation and the one that breaks the game most frequently is the US, and I’ll give you some bizarre examples.
As in the danger zone update that the f14A was 11.3 and faces vehicles like j35D and migare III E, With this update, the US also received the Fox3 mechanics almost 2 years before everyone else.
f104A terrorizing down tier aircraft for years.
f5 and f16A with FM from ufu that were never touched.
People always talk about the dominance of the R27ER and ET but they forget that the F15A was smaller br than the SU27, Gripen and Mirage 4000. (he was 12.3 while the others were 12.7)
Do I need to remind you of the damage that F14A IRAF did to the game?
aim120’s complete meta dominance that lasted almost 8 months.
f18A and f16A in the same br as kunnas 2000, f4ej kai and jh7A.
The few times that other nations stood out in the air rb were very out of the curve points, practically rare occasions that this happened,I know how Rafael hasn’t been nerfed to the ground yet.
American planes ceased to be completely dominant with the arrival of the Eurocanards, two of which use the same armament as American planes, the only exception being the Rafale.
I play with several nations in the game, I grinded 5 minor nations before starting to grind the US and I guarantee you that in air rb the US bothers infinitely more than the Russians or any other nation.
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well the main problem with your first comment is thinking the 120c-5 extended the range by much, to get any extra range out of it you need to be at 38,000 feet altitude which is still only giving it 12 more miles then the 120b
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yes and thats why i personally would say it is a kill on a F-15
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