I think it’s 6 under wing, 2 on the engines and 2 on the centerline
Edit: corrected numbers
The IRST will finally be quite useful with a higher detection range
Well it’s there, and now AIM-9M’s admittedly inferior IRCCM (according to devs) seems to be superior to R-73 in side-aspect now, assuming the current version in the dev server is what we end up with.
Su-27 was designed to counter BOTH the F-14 and the F-15, so how it matches up in reality is one thing, however the design intention by the Soviets was to be the response to the F-14/F-15.
The fact we don’t have an Su-27P(PVO version, that simply went by Su-27B), akin to MiG-23ML is a tragedy. Same hardpoints setup, but it had earlier avionics, and early production versions had a worse radar (pretty sure, but I’m away from my reference books at the moment, and need to check them). It could easily get away with the gimped R-60M’s, the first, early AL-31’s (much more sluggish), no drop tanks… Could even limit it to the R/T’s instead of ER/ET’s, and you could have a F-14A counterpart.
Re:SMT, in terms of maneuverability performance I can agree. But the upgraded radar and features, as well as some 500r’s and the the 29TD’s, it feels like it should be the counterpart to the F-16A.
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Anyone think that there should be an option to limit Gs or AoA in RB with controls similar to how wing sweep is? It will be quite useful for aircraft like the MiG-29 and Mirage that can rate decently but can’t because the instructor pulls too much.
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>instructor
It would be really useful for aircrafts that have really weak wings
You know to what speed the new F-16 model with the instructor converges to? About 450-500 km/h, which is below the optimal rate. Similar thing happened last patch, they fixed the MiG-29’s FM, but now it turns too tight for rating.
Laughs in early model typhoon with the ok radar which will detect the Su27 before the Su27 even knows about it due to have a RCS 5x smaller than the Su27. Then with its 4 AMRAAM and 6 ASRAAM loadout. It being a smaller and lighter aircraft with a better TWR it will be clobbering time.
Ye, any delta wing and the Flanker (when it comes) especially. The flanker doesn’t really have the MiG-29’s TW, but can pull even larger AoA if it wants to. Would be very useful to be able to limit the pull, without having to switch from mouse aim
I expected some Mil helicopters, but not every Mi-24 XD
It seems update’s name “Sons of Attila” refers to huns capturing Rome XD
At least Mi-24D iirc existed only in the premium form before.
PS I hope to also see Romanian IAR helicopters in this line and more Italian helicopters of course.
Don’t know anything about the Typhoon, and I’m not talking Fox-3’s right now, but okay.
It’s the British counter to the Su-27 and the like
Yeah I mean specifics on radar and RCS. I know Soviet design geometry was intended to fool radars instead of make them minimized to the extreme and/or undetectable. We also would have to know what jammers and generations of jammers are on the wing pylons, and how they’d effect early Typhoon radars and missiles.
I don’t have high expectations due to the effects of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin governments. So I’m not expecting excellent radar performance until the BARS. However, in it’s era, not with the plane designed to defeat it, I expect the Myech and it’s upgrades to have good low altitude performance due to it’s unique MTI geometric structure, and good semi-PESA qualities.
How that all stacks up in real life is lost to probably us all, and in-game we’ll just have to see.
There is a document comparing the slot back radar and the typhoons early ECR90 radar. Typhoon radar is also strong against electronic countermeasures etc
And before anyone says classified document. It is not it’s in the public records
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Well the Aim-9M is… blatantly overpowered.
I’m hoping this is just a R-73 on the Apex dev server kinda situation we’re they gave it IRCM without bothering to make it balanced or even realistic. I know alot of people are worried about the R-73 but atleast I have a chance to actually flair that missle, as the Aim-9M currently is, this thaing is ridiculous
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what’s the point of those ugly thorns?
so just like R-73 was when we first saw it
I suppose they’ll water it down and add a semi Realistic IRCM and then have both missiles be equal in that point
maybe we’ll also see a 9L nerf so that 9M can overpower again
I think if they nerf the 9L anymore it just becomes a Aim-9J with better flight performance. But yeah I’m hopping that’s the case and that this is all placeholder stuff for now. If the 9M can have it’s flair resistance brought more inline with the R-73 then it should be pretty balanced…for 12.3, everyone else is still screwed
na I mean 9L on devserver got buffed, if they reduce the Buff a little then it’s fine
it’s just no longer the Top Heat seeker