I still believe even the N001 Mech should have additional FoV modes. But I have yet to find evidence of it.
It definitely was not a copy paste radar of the Mig-29’s N019 Rubin developed by Phazotron-NIIR as it is in-game.
NIIP Tikhomirov just used the same method development team Rubin did at Phazotron by using modified Sapfir-23 radar dishes. The N001 Mech’s dish is made larger & has a similar, but different transmitter (why it guides ERs without upgrade).
However, Gaijin modelled the same modes because NIIP Tikhomirov also used the same Ts-100 digital processor that the Mig-29’s N019 Rubin uses. (Evidence that GJ does pay attention to very small intricate details)
I found out why the Su-27 does not have additional FoV modes.
The N001 Mech uses modified Cassegrain antenna taken from the Mig-23ML. Just like the Mig-29 radar & why it is sometimes called the Sapfir-29.
These radar dishes are obsolete & no longer used in advanced Flankers & are incapable of directional beam control like the Mig-29SMT & even the new Mig-21 Bison.
That is why both the Su-27s & Older Mig-29s have the same FoV search zones.
The reason is a narrow beamwidth for feed. The feed horn or feed element in a Cassegrain antenna must have a narrower beamwidth (higher gain) to focus its radiation on the smaller secondary reflector. This is different from front-fed dishes, where the feed illuminates the wider primary reflector.
Su-27 N001 Mech
Mig-29 N019 Rubin
Mig-23 RP-23 Sapfir
Basic Cassegrain antenna today
Unfortunately team, since the Su-27 radars that have Cassegrain antennas, that is also undeniable proof the Su-27 has no ability to use the HMS with the radar. As much as the Flanker is my all-time favorite aircraft in the world, reality supersedes favoritism.
These Radars never had Radar HMS compatibility. Its technically impossible. The OEPS-27 & OEPS-29 were exclusively for IR weapons.
I knew the entire time & just did not say anything.
The radar HMS in the Su27 & Su-27SM is a completely made-up feature in War Thunder. The only Russo-Soviet designed aircraft in-game that are technologically capable of using the HMS with the radar is the Mig-29SMT & Mig-21 Bison.
man you keep repeating this over and over, and spamming it on all threads while it is completely wrong, you can mechanically slave the radar dish to follow an hms even if it is a cassegrain type radar.
for reference the radar of an f4j, and as you can see is also a cassegrain
They cannot precisely move and guide with pinpoint precision.
Only a fool would think the radar dish can move to the speed and accuracy as a human beings head in all directions with a Cassegrain radar dish taken from the Mig-23
Let me demonstrate how nonsensical both your claims are
The Su-27 & Mig-29s of the Soviet Era are technologically incapable of magically using their IRST to do it for them. The maximum search zone of the Mig29 N019 radar dish is 50 degrees & 10 degrees for ACM. The radar dish is incapable looking beyond as modelled in the game.
