Well, MDBA claims up to 40% increase in range which will make it around 110-120km? Pretty competitive, but R-77M is claimed to have up to 190km of range. Plus it has funny ARH/PRH seekerhead that can ruin a day of many ECM enjoyers
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The range of the MICA EM is also claim from 80-100km depending on the source, which would put the EM closer to 140km. In game MICA still hits a wall at high speed (having higher drag than other fox3s). There are a few reports regarding that are sitting in CBR
mica ng is smaller than R77m (also like half the weight?) r77m will have a lot more propellant. mica ng will only be better in terms of maneuverability. (idk abt the seeker head used in mica ng/r77m)
Some media says that 77M has AESA seeker, but i doubt it. Latest interview about RVV-SDM missile (export version of R-77M) only mentions a second passive channel to the seekerhead, and the only seeker we know of that is capable of this is 9B-1103M-200PS which is slotted array dish
I think saying “many” is a bit of a stretch, the shortcomings are essentially a few less countermeasures and marginal weight increase.
Aside from this it will be functionally the same aircraft, both in capabilities and gameplay-wise.
Wait damnnnn is there more to read on it
Su35 can use R74M
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Obviously, will they make a missile which won’t fit in any of their fighter?
He was talking about r74m2
R-74 moving at the speed of light with that time to impact
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i wasn’t concerned about 74M, i was concerned about 74M2
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My bad,just got home from night shift,i stand corrected!!
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No probs, we all been there.
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But he’s right, aside from countermeasure amount and weight differences they are practically same due to Gaijin’s modelling.
In fact SM2 might be better due to canards and less weight.
Canards make flankers worse in game
You got maws and less drag too btw
And a better irst(?)
Big man, canards are a bad thing for a Flanker, increased drag. They were added to the flankers because of the balancing shift, either due to heavy avionics in the nose (MKI, 27M) or due the lift increase in the rear (Su-33), Su-35S will have better energy retention at pretty much every speed range
Just add su27m 710
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IRL as well
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Yeah but that does’t mean the 35 is a sidegrade under many aspects, the SM2 will hold some strenghts while the 35 will hold some others, hence why they’ll be practically the same.
Few examples of what the Su35 will hold against the SM2 is less drag, usable IRST and MAW.
Top speed as well, M 2.25 vs M 1.75 on a SM (SM2 should be similar because it isn’t a engine limit, but airframe one, specifically cockpit)
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That’s right, and seeing as the SM2 already wants to go beyond its limit in the game, it means that the 35 will hit some considerably high speeds.
Can definitely feel that the AL-41’s got some more output beyond the mach 2.11 limit of SM2.
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