sea level launch ( close ) 1250kmph with 15km range
5km launch at 1250kmph with a 14km range
15km alt at 1250kmph launch but with longer range at 50 or more km ( vid speed up a bit to able to post it )
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these are for kh31PD
15km alt at 1250kmph launch but with longer range at 50 or more km ( vid speed up a bit to able to post it )
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hey, do you have the source for these brochures?
Look like some stuff from the Zhuhai airshow, but I maybe mistaken.
it indeed is from that airshow
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High altitude performance looks in line with sources.
Sea level is a little high compared to Mach 2.5 given for MA-31 slideshow.
With what I’ve seen from screenshots of Mach 3.16 when diving down to sea level after 173km travelled it could probably be fixed with a drag nerf
MA-31 uses Kh-31, not Kh-31D as a base
Both would be limited by drag at those altitudes though
They have different dimensions, drag profile is different though
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Then D model Kh-31 is accurate in its top speed at different conditions
Should be I think. I have a feeling that Kh-31 is a bit underperforming in range, but without knowing conditions of 100km range launch I can’t make a good test. I tried to launch it from 13km of altitude at around Mach 1.5-1.6 and it reached around 70km with very low energy state
Base Kh-31 or Kh-31D?
Base. D looks fine from what I could test. In similar condition it has much more leftover velocity
Try shooting 33000ft altitude and Mach 0.9 for base model. That’s the conditions used in MA-31 slideshow. Then try 15km and 1250kmh TAS to do max range based on Russian numbers for Kh-31P
Any data on range in such conditions?
Yeah that’s the exact conditions that were stated for the MA-31 slideshow
You mean it should reach 100km?
Under those conditions it should do 85km in 110 seconds
Hmm, I will test it once I get home, but before the changes it couldn’t reach even 70km in such conditions iirc
Or not… i forgot that dev closes today, rip.
Interesting.
Also don’t forget the other one with, seemingly, IRST DRICM station on the nose
*Edit: was corrected that it wasn’t IRST module, but DIRCM
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