who the hell needs amraams when you got the aim-7
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lmao that 1st clip
Seems like by locking on to your missile you still irradiate on target because it’s in fov of radar beam and missile’s seeker sees reflected signal from the target.
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Hello, are these pictures from this document?
No they’re from the Tornado F.3 Tactics Manual.
I’d like to see this first clip in an actual match where servers need to be contacted, rather than it being entirely offline (lol).
watch the second clip
but also it does work. i’ve tried it and its worked over 10 times. i dont know what kind of warning the target gets but sometimes they dont seem to react
honestly i think its more reliable than locking the target because your radar can’t get notched that easily
Target should be getting warning as the reason the missile can still track would be oversplash from the radar lock on the missile
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I mean it took until 5.XX seconds to get a launchable lock, and even then it kept dropping lock as it got sooner. It doesn’t really seem like it’s working
the second clip is because the f-4S radar has some sort of problem with mig 23s.
i fly the f-15 now and that radar is much better and it seems to work quite well
obviously, yes. but gaijin spaghetti code might not agree
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The f14 as well. Its mostly a remained from the bug regarding Mig23s a while ago. But its only the ML, you can’t lock it unless you are in pulse mode.
THE '90s might come in a mid year or September if i am right, but there are some changes that MUST need for yesterday about some radar bugs, ARH missile mechanics and etc
There are already a plethora of 90s missiles…?
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And post 90s planes
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not yet but some bugs that i mentioned will get back this feature
Here’s a couple of AMRAAM firing envelopes I found in a British report on the Sea Harrier programme. The report is from the mid 1980s, so is referring to the AIM-120A. There are no launch / target conditions included with the Sea Level one, but seeing as it is based on Sea Harrier it is likely sub-sonic launch (like the medium altitude one is).
And before anyone freaks out the report is declassified, and has been since 2017.
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Its nice to finally have hard data, though the wording for each specific region is confusing, considering 15nmi is ~30km , with each graduation being 10 km (range axis), if it was consistent units it would make sense(an immediate 3G defensive turn is made on missile launch, makes up the innermost region of the forward hemisphere). as it would otherwise mean that the target is reacting to the missile before launch, which would change the geometry, in the first place.
And on top of that no mention is made of the seeker going active (or active off the rail), though it may make sense to occur at about ~15km or so.
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That did strike me as a bit strange. I personally find the rear aspect performance at medium altitude very impressive. That graph shows the AMRAAM hitting the target from a lunch range of about 15 km, the AIM-7F’s max range in game under those conditions is less than 8.5km.
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