Shouldn’t it say beginning with aim 120 c5?
Maybe my English is just trash lmao
Should do yes. But its still a USAF presser and isn’t free from some mistakes, but as with the other snips nothing is really pointing me to a change in motor over the ATK PEP 5" motor.
There was a similar document to this which implied better kinematics, how Gaijin will interpret that is difficult to tell though. Could be a better trajectory, could be pulling higher Gs, could be better range.
I have a question. How would 120D be for BVR and how good would it be within 10km range?
If the Aim-120D(-3) with the new engine really exists, I think we would have heard about the new WPU-something by now.
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Almost certainly trajectory improvements with the addition of two way datalink and GPS, both of those can massively improve your mid course.
Same as 120C-5 imo
And for BVR?
Who knows. I think it will be same too.
So addition of 120D would be pointless until link 16 or something like that is added?
Maybe. I don’t know how the developer will configure it. But for now, it’s just looks like C-5 with zero INS drift.
GPS quality updates to the midcourse will improve BVR performance.
An AMRAAM fired from Typhoon with the CAPTOR-M isn’t nearly as good as when fired from the same Typhoon with ECRS MK1/2 as the frequency of updates is much much better. Figure that in with GPS level positioning for both launching aircraft and missile, your BVR will improve.
Is the current C5 implementation accurate even? Performance wise it seems to be virtually the same as a A/B in terms of raw deltaV, so not really much of an improvement. The only thing enhancing the range for the C5 is the battery life.
Which was one of the things holding back 120A/B, the battery.
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Right, but my point is, the motor itself doesn’t seem to be much of an upgrade and my question is, are there any documents that actually justify the current burn/thrust values.
It says there is a significant increase in performance, where is that?
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Maybe it’s a marketing thing but if the public information position is that the A/B/C motors offer pretty much the same performance and that there’s no motor improvement on the D variant, it might mean we are gonna have to continue to cope with A/Bs for close range.
Performance can be other things including but not limited to service life, servicing intervals, maintenance, range and operating temps etc etc etc.