I have it happening a lot on the N001VEP. However, I am not sure that it is throwing the missile guidance off, just makes it annoying to choose targets.
Hilarious how the head-on only radar will prioritize a tail-aspect, almost no relative speed target over some guy doing mach 2 straight at you
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its happening a little bit with the f15C but nothing on that scale. Again I honestly think its the TCS pod
Its not the TCS, the AWG-9 has had issues since day 1 in-game. The TCS was an issue at one point, but gaijin took the super lazy way out, and instead of properly modelling the TCS and/or giving us a “slave switch” control, they just decoupled it from the radar entirely and called it a day, which makes the TCS and TGP’s significantly worse than they could be in sim, and even RB.
Case in point, the F-14A has the same issues and does not have a TCS.
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I cant say for certain. I ve just noticed it happens on the B more than the A and that every time it happens I see the TCS also move. On top of that, as I have said before it is often that you can be tracking target A on tws and the TCS is locking on someone else. If you try to fire the phoenix, you will see that it is slaved on the TCS instead of the radar. I ll try to get a clip of this to show you what I mean.
There is also a problem with the display in the cockpit that outputs from the TCS.
F-14B in real life would have used a monochrome, low-resolution monitor from the 1970s, but the game uses a full-color monitor for somehow.
Yeah I know that’s RIO’s display(PTID) but, pilot ones(VDI) should look the same.
F-14A is still understandable because they didn’t get it in 1970s.
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BTW, Is there a flight manual for a 1970s F-14A that is not subject to export restrictions, including NATOPS?
When using the AIM-54, the LAU-93 launchers with coolant at Stations 3 and 6 must always be there for cooling AIM-54s, regardless of its loading station but, current F-14A/F-14B doesn’t have loadout limites at the moment.
In other words, the x2 AIM-54 Phoenix & x4 AIM-7 Sparrow loadouts can be “mounted” at each station, but they cannot be used because the AIM-54 cannot be cooled.
I have a 2001 F-14B NATOPS flight manual, but cannot use it as a primary source because it falls under export restrictions. Also, the F-14A 1977 SAC does not mention loadout limitations in detail for somehow.
I have nothing of use to say
I just want real phoenix performance :/
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You’re probably right here
Gaijin gib AIM-54C ECCM/Sealed
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Also F-14D
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also also AIM-7P and AIM-152 :)
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Looks like all of the new fox 3’s got loft improvements or adjustments, AIM-54C got passed over, as usual…
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Max fin AoA = Better G pull right?
both fin AOA and lateral acceleration have an effect
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Yes, but theres kinda more to it than that. Other things that would modify that would be wing area multipliers for example
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Bit of a late reply but not to mention the missile locking on to other missiles.
That’s almost a complete fantasy
You can also lock rockets as well. A phantom when it launches its rockets is basically impossible to lock
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As long as there is speed. I think this change was intend to fix the issue where Aim120 and other ARH with high fin AoA can still maintain level flight when their speed reduces to 500km/h, which is totally unrealistic.
Is it? Skyflash had a min speed of M0.5 at sea level…