The AIM-54 Phoenix missile - Technology, History and Performance

and how do you take into account the resistance? and at different heights you will be different delta V

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Drag Force=cd×(0.7×atmospheric pressure×Mach^2)×Sm
Sm-the area of the missile’s midsection
it is necessary to make a complex calculation.Engine thrust at a certain temperature.What kind of acceleration does it give to take away the resistance

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Ok, i have a question what is the performance of speed of the aim54A and aim54C at:
5000m
7000m
9000m
11000m?

In game? well below what it should be. IRL, Mach 4 and above.

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Man, the NASA made some test with last aim54 on inventory, take some looks of the PDFs on the link aim 54 phoenix nasa pdf - Google Zoeken

Some pdf shows the performance on the test what in game should be near, i made some tests and the maximum speed that it reach is 700m/s,
It should go mach 5 at maximum of maximum

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New Air-Launched Small Missile (ALSM) Flight Testbed for Hypersonic Systems (nasa.gov)

Has the clearest data. Simulation indicated that a no-loft launch at Mach 1.2 45k feet would burn out at about Mach 3.3 with Phoenix’s design weight.

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Imagine if it loft at 20km?, i think once again they will need to change again the aim-54 Ballistic

I don’t think the NASA tests are indicative of the real thing… I think the actual Phoenix used in service had a bit higher performance.

There is a form to take a official document performance graphics in some place? Or is very restricted?

But in the graphic, it shows the Phoenix standard performance, at 13km of high.
Why dont go better?

1 maybe there is a something in the Air drag of the game at high altitude?

2 maybe the drag model of the missile need to change ?

3 the missile does not loft enough?, It does not go to 20km

It is obvious you are not reading the thread at all from this statement. Stop with the distraction.

Those you refer to as scabs are also the ones who helped bug report the Phoenix…

I think it’s best to not give any acknowledgement to the two offenders and set them to an ignore list. They’re being quite distracting and not reading the thread.

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It Will come the smookeless engine for the aim54C? It had some guidance values changed, i dont know if is it good or not

From 2.29.0.111 → 2.30.0.15 changes:

This means Phoenixes should be harder to notch now, right?

probably I assume it might be related to chaff rejection aswell especially the rate limit

This was a change added for basically ever ARH/SARH missile so we don’t really know yet.

The phoenix has a few listed that others didnt get and the others got

“Guidance table heavily adjusted”

While the Phoenix’s did not. Time will tell.