did it happen?
no
Did you make a bug report?
even if it did, we dont even get the mk60 motor ingame. only mk47, which is such bullcrap as everybody can obviously see the mk60 would be better for the game as it is. and hell im pretty sure most people run the mk60 in dcs
The MK47 and MK60 were equivalents, their use-cases are not going to benefit the game one way or another. The AIM-54C’s motor is neither and should have reduced smoke.
definetly not though? ingame the mk60 would be plain better
Real life isn’t DCS, the MK60 and MK47 are very similar motors and offer little to no discernible advantages in real life other than having two companies compete to lower risk of cost increases.
From everything ive read, the mk60 has more thrust but less burn time and the mk 47 has opposite. The more thrust for shorter time might be better for close to medium range engagements perhaps; it might get up to speed quicker. This would be helpful as the phoenix is definitely one of the most sluggish missiles in the game off the rails, so that extra immediate boost might help in more scenarios than that of a longer burn time.
In DCS they actually just reworked them to be the exact same
I think you mean in the far past.
The most recent patch on the matter did make the motors have a bit of difference.
It is, of course, not like the original 54 motors which were very different.
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The DCS data is not up to date, the changes made were primarily for gameplay and consistency at the moment and when more information is made available I am sure they will update it once again.
The MK47 and MK60 are very similar though, and the performance difference is negligible. That is beside the fact that the MK60 was produced in very very small quantities and since the Phoenix was never fired in anger by the U.S., it is unlikely any equipped with the MK60 ever saw service. It was an alternate production facility for motors just like they have multiple sources for AIM-120 motors.
Their information for the MK47 Mod 1 is most flawed, as well.
what are you basing this on though?
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