The AIM-9B doesn't suck

Well… Last time I said this I didn’t have any AIM-9b capable plane and nobody listened. However now I do.

I’ve since obtained the SAAB-105G from the Swedish techtree and at 8.3 it’s a pretty comfortable attacker whose only major threats are the ground, a skilled Alpha jet or an AIM-9E from a F-100.
Things said, it can carry up to two RB24s, commonly known as the infamous AIM-9B Sidewinder outside Sweden.

I’ll put it bluntly; it’s not bad… At all. You are
The missile works on dogfights, on ambushes, on bomber-hunting. It has its limits, truly, but the community made it look like a Zuni rocket for the fact it is a rear-aspect. It is not bad, you are wrong. Even on uptiers it works perfectly fine against Lightnings, MiG-19s or J-7s, even maneuvering ones too. The flareless br argument is irrelevant as any Sidewinder will eat them happily.
“But the afterburners?” Good argument: they are a factor, however the missile can also work against CL-13s, G.91s, Hunters, MiG-15s, and so on. The only difficulty it has here are of course the aforementioned planes’ maneuverability, but this too isn’t a much of an issue depending on the dogfight you’re in. You just cannot be at >200 knots and expect the missile to hit a target flying at near mach 2km out. Everything has its limits, and the AIM-9B is good within its own limits.

Before you bring in my kill death ratio, it’s because I’ve been playing as a bomber to get quick silver lions after I misclicked and got myself in near-debt. It’s cowardly but easy cash with some boosters.

Eh they’re ok, nothing great nothing amazing. They’re amazing at 8.3 only issue is when you’re trying to use them on 9.7s/10.0s

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They are fine for what they are, like any missile you have to understand what it’s capable of and launch it under conditions that favor those capabilities. I lot of people just fire when the seeker goes red then wonder why the missile misses.
Hell there are even threads on here claiming the Magic 2 is awful.

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Don’t tell that to Pangolin Fan lol

Sorta, they are solid against clueless players or trying to make people bleed speed. Unfortunately the cons of the Saab 105 and it’s flight performance far out way the benefits of its aim 9b missiles.

It’s part of the reason I doubt we’ll ever see the XT because the flight performance is so atrocious

Ehhh its useful enough. Rather have them than not right? I dont actually have the SAAB 105 only the SK60 but I think its similar isnt it? Flight performance wise I mean

Heavier with no thrust reverse and slightly better engines, dying to a Saab 105 in a gunfight is a skill issue especially with those guns it has.

Imo id rather lose the missiles and it drop to 7.7 or 7.3 it’s like a worse J29A which is already mediocre at 7.7