What are you even talking about my dude ? All KH-38M missiles share the same body, hence their modular nature so they all have the same kinematics.
TBF it says “Modular guided missile”
Being modular implies you can swap the seeker head for other variants …
(As there’s only one base module, the only “module” you can change is the seeker head)
The inertial-satellite navigation system is part of the base module, not the seeker head.
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Okay, why continue to only mention ONE missile. The Kh-38MT/MTE is never mentioned. They’ve removed mentions on the MTE from their own website.
Why not showcase the other variants you can switch the seeker to? Why continue to only show the laser guided munition? They’ve been to so many different Expos, but only ever mention the ML and have shown the ML other than one time in 2017 at MAKS.
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1- Seems like it hasn’t been mass produced yet
2- Not all platforms might be able to use it
For example there are two videos posted above that mention only the MLE variant; One is about Ka-52 and the other about Su-57.
This might be due to lack of necessary cooling equipment.
Or perhaps they just mentioned one missile from the family to make the video shorter, while stating that it’s a modular design (I.e. you could put a different seeker head on it).
Now granted, to have it in the game there needs to be proof that various platforms can carry it, and so far I’ve not seen any proof that the Su-30SM can carry it.
You could perhaps say the brochure picture is enough for Su-34 to have it …
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I read this as at .2 KM altitude, the average flight speed is 1260 kph. At 12 KM altitude it’s 1370 kph. If launched at 24 KM altitude, it’d probably burn to mach 2.6 then slow down to 1370 kph at 12km and 1260 kph at .2km
The brochure has the same speeds listed
400m/s is 1440 kph
350m/s is 1260 kph
Do you know what average speed is?
It takes the missile around 70 seconds to reach 30km, which puts the average speed to about 1540km/h, that is when using your launch parameters.
It should be between 350m/s (1260kph) to 400m/s 1440kph
I ask again. Do you know what average speed is and that average speed depends on maximum launch range?
At 12000M launched at 450ms from the plane
the average speed of the missile is 400ms
There should be a maximum missile release speed of mach 1.3 for all planes too
Don’t you think it’s odd that the missile only loses 50m/s of average speed when launched at only 200m of altitude at almost a standstill vs at 450m/s at 12000m of altitude ?
No, air resistance. That’s why it takes 1000hp to reach 250mph in a car vs 500hp to reach 200mph
At 12000M launched at 450ms from the plane
the average speed of the missile is 400ms
The average speed in game with those parameters is 800 m/s…
(At max range of 40km its 749 m/s)
Yes, air at 12000m is much thinner than at 200m + the difference in launch speeds is more than 400m/s lol.
Right so it’s at it’s maximum speed when at altitude and air resistance slows it down as it gets lower in altitude
You’re still using 20km of range…
Yet here you are after over 400 posts, if you opposed CAS then you would be against it (or not care about this thread at all). Man, you are a walking contradiction.
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The kh38 has a burn time of 2 seconds, I don’t think that graph has an input for booster time and speed.
Lets say for instance the plane shoots the missile at the plane’s speed of 450M/S, it burns for 2 seconds to mach 2.6, then slows down to 350-400m/s. 400m/s to 350m/s graphed out from 12km to .2km
basically a linear graph. at 6km it should be at 375m/s
2-second boost followed by an 8-second sustainer.
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