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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It takes the missile 89 seconds to hit something stationary at 40km if that time to hit function is to be believed.
So after 10 seconds it should be at average missile velocity of 350-400 m/s depending on altitude
The source for the graph im using uses data from the game files, you are just making things up.
2 second burn time to mach 2.6
8 second sustain
after 10 seconds it should go down to 350-400 m/s as stated as the average missile speed on the brochure
After the 10 second burn it will reach a delta V of around 741m/s
So ignoring drag and with a launch speed of say 350 m/s (1260 kph) it will reach a speed of 741 + 350 = 1091 m/s at the end of the burn.
Of course this will be lower in reality due to drag, and this is just the max speed, not the average speed.
Hasn’t been mass produced yet or produced at all?
Exactly, if there’s no clear information it shouldn’t be in the game.
The video I linked, also mentioned in your bug report never mentions once the different types of seeker. As part of a modular platform why not include the different types? An entire video dedicated to it.
Your bug report also contradicts itself considering you use the EN version and the RU version to justify your report when its become very clear that they’re very different in terms of information. Which one do you take at face value? The EN one? The RU one? Furthermore in your bug report, the link to the MLE on the EN has been removed, granted that’s because they grouped it somewhere else now.
No one is disputing the existence of the KH-38ML/MLE. However there’s been no evidence again outside of a brochure that the MT/MTE exists.
While looking further into things as well, I came across this
“The rocket family X-38ME is modular. Depending on the intended type of target to the missile can be fitted with various warheads and homing.”
This page was last modified in 2016.
It can also explain what they meant by modular, as towards the bottom it mentions
" * Depending on the task rockets can apply different combat units: on the X-38MAE, X and X-38MLE 38MTE - high-explosive or penetrating, on
- X-38MKE - cassette. Sustainer engine - dual-mode solid fuel."
This could mean they scrapped the entire seeker head being module, kept it to laser only but changed the warhead being HE or AP.
Once again, they can mention the different seeker types all they want, there has been no proof of any of the other KH38M family missiles existing other than the KH-38ML/MLE.
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I have read this mentioned before but what is KH-25MTP?
that is not how an average works
yeah so it should be bug reported, the missile should have much more drag than it has i guess