the point of reflection is most likely where the axises of rotation intersect as that would produce the most easily controllable system and minimizes the reflector size and therefor over all system size and complexity
in which case as you can see in this image the point of reflection is well outside of the housing, and would have be able to direct past 90 degrees
this is all assuming a simple flat reflector, where with a complex reflector design they could easily direct past 90 degrees
which is not at an equal ‘elevation’ as the outer opaque wall. it is below it.
‘complex’ reflectorswould just end up becoming a lens, convergent or divergent.
it is actually well above it
I have marked the position of the pivot and the edge of the housing, as you can see the pivot is well outside the edge of the housing
additionally as it pivots around the center of that point, and the beam width is likely roughly the size that I marked, there is clearly a capability of aiming past 90 degrees
Isn’t Snell’s Law worth consideration, it would potentially gain a few degrees of play if the dome’s distortion was mapped.
its worth pointing out that i seem to have seen 2 different types of pointers
however, the second one would be limited to 90 degrees merely because the base of the traverse gear does not allow for anything to depress below it.
i cant really understand the first one cuz its a mess
seems like an empty housing to test the traverse
So despite us testing it… you think it’s still over preforming… talk about propaganda warrior.
z-10 was by far the best
Someone flagged this as spam because they’re upset it’s true… really? Like really?
Only top tier ones are really usable :(
Look at Russian ground. Russia has not a single competitive top tier MBT. And their SPAA is average as well. CAS is the only thing that Russia has. And it’s not like other nations don’t have strong CAS as well. You also have many methods of shooting down a helicopter with DIRCM. But since you cannot go up and spawn an actual SPAA, you keep crying for a nerf to the few good things that Russia top tier still offers. In the next update, the Z10 will be another victim of such complaints. It never ends.
Ah yes because Russia suffers…friend let me tell you having the 3rd best tank at top tier the best SAM for years and now the 2nd/3rd best SAM along with the best IFVs for the BR they are at and Kh-38.
But sure why shouldn’t you guys just get one cap or kill and come back in an FnF helicopter and kill half the enemy team. While those SAMs cannot shoot you down…Germanies/Britains and USAs only solution to the Mi-28 spam is to one hope the helicopter gets too close because well Russian players and snipe it with a Stormer or a Flakrad/Adats or shoot it down with a jet. I am enjoying toss bombing Paveway IVs on to the heli pad and farming those Mi-28 players that do not leave the helipad
Every day this game is just another day of the Russian cope simulator.
so yeah ig the IRIS-T SLM can go off itself huh
and what happened to realism? why give fake properties to russian aircraft?
Yes why indeed…Why would a game need to portray Russia as a powerhouse of technology and make NATO look distinctly average. CAMM, IRIS-T all capable of intercepting a tennis ball sized target traveling at mach 1.0…Stationary hovering helicopter…I am defated
it wouldnt protect against any IIR missile, the last modern missile these might work against is r74s/m
aster 30 a missile with 150 kilometers of range and a speed of mach 5 isnt able to reach said speed and goes subsonic at less than half its max range.
I know which is why since they added modern stuff this game has become worse, they have to pander to the idea that well Russian stuff isn’t massively outdated and inferior. They do this by removing the capabilities of NATO stuff. AMRAAM, Brimstone, MICA, Sensor fusion, Thermal optic quality to name a few.
my main annoyance is that it doesnt seem like russian can ever be without a counter to something, like they ALWAYS get an equivalent to whatever new gizmo is added, there was 1 patch between the addition of multi vehicle sams and russia getting a top tier one(despite that being an eccelent time to add older systems) and you sure as hell know that theyre getting kh31 the same patch as the agm88 drops.
Yes and i’m sure there is a reason for that, I can think of many and i’m sure you will agree it has only gotten worse in the last few years…
I think the problem is that the developers simply delayed adding many vehicle variants for a very long time, thereby creating the impression that the USSR had an answer to every situation.
no they just kinda do have an answer for every situation.
Damn so that’s why Red team in Sim battles was completley depopulated untill Su-30SM was added