Yes that is true, however at medium ranges it is very very strong do to its acceleration, also the Su-30 is a decent launch platform.
I did and I found out I was right to the extent that it keeps its maneuverability at longer ranges. I was wrong on that part however it does at medium ranges (aka ranges where it still can use its high thrust from the beginning.)
Also idk how this is funny? I was incorrect but I corrected my mistake. Being wrong/misinformed does not seem very humorous but instead it sounds like a normal human thing to do.
it doesn’t have a sustainer
It is not
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Yep sorry that one’s on me. I corrected it to ranges where its original high thrust can be used. Thanks for catching that 👍
It is not as it’s really slow so it’ll reach altitude after others with less speed.
It has awful drag so against any notching enemy it’s still worse than AIM-120.
I mean the ability to carry 12 missiles with 6(i’m not 100 percent sure but I think 6) ARHs is very very good. Even though it isn’t as fast as a F-15E it’s ability to maneuver better than most if not all aircraft and it has the best dogfighting missile. This makes the platform very strong.
It turns worse than a Su-33
I agree with that however at medium ranges it is able to neglect a lot of effectiveness of notching. If that does work they have another 11 missiles to deal with while having there back/ side turned to you
For 1 turn. After one or 2 turns the su-33 turns into a flying pig. The TV on the Su-30 allows it to stay in the fight and kill people more reliably in one turn.
It makes it a great multi role tho
The same applies to any flanker platform, guess what platform the Su-30 is based off
A gimmick that’s more deadly than useful
I mean it really should just be classified as an Anti tank atp. It’s way better at that than killing jets. My things is that when I bring out a spaa I want it to be able to kill jets not tanks.
Also it’ll hopefully be final as to intercept munitions becuase of the new mechanic
It’s based off the flanker platform however with the new maneuver mode and the R-73 it makes it much more dangerous.
It allows it to gain nose Authority which allows it to use its munitions to there full potential.
It bleeds more speed than usual because high AoA turns you into an ever bigger airbrake
Preflaring can literally defeat the 1 turn advantage it barely has
Not at very close ranges, If you get a radar lock and the missile gains a lock while salved no amount of flares will help you within .7km side aspect
Which is what you want in a off boresight dogfighr
Radar slaving doesn’t mean it’s immune to flares, also it’s a circle flight your 0.7km is actually bigger because guess what? missiles needs to turn
Yeah and it also puts you in a really low energy state that gives the enemy an advantage
Never said it did. However the irccm locks onto the aircraft and the aircraft takes up the entire seeker not allowing it to see flares at that range.
Super easy for a thrust vectoring missile
Or it allows you to kill them without them having any chance to kill you.