SRAAM were buffed on the Tusk force update iirc. From ~1.5km to 3km max range.
No
Not possible, the missile explodes after 3km of flight time.
True, ~2.5km is the realistic launch range depending on target speed.
and F-104 is even worse.
You kinda need to turn to change direction.
put every rus plane up so, like the 21bis
? What
Interesting you should mention this. While the Tiger II certainly has far better flight dynamics, the MiG-21bis’ has a vast advantage with 6x all aspect IRAAM’s vs. the F-5E’s only two rear-aspect missiles.
Also, the Fishbed’s radar has IFF, which in Sim battles can have quite a significant impact.
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the swiss f5e has tws which is even nicer for sim
…which it should not have: Swiss Tigers were never upgraded with this radar. Only the ex-Swiss Tigers purchased by the USN were upgraded to F-5N standard with the PD radar…
thats not really relevant tho
since they have them in the game
the discussion if its accurate or not is another one
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Missiles do not track how far they’ve travelled… they have a set burn time…
For someone with decent stats you are remarkably ignorant of game mechanics
thats great man were happy to know how you feel 👍
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there’s more to it tho
Burn time + Track time determine when it explodes
most missiles track for Longer than their motors burn, some Explode quicker than that
in addition to that missiles will Behave differently when they Lose lock
those with IOG keep following the direction they thought the target went for some time
those without may keep going straight for a while hoping to lock again and if they don’t they explode
some immediately explode after losing Target lock
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Yeah. SRAAM goes for like, 6s. Launched at 0kph itll go ~3km. Launched at 1200kph it go ~3.5-4km.
I think saying “itll blow up after 3km” is about accurate enough.
The max range is super dependent on target speed though. Assuming 2.5km launch, you wont hit a target moving at 1200, but youll hit them if theyre going 600.
Well, the MiG also vastly out-accelerates any F-5, so I think they could get P-4s if they fix at least the cold engines and get to fixing the overperforming turn rate, which can also send the 5E lower in BR