Vympel R-73 'ARCHER' - History, Design, Performance & Discussion

Updated my bug report about R-73

R-73 autopilot and Thrust vectoring broken // Gaijin.net // Issues

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Do we need 60g?

For accuracy, yes

Should the missile pull more or just a stat card issue? 20gs of extra pull sounds like a lot, a 50% increase seems crazy

It’s 60G when TVC is used, 40G when it runs out of thrust

So what you guys want is not missile changes but statcard changes? Or is TVC not 60G right now?

Wouldn’t that be game breaking? (At least for now)

I think hes saying that it currently is 40g but needs to be 60g while burning.

currently in the TVC can access 40G very quickly and so it does (maneuvers), after burning tvc quickly flushed out of energy during maneuvers.
There should be 60G in the TVC and access it faster and currently it has a max of 40G

Wow why did gaijin butcher the R-73 like this? İs this the Russian bias I heard so much about?

yes, even irrcm in aim9m is better. Currently I would prefer to swap with r73 irccm

R-73 IRCCM is too inconsistent, depends on many factors… While 9M IRCCM works even Vs F-5C, more reliable

side aspect in aim9m doesnt care about flares
side aspect in r73 cares a lot

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You can’t even kill Gripen with R-73 lol, just turn on Auto flare with his 700 flares and he won’t die , but 9M will kill him

TVC and main motor uses separate propellent?

From my experience it seems like you need at least 30-40 flares to flare an AIM-9M and about 20-25 flares for R-73 (Including maneuvers and cutting of afterburner). Anyways both are painful to face in jets that barely have any flares.

Must be using flares incorrectly

What am I supposed to do in a brick such as the F4J? I can’t maneuver to avoid them.

Compression is a btch sadly.

I don’t see why not… try not to let them get into those positions where they have high pK