But thats the point though, Typhoon and Gripen have been the ones shouldering that nerf more than most.
If we are operating on an assumption the F-22 has to be perfectly modeled, then im looking forward to full strenght BOL, TRDs, Britecloud, etc for the Typhoon.
No, but then neither is HMD or Aim-120Ds for the F-22
and if we are going with CAPTOR -M Typhoon vs F-22, then there would obviously be a far higher BR gap
AMK increases AOA, sure, every aircraft in-game is overperforming in that regard bar a few, but a flat increase is a flat increase, regardless of what the start point is. AMK wouldnt decrease the Typhoons AoA
Again, I’m not the one saying it. Go read/watch interview from people who flew these damn planes. As said, one example being CW Lemoine who flew both F-18 and F-16 extensively during his career. He’s quite clear on how the F-18 thrives at low speed and win it against the F-16 there.
Winning against the F-16 and MiG-29 is ‘pretty good’ lol. These are some of the nastiest knife fighters around.
With that said, when people in the F-18 tells you the fight is one-sided against the F-22 even at speed regime where the F-18 thrives, that should tell you a lot about what the F-22 can do.
Which goes back exactly to what I was saying lmfaooo.
The Rafale scored one kill against the F-22 during that training, most likely against a new F-22 pilot or one that didn’t have a good day. This happens all the time in training and you could probably put thousands upon thousands of simulated F-22 kills in the pilot ready rooms. That doesn’t mean the F-22 is inferior in the slightlest and pilots will tell you exactly that.
Point being, the fight is one-sided with two competent pilots in good shape behind the stick.
If it were to come to WT right now it would be functionally identical to that of the GE. Maybe some higher range, as if that matters.
Thus being strictly worse than that of EF’s in all metrics (let alone the su-35 Jr.). And its not getting any better as 4.5gens are continued to be added.
US Aircraft beaten by a non-US aircraft = Inexperienced pilot or pilot having a bad day
US aircraft beats non-US aircraft = US aircraft significantly superior
This happens all the time when you mention a US aircraft being beaten in training by a non-US aircraft. Like the FRS1 beating the F-15A
Why is there always a need to dismiss the potential performance of non-US aircraft and just accept that US aircraft/vehicles/equipment/companies/etc are not always superior in every situation, no matter what