Which is the best im wondering since the F35 has no radar?
The Saab F35 btw
They are all side grades of each other and a radar isn’t something you need on them with their current kit anyways
The J35D is the worst of them tho, no CMs and no rwr
The J35XS and F35 are equal to each other, with the f35 trading some of the missiles for more CMs and a rwr
F35 is a few hundred kg more in weight compared to the XS while only having 2 missiles. Im waiting for some additional info to come up hopefully this weeked so i can bug report its CM’s as it should have over 100.
The best dogfighter for pure gun fights is the J35D as its the lightest of the long tail Drakens. The J35A is a short tail and technically the lightest but of the Longtails the XS is the best for ARB combat as it actually has flares and it doesn’t need to sacrifice half its missiles for the fuel pods.
For pure gunfights it would go
J35D
J35XS
F 35 WDNS
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That doesn’t make sense it should be second lightest since it has no radar and no irst it’s missing most avionics also it carries like 2 missiles max meaning wiring for them is gone
It’s also a strike aircraft that’s designed to carry bombs and the airframe needs to be reinforced accordingly.
It’s both worse than the J35XS in a gunfight, and in an air RB setting.
I don’t think they did as it’s frame looks identical to the XS and as far a I can tell the radar weighs 400kg Or less
Technically yes it is reinforced but as far as gameplay the most noticeable thing is the additional fuel tanks around the engine. Which gave the vehicle a longer flight time for strike operations which even if they are empty still weigh you down, additionally even without a radar @BACKRAGE44428-live the Ferranti LRMTS still weighs the nose down since it needed to be redesigned to hold and use the new systems for strike fighting. Additionally the EMFCD pods still add to its overall weight.
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Here we have the original J35F which could hold those bombs but it would be upgraded to the F 35 WDNS
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To put it simply Backrage, the F 35 is the most skill required Draken to do good with especially given its BR in ground at 10.7, if you want a Draken for dogfighting pickup the J35D or the J35XS. The F 35 will just be more frustrating to play if you’re trying to use it exclusively for air RB or ground. It’s simply not a good vehicle for the game unfortunately, still my favorite Draken but thats just because its Danish lol.
From what I can tell right now ferranti system weighs far less than the radar at 181Kg and there are no extra tanks compared to the J35XS it should roughly be the same weight as the J35XS
J35A - 7490kg
J35D - 7990kg
J35XS - 8140kg
F35 - 8390kg
The F35 is noticeable the worst. Its a straight-up trash FM for the BR with a poor loadout to boot. It should be 10.0 at max.
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Did you just not see the extra internal fuel tanks?
Front of the F 35 has a fuel tank add on and so does the rear compared to the XS.
Again the pylons had to be reinforced the, the aurcraft has more parts on it for the RWR array, the CM’s, the guidance system, the new cockpit avionics, new internal fuel systems again all of this weighs a lot. You cant just turn a fighter into a bomber without changing its insides, it would put excessive wear on a vehicle.
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Trust me i know what im talking about when it comes to this vehicle. Especially since i own every Draken.
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Its alright, i think 10.0 is fair but id like see it get its 9N-2’s
F 35 is just the F 16I of the drakens when it comes to fuel
These from Gszabi BTW?
Who’s Gszabi? I took the values from the WTRTI database
Dataminer who posts all asset and model data including hidden values like weight and such. Answered my question earlier about the new Mossie weights
Btw, the sufa carries way less fuel internally than any other F-16
Does it? Most of the X rays i saw showed it primarily just being made of fuel tanks lol, is it all CFT’s?
The F-16A variants are the ones with higher internal capacity. The F-16D has carries less than the others. The sufa is even less.
The F-16A carries around 3300kg internally. The sufa carries about 1 ton or so less fuel.
Btw this is in-game, IDK if it should be like that.
Where does F35 store its flares and chaff? 24flares / 44chaff against 12 flares on j35xs with the same “visual” 12 “holes/cartridges” on the tail…