ngl when you put these 2 missiles next to each other it makes me think Gaijin was onto something
I could live with the low G capability of the stinger quote for balance like the Chaparrel losing its smokeless motor and the SLAMRAAM.
If they would just fix the damn seeker so that it could actually be useful
Mean while Type 91 -10Gs 💀
I would honestly prefer all the manpads get a big buff and uptiered to not face sub sonic jets with dumb ordinance (and especially no ccip) anymore, these make cas pointless around 8.3 to 9.7, radar guided spaag especially with airburst and ahead rounds are way more than enough to counter such cas (Yes i know people hate cas but im being objective here)
gaijin
that isnt the reasoning gajing gave, and there isnt ANYTHING suggesting the stinger maneuvers in two planes,
like how would “2 plane” maneuverability even work on a rolling missile
The biggest thing preventing 2-plane maneuvering is lack of dynamic drag.
It’s coincidentally the same issue surrounding R-77s.
it being an issue with r-77s is dubious. although i think dynamic drag would be a great addition to the game.
A lot of nations would need new 9.x spaa to fill in the gap. Strela is one of the spaa I just gave up on, its no fun being extremely limited in range. Cant shoot down helis, and the closer to 11.0 you get the more aircraft have access to 6-8km fnf agms that you wont be able to contest at all with manpads.
Not to mention if your team has a saclos sam often they will be killing things far sooner than you and you kinda can’t do anything all match.
The thing about the Strela is that it is better than saclos missiles when it comes to shooting down high flying targets within 6km, its contrast seeker means a target against a clear sky cant flare it at all, while even missiles with double fov and flare rejection irccm can be flared, also cant be dodged by simple barrel roll maneuvers like other manpads. Its great at killing cas newbies who get close enough because they are not paying attention, but as you said against skilled pilots with fnf missiles its not very useful compared to a 2s6 or Osa.
Ya I never had a problem with the missile, just getting a lock. Was just to miserable for me to try and spade and I gave up. Not having anything to play it as psuedo light tank like the lav, gepard, or 2s6 also sucks. Its also a mtlb so mobility sucks too. Hated that thing.
This explanation somehow miss the lift generated by missile body…
What exactly constitutes what missile is one plane or two plane?
^ answer?
Gaijin.
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Are the devs still feeling 13Gs or any updates?
theres an accepted bug report for 20-22 but thats 2 years old and probably never going to be fixed
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Oh i see, the Stingers are dogshit by design.
But TY90s get to have 20Gs cuz they are… chinese…
Gaijin loves china just as much as they love russia.
So, Stringer should have a 22-24G overload, there are many bug reports on it with evidence. The most popular one got a response from DEVs that went something like “We’re feeling 13 Gs is ok.”. That was 1? 2? years ago, I don’t see much hope of improving them.
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Yeah, it was this meme-worthy response where they took all the first party reports for NATO MANPADS and said “NUH UHH, Soviet MANPADS couldn’t do that so YOUR’S can’t either.”
Also, I didn’t know Warthunder’s experts were more knowledgeable than the people that made the damn things lmao.