Napillo

it's not, it is a render, it's the quickest one I could find, I did find some other photos yesterday, as I was looking through a lot, and that led me to do some research to find out what the bomb was called, there are photos that show it is on the airplane, mounted, though not in the air. It can be used as a reference to find those photos, but it is not evidence in itself. that said, they did show it at several air shows as supporting the GB-1 500, and the Block I model was displayed.

here's what it looks like: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Pakistan-Air-Force/JF-17-Thunder/1836751/L?qsp=eJwtjLEKwkAQRH9FttZCBCPptLCwMUV%2BYLkbTDDmjt0Vc4T8u3fRbmbe8GZyYTRM1qYIqknB4jraUmThl1I90xPpE8TnTLfrbl9t2u49ekg%2BaRC7pAw8G87OIRr8f79L%2BWQEdavvUfynEiHNrx2Oufpe48CrBcb9QMvyBdAnMQU%3D That's the bomb near the block 1, so you know what it looks like, and can get relative size. Here it is on an airplane, 11-130 (block 1 made in 2011) - this is just a model it seems, and a rendering, but I have seen this grey looking thing on the JF before, and this shows it more clearly. I was looking through about 1000 photos yesterday, I can't seem to locate the original photos that led me down this path. Basically, you look for the grey tail fins, or the strange looking tip of this. It's just a 500lb laser guided bomb, which we already have, but maybe it flies different, I don't know, and it has a couple tiny wind vanes on it, no idea what those are for, but seems neat. But, doesn't really provide more explosive damage, as far as I know. I do know the GB1 500 can have quite a few different fusing options, cool thing to have the options for. It's similar design to a KAB-500L.

and I wish we had more ammo, or the Gsh-30-2K. And GB1 500 (which I've seen recently some Block 1 aircraft mounted them).

its 'lose' and if the tail is missing, the rwr should be missing too. That's where the ECM is.

ah, I'm assuming that people that want the longer range would fly slower, but maybe people don't think that way.

It seems to overestimate fuel needed, when I fly at 3 or 4 aoa at 26,000ft using about 90% rpm, I can cover about 200nm with dual sfw, tpod, pl-5eii, I takeoff without AB, slow climb of about 6 degrees to altitude at 95% rpm, autopilot nearly always on. I have a loiter time of about 5/10 minutes and a 50nm divert.

I did a quick check, those images are not to scale. I don't have any reason not to believe that it can in fact mount the RA'AD.

yea, the WMD7 specs are low, If it is 320x240 the specs would make sense. Aselsan pod is used on the real JF-17.

they said they're changing the pylons drag, so I'd wait until at least the first release of the updated drag before collecting data.

According to the Chinese export/import agency CATIC, the PL5E has an all-aspect capability with the seeker having a maximum off boresight angle of ±25° before launch, and ±40° after launch. That said, you want it locked if you are right behind the enemy, you unlock it when you aren't sure where the enemy is, or it's a head on / beaming, either way, you listen for the tone. You don't want the seeker to lock on to a flare to the side when you are close and have a radar lock.

since that's 36, it must be the chaff.

I've seen people target things at 40nm away with a lightening pod.

A track will 1. Prove you aren't lying, and 2. Provide a reproduceable bug, which programmers love. Plus, when they get it fixed 3. Provide a test case. If they fix it, the track will show it working.

Loft is not included in range calculations, so if you want to take that max-range shot, loft it up 9+ degrees and it'll be more likely to hit.

set the depression angle lower. Default is 120, but you can set it to 90 or 60 if you want.

9 degrees needed for lofting.

let's be clear here, the reason it can be spotted more easily is because of the smoke, which you can only see WVR anyway. RCS is 25% less than the F-16, so that shouldn't be a problem. I agree though that the smoke is too much, as we've seen in videos of Block 1 and 2 JF-17s flying, there is not as much smoke as in game.

That looks like it's the weight with the mounting bracket included, based on the photos provided.

Shouldn't the SD-10 mass be 180kg? It's 199 in this one.

No, that's not the issue. It was test fired several times, 2019 shows the test fire from the JF-17. It has been test fired since 2007.

there's actually equations you can use to determine the max range a specific target is identifiable / trackable, the 21nm seems to fit, unless there is a 4k sensor in the tpod (there is not) - most likely the targeting pod of the f/a-18 and 16 are not as good in real life as they are in the game.

how about the Takbir? It was test fired in 2019 from a JF-17 similar to LS-6 but smarter.

How do you know it is too little drag and maybe its just too much drag - ie - if the drag of the dual missile rack is what is causing this even when there is no pylon there? So we should get less drag without the rack, but currently we're getting same drag as if we have both?

yea, there's a lot of ways that sensor fusion / aesa could do, if you ever watched that old movie "Contact" the VLA is a real thing, it's a very large array of radio telescopes that when used in concert are able to detect smaller objects. I don't see any reason why missiles small radars couldn't be powered by the plane and offer a VSA (very small array) to also detect smaller objects.

block 3 makes it more integral I believe, and you get the option of hobs, but I don't know if it was ever adopted en-mass. It's definitely an option you (if you are a nation-state actor) could buy.