Pavlin_33

Great insights here. Doesn't the 120 have a range beyond which there's nothing a target can do to outmaneuver it? Sure you can exceed the missile head's gibal limits, or make it impact the ground, but I don't think you can out maneuver/ outrun it no matter what you do. I am guessing here but something like 5-10km.

Are you sure about this? It is my understanding that within NEZ the missile can be defeated only by breaking some other link in the intercept chain, like tracking for example. I would assume that missile would out maneuver the target as it can pull some 4-5 times more G. Maybe SAMs don't have NEZ? Not sure. --- Just checked out a BUK missile and it looks like it can pull around 20G. So I guess it would be possible to outmaneuver.

There is no kinematic miss in a no-escape zone of a missile. Also there is zero modeling of blast fragments which is a big deal. I don't know of any Soviet SAMs scoring a direct kill, like in DCS. It's always some indirect hit.

There is a reason why SAM missiles are like flag poles. How big is their blast radius in DCS?

As long you don't ask 'em to scan a cockpit of a Messerschmidt or a Focke-Wolf, you should be good

My best bet would be reduction of frontal radar cross section. It looks extremely similar what F-16 has.

What I do is: Cut the throttle to idle Pull up to 45 deg Wait for speed to drop below M 0.8 Level off Jettison Continue doing what ever you were doing before

Or in other words: give us money now and we might finish the product in X years or we might not finish it at all. Only time can tell.

If modeled correctly max flight speed for S-8s should be M .8. They risk self firing due to heat effects, otherwise.

+1

Does locking in STT help?

It happened to me with auto-start, so my hypothesis was wrong

Does running auto-start sequence help?

Haven't seen the video, but I would say that angle of attack generates lift.

As per the manual, manual interogation can take up to 4 seconds.