JCamel

Exactly. Not all NATO training results get posted on the net though. In other news, the plane Clint Eastwood stole was used as the basis of the F-22. That must be true now too - it's on the net.

Right, so the internet is a more valid source than an actual pilot. Good one. I never said anywhere that a Typhoon could get close in on them, I said that the F-22 always won BVR but guess what, they still train for VR dogfights anyway. So yes the F-22 can kill it BVR and that is the design intent of the F-22 but in VR dogfights the Typhoon can win some. You mean Rafales. ;)

I can't get them to lock at any size. Has anyone managed to, if so what size works?

Yes but that wasn't my question?

Is it supposed to work?

Straight from a pilot's mouth. I don't know why some people find it so hard to believe that a plane designed for stealth may have some shortcomings due to compromises made in achieving that goal. I suppose if I told you that an F-22 would never win the Red Bull air race that would upset you too?

If you read my posts, you'd see I was actually comparing it to the YF-23. The F-22 beats the Typhoon because it has stealth okay but the YF-23 had a lower RCS and if you research the stats, you'll see it was better by almost every parameter. Loaded weight for both aircraft. I'm not a Typhoon fan for one and is it really so difficult to admit that compromises had to be made when building the F-22 for stealth, like making it larger for internal fuel and weapons stowage. That is not without detriment to weight and performance. I'll agree with that having used both on DCS. I wish the Su-25T had the A-10s avionics package but I also wish the A-10 had the Su-25T's weapons versatility, like SEAD ability and more AT missiles. What's really needed is an armoured Harrier for CAS exerises but that doesn't exist.

The Raptor vs Typhoon dogfights are factually accurate.

Some odd behaviour. Aircraft moving to one side. Bombs seem to blow off course. Is this wind speed? Couldn't find wind speed referenced in the flight manual, so how do you know the wind speed? It references wind a lot but nothing else. Also, I'm trying to get the Shkval to lock onto aircraft hangars, what target size should I be using?

Ah. Well I got the rocket working. I was using combat steering with CCRP delivery to attain an exact line but it tends to level the flight out at 2000m, so is this why the bomb is overshooting all the time?

Is the BetAB-500shp supposed to be rocket assisted, or is that an internet misconception? I dropped it and it was parachuted all the way down. Can targeting pods be auto-slewed to waypoints?

With air-to-air missiles I get the lock audio signal and get successful kills, but I see no evidence of the aiming jumping to the target as it says in the manual???

I've got it but I'm trying to save time. ;) I know what the Mercury and ELINT are for but what is the MPS-410 for?

The system can be told where to look though, by more advanced radar on specialist planes like AWACS or advanced ground radar that can detect stealth. A symbol then appears on the helmet optics and a laser can be used to initiate a track. Naturally, it'll never be used against an F-22 in a real fight anyway. Out-climb it. Don't know where your info. is coming from, the same GE and P&W engines in the selection process were trialed on both aircraft. The YF-23 had a loaded TWR of 1.36 vs about 1.09 for the F-22. It had a lower RCS and a greater range (so much for TV making cruising more efficient), greater acceleration, greater climb rate, less drag, faster supercruise etc. etc. The confusion was that the TV would yield some kind of Harrier-like advantage but it doesn't because it can't actually brake the aircraft, or oppose momentum in a given direction, it can only change the direction the nose is pointing in. It's as useful in a dogfight as keepy-uppy skills in a football (soccer) match.

If it's a A-G radar, it should be able to see through clouds too???

I think a lot of people just expect a missile to hit if it's locked and ready to launch and the target remains illuminated but it is range/altitude specific. Another Question: Do the Shkval and Mercury only have 2 zoom levels, or have I missed something?

Of course I'm talking about visual range engagement when I say dogfight. In medium range engagements, the F-22 locked an AMRAAM before it was even detected. If the F-22 has an external fuel tank, then things change. Those tests were minus the PIRATE system. It all boils down to conventional maneuverability and thrust-to-weight ratio. The F-22's thrust vectoring proved nigh on useless, yet that was the reason it was selected above the YF-23, which was the better aircraft by every other performance parameter, with a thrust-to-weight ratio some 25% better.

I'm going to guess at the Yugoslavia thing. Most of the targets they did get were designated by SF paratroopers.

I noticed that if I fire from ~1000m altitude, the effective range is <7km for a 100% kill ratio. If I fire from ~3000m, the effective range is 9-10km. Don't know if that's how it's meant to be or not, but if you fire from 8+km at 1000m altitude pretty much every missile will fall short and miss.

And still lose to Typhoons in dogfights during NATO training exercises.

The Kh-29L however takes out civilian vehicles. Noice!

This bug needs fixing. These missiles are bloody useless.

That's a long thread.

Here's the track. Some success and some huge misses. Why? Vikhr.trk

Image attached, why is launch not authorised?