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These sources are all referring to early prototype builds. The rear facing radars were all planned at some point but AFAIK they never really got anywhere and aren't implemented on any operational Russian fighters. I can't remember where I read this but the idea itself doesn't make a whole lot of sense as such a radar would only have a short range and now with the MSA/ESA hybrid IRBIS-E and other passive systems you're already getting very high off-boresight figures/detection ranges.

That is actually a wide spread myth. The Su-37 early prototype had one but the Su-27K, Su-34/35 do not have a rear facing radar. In the Su-34 for example the tail boom houses an EW suite.

Yea but not in a way that makes them tougher than they should be, quite the opposite...

The amount of times I hit a mirage in the face with an AMRAAM and it just keeps flying and continues to shoot me with a Magic which insta kills me are hilarious, you cannot deny that there is something very off about the damage model. Sometimes one AMRAAM will make the kill, sure, but very often it doesn't. This is even more apparent with SRMs, you'll almost never kill it with one AIM-9 where as in a F-15 or Su-27 you explode to pieces. It amazes me that RAZBAM doesn't prioritize this bug, or even comments on it for a start. Only thing I've heard is that the damage model is apparently finished...

New limiter works perfect for me, I did not manage to rip my wings at all. It doesn't let you pull enough Gs unless you use the relax or S button :thumbup:

That's why I said SPJ (self protection jammer) :smilewink: But still, even a dedicated EW aircraft doesn't have to use noise jamming, in fact it's pretty unlikely that they would against MSA antennas like the RDI. HOJ wouldn't work against deceptive ECM, at least not when it's done right.

It wouldn't work like that in RL. HOJ is only really possible in DCS because we have very poor jammers modeled. They are pretty much non-directive noise jammers in barrage mode. They jam all the time not really directed against any specific target. A realistically modeled jammer would stop jamming once the emitter it's trying to jam (the RDI in this case) ceases to emit. A receive only mode isn't really feasible with a SPJ in RL, they never jam offensively, only in reaction to a threat.

The AOA limiter in the MiG-29 can be overwritten by applying a certain amount of pressure to the stick.

Yes, but ESA ECM systems usually work on a pulse-to-pulse basis. So it wouldn't have to split any power, really. It just needs appropriate processing power. Or an AESA system like the L005 could alternatively create multiple beams, which would slightly increase burn-through range but not by much. I was actually more talking about jamming missiles rather than radar, as an AIM-120 will not burn through the L005 at any range.

Sharing the same signal processor means that the signals to be processed are the same, doesn't it?

The target return is rarely the first thing to be received by the radar. Plus this would obviously only let you detect one target at a time. A similar technique is used in STT though, especially for ECCM.

Next thing I can think of would be pulse-pair-processing where the radar will look at changes in the return phase. Moving targets will have alternating phases, stationary won't and will thus be filtered out. But this will only work with newer radar types and probably isn't implemented in the RP-22.

Older radars often stored received returns, phase shifted them 180° and integrated them into the returns of the next antenna sweep. Destructive interference will then cancel out stationary targets. I don't know if this is the technique used by the RP-22, but it's very likely.

Yes, it's a monopulse without doppler. It has an MTI filter against ground and cloud clutter though. It still shouldn't be able to track targets close to the ground at all. Having a CW radar in an aircraft doesn't make much sense as it doesn't give target range. Some radars are capable of using sub-modes that employ CW for missile guidance. Continuous wave isn't immune to jamming, in fact it's probably the easiest to jam. All you need is a jammer that injects a false doppler shift into the return and velocity readings will be off. A FMCW (Frequency modulated continuous wave) radar is much harder to jam as they hop frequency to get target range as well as velocity (e.g. Clam Shell).

All sources that I've seen mention search, lock and launch cues, with exactly the same frequency (the audios frequency that is) as in the Sim.

Not that I know of, it's just something I've experienced while flying. Maybe the manual explains that somewhere.

Lethernecks missiles self destruct when they go below a certain speed. So you're probably firing them from too far out.

I think having Su-33s, MiG-29s and M-2000s in the tournament is a bad idea. The two former ones have SFMs and a bad damage model and the latter has a badly tuned flight/damage model. Sticking with F-15s and Su-27s is probably the best idea.

The 9.12A, which is the MiG-29 for Warsaw pact nations, is the export model 9.12. This is the MiG-29 your source (http://www.migavia.ru/index.php/en/production/the-mig-29-fighters-family/mig-29-mig-29ub-mig-29se?limit=1&start=1) provides information on. It doesn't at all address the 9.12s loadout capabilities. MiG-29SE is also an export version and, by the way, carries the N019ME radar. I'm not saying it had capabilities that later versions didn't, your source just only covers export version... It would, but it's probably not officially supported in the software or something. MiG is just a company, and if they can sell you a new version of the 29 for firing new missiles they'll happily do so. This is for export MiG-29 (9.12A). The 9.12 always had that capability.

Your quote doesn't mention the MiG-29A, it only addresses export versions. It never states anything about the 9.12 capabilities, only the 9.12A (which, again, is the export version). The 9.12 was never produced for export, it only served in the Russian air force. All MiG-29s sold for export were always downgraded versions.

Because it's the export version, not the one in service with the Russian air force. They didn't sell the stock MiG-29A, they downgraded it for export...

It is, even if they don't have the proper DLZ stored in the software (it's not like you couldn't change that with one simple update). From what I know the MiG-29A could carry and launch R-27ER/Ts, they were just never delivered to countries (other than Russia) using the MiG-29A, like east Germany.

Right, my bad.

Different sounds? Are you sure on that? From what I've read the simulation of the SPO-15 we have is pretty accurate sound wise. As in sounds for search, lock and launch. Haven't heard of different sounds for specific emitter types.

Didn't work since they integrated the new cockpit model. Likely to be added once ED revisits the 29 for the flight model.