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Ah I see. Thanks. :thumbup:

Much appreciated! Can I just pop a quick question? Why not use the control overlay when making these kinds of videos?

I have a feeling competent, let alone great RIOs, are going to be extremely in demand in the MP scene. Now only if I had the patience and resolve to delve really deep into that AWG9, I could become everyone's best friend ;)

Even the Su27 likes to shake a bit when taken too far. But it's pretty mild compared to the F14.

Almost there boys, we're almost there :)

I know, but it will be modeled at some point after EA, which is good enough for me :)

Nice little overview. Can't wait to actually see Greywolf do his thing, while the pilot does some of that fancy flying s&%#. ;)

Here you go, Magz firing off Phoenix missiles in various modes including TWS. Here is Jabber's three hour long stream where he among other things also fires Phoenix missiles in TWS mode:

I think Cobra's post said it all. I do think though that pre-release purchases without a fixed release date (started by Eagle Dynamics with the Hornet, and continued with the Tomcat by Heatblur) is not the right way to go. While it may be a welcome influx of cash, it tends to result in customer dissatisfaction and rampant speculation when tentative release estimates, estimates NOT dates, are inevitably missed. I myself have not purchased the Tomcat (YET) and will not do so until Heatblur and Eagle Dynamics announces a definite release date, despite it being my dream SIM module. However I understand that many here do not share this position or wish to support the developer in any way they can etc. I hope that both HB and ED take a lesson from this, and from Cobra's post it seems that the point has been taken going forward. With all of that said I think Heatblur have done everything else absolutely right, I would actually appreciate even more content on twitch or youtube to tide us over in these last few weeks before release, and Im pretty sure the majority of DCS users feel the same way.

Yes. The Phoenix is pure SARH when guided with a PD STT lock. From the manual: I do believe though that this can be set-up prior to launch, there is a tidbit in the manual about this but it's not entirely clear.

I find it incredibly ironic that in this thread while a tiny minority have raised some dubious complaints, there is a pretty large majority complaining about the "complainers". I know that this will probably fall on deaf ears but if you have nothing constructive to say perhaps it is wiser to say nothing. :)

Great pic. Makes me long for a Meditarranean map. :thumbup:

Awesome stuff! Thanks again, my obsession is aerial combat especially BVR it's great to know you guys are pushing the boundaries of what is possible in DCS even in this little niche. :thumbup:

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Thanks for the reply Naquaii. It's reassuring to know that you will keep working at it! I was hoping that lofting would also take in other parameters such as altitude separation, but Ill take distance if I can get it! Much better than nothing I guess :thumbup:

Yes his phrasing is a bit ambiguous, but I believe and hope you are right. However my second point I believe stills stands. I doubt Cobra would have promised a solid release window had they known about the new verification process. Wags himself as much as said so that this is something that they have recently implemented based on previous "missteps in the past". We can't really know how the communication process between ED and third party developers is done but from what little tidbits we have seen it looks like it could be improved.

Ok thanks for the reply Jabbs. So there we have it. It looks like the Phoenix/Tomcat combo will definitely not be as potent as it could have been in real life. Thanks Eagle Dynamics :( This begs the question of lofting as well I guess. Please don't tell me the missile will loft every single time, regardless of shooting parameters?

Oh boy. :( Let's hope ED & Heatblur get it fixed before March20th, whatever it is. Cobra is not going to be happy, and honestly I will feel really sorry for Heatblur if they do miss it. They put their heart and soul into developing this module, anyone who's followed the development can attest to this. They will get crucified if the date gets pushed back, and unfairly if I may say so. From reading between the lines Eagle Dynamics seem to have changed the way they do the final testing of RC candidates and recently at that too. ED I hope you take this as constructive criticism, you guys need to change the way you communicate with your 3rd party partners, there is definitely something awry here, as we have seen with the numerous little slips over the last few weeks. For one thing I doubt that Heatblur would have promised a March20th release date as a firm end window if this "verification" process was something they were aware of at the time.

Ggtharos do you have any idea if the Phoenix will continue to guide to the target in the scenario I described above? I mean im DCS, not in real life. You have more knowledge about DCS missiles and radars than most here. Does it depend on Heatblur's implementation of the radar missile interaction or is that something they have no control over?

From the manual: The second blind "spot" of the radar is what near_blind is talking about. In this case the target is moving away directly away from the emitter (us) (+-100knots) but in my scenario the target is attempting to notch the missile coming down on him, if he tried to do a complete 180 degree turn he would exit the "notch" and the missile would pick him up again. In any case it's irrelevant to the scenario I described, but say the target manages to avoid the missile, & manages to turn perfectly away from us, & manages to hit the exact relative 0 (+-100knots) to us speed. (That last part is especially difficult) Since we are now below him, all we have to do is switch the radar to pulse mode and we would pick him up again. :)

Really? Okay :thumbup: Let me explain as simply as possible if not for your benefit, maybe for someone else's: When you go perpendicular to the radar beam looking down at you your closing speed is identical to the closing speed of the ground underneath you. The radar works by working out doppler shift and in this case (since your closing speed is equal to the ground behind you, or 0 as the manual states) it drops all contacts with this doppler shift, which is equal to the grounds own doppler shift. Think of it as "blending" into the ground, though that analogy is a bit flawed. If the radar is looking UP at you, there is no ground return to filter out, the only thing it sees is the target itself. Moving perpendicular to the sky doesn't really affect the radar, the sky does not produce a doppler shifting return in most cases.

Here is a pretty great thread explaining what notching is and why PD radars in look-down mode are susceptible to notching: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=32393 Im not saying it is impossible to notch a PD-radar in look up mode, just that it is extremely hard to do so, in fact I doubt that it is even modeled in DCS.

No it's not. I don't think you understand what entering the notch is. Relative 0 speed. Relative to what? Relative to the ground returns. A pulse doppler radar looking up at the target can be notched in extreme circumstances depending on how the radar is configured but entering the notch usually means entering the same band of frequencies as the ground returns, effectively having the same radar returns as the ground. A radar looking up doesn't have any ground returns to deal with so basically a target would be able to notch it usually only by matching your speed exactly and turning completely in the opposite direction of the radar beam and even then it's very iffy.

I think Jester would be up to the task of keeping one target illuminated, but yeah you would most definitely need another tester to do the notching ;)

It is impossible to notch a radar looking up at a target.