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FoxAlfa

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  1. Are there any plans regrading aim9 snake movement? It is an important ID feature of that missile launch.
  2. https://hushkit.net/2019/08/12/flying-fighting-in-the-mig-29-interview-with-indian-air-force-fulcrum-pilot-air-marshal-harish-masand/ Tell me something I don’t know about the Fulcrum? “Well, in a lighter vein, I can’t do mind reading, particularly from a remote location. What is it that you don’t know but would like to know? Perhaps, you don’t know that, with the reliability and redundancy in almost all systems, the MiG-29 can be recovered with almost any in-flight failure. In all my time with the MiG-29 as a squadron commander and, later, as the base commander, we didn’t lose a single aircraft or pilot.” Indian Air Force ‘Fulcrum’ pilot Air Marshal Harish Masand
  3. Well, R-27R got improved, so I guess that is yes... for the R-27ER and other I guess we will have to wait 8 more years.... just kidding, looks like more good stuff is on the way...
  4. Any plans about adding Aim-120A? I am aware it doesn't bring anything much new... but just because of completion...
  5. Yes, and R-24 was superior to R-23, and R-27 to R-24 etc ... bottom line .... although people like to play my dad is stronger than yours, the point is superiority and inferiority in small margins are called comparative ... and lot of things said here are in small margins .... so, can we give it a rest and get back to topic? Any news on new API / AP / Modeling for A2A missiles?
  6. Not that I have a horse in this race, but Aim-7 was copied into K-25 and tested and found inferior to the R-23 as far as I recall. F-86 and MiG-15 were both based on German Aerodata, not direct copies of each other, and Soviet space program was way ahead of US at that time as far as I recall B-29 and Aim-9 for sure, straight copies... My point of view is both side had advantages and disadvantages during the cold war, but after 90's, US pulled ahead a lot and currently does keep that advantage, but China is gaining and for sure not playing fair.
  7. Any news regarding moving all missiles to the new AP/API/modeling standard?
  8. F-18C <64>Fox SuperCarrier: yes
  9. Not sure where is this going, I was just illustrating a different behavior between 'new API/autopilot' missiles and 'old API/autopilot' missiles... all missiles used to "Jerk" and "twitch" when losing a target and then turning to the initial heading... that got fixed for Aim-7, Aim-120 and I think SD-10 with the new API... and hopeful soon all will be updated
  10. The biggest issue with R-77 and any old Autopilot / API missiles in DCS is 'jolting' when they lose the target even for a second ... with two jolts missiles is basically dead as it can lose 1500kmh in seconds or missiles gets out of gimbal easy ... that will much improve the effective range of R-27 and R-77 once they are moved to new API/autopilot, more than loft ... here is how it looks now in the DCS (Just to clarify, camera is static, it's the missiles that is twitching)
  11. Are you asking about all Air to Air missiles vs DCS or just R-77?
  12. Its not a parachute or losing altitude since of the post impact trajectory. Here we are having a straight flying level cold target. Also, most of the range numbers I saw, give range closer to R-27ER then R-27R....around ~20km in favour of R-77 vs R-27R by manufacturer site... And fuel ratio of 0.27% for R-27R vs ~0.30 for R-77 can't explain this difference... this can only achieve if R-77 is lofting. Again, all this is not direct evidence, but circumstantial evidence, but most of it indicate that R-77 has Loft, then not having loft. Of course, when it comes to circumstantial evidence it is up to ED to make concussions, and it is on us to agree or disagree.
  13. Is this quick missile assembly tool months or years away? I think we all are looking forward on having A to A missile modeling moved to the same standard... lot of this discution is not beneficial till then...
  14. The target seams to be extending after being hit not dropping, but I get what you are saying. It is and always was circumstantial evidence, not direct one
  15. Not completely true, like I wrote based on trajectory of the missile you can tell something about trajectory of the target since they are in direct corelation. So even if the target is higher and in a turn, non lofting missile based on PN will produce single bend. Only if target is maneuvering non-uniformly ... changing direction and alt more violently we would get maneuvering smore-trail with lot more bends than two, and such targets are rare and expensive . And If you want to test the telemetry of the missile, you don't want too complex target movement since it makes Data analysis much more complex. So again, we can conclude that two bend path against non-manuvering or target in turn is a strong indication of loft. PN even against high target will produce a single bend.
  16. Of course, that is why I said non-manuvering, I am assuming ether target drone moving in straight line, or reflector parachute like in most shooting videos. Per example, non-lofing single bend path against I assume standard non-manuvering target: If target were maneuvering hard again the path would be much more complex.
  17. Although, yes, it is firing on the higher target, but it does bend two times. The second bend is indicative of loft profile or at least the missile is trying to get to alt sooner than impact point, since classical PN profile on non-manuviring target would produce only single bend. It's not like Loft profiles are unknown in Soviet missiles
  18. I can't imagine Wingman blasting a Noise jammer close doing wonders for RWR sensitivity, but the initial idea is there, noise jammers having impact on RWR.
  19. Just a follow up question on RWRs, sorry if it is off topic. Shouldn't Noise Jammers also interfere with RWRs, screaming full noise Jammer on must saturate RWRs also and probably mask missile launches or going actives.
  20. Wow, that sounds good! Thank you! It would be nice to hear from others on this forum what they find as priority...
  21. Thank you! In your opinion what are the priorities missile improvement wise?
  22. Are there any plans to add side lobe emitions to active missile heads and generally radars? Currently RWR detect only main lobe emitions making notching exect. Namely as soon as missile drops from rwr it is notched... But in reality RWR should still detect side lobe emitions.
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