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I think (but could be totally wrong) that Sea Harriers used it while hovering ... hence they were limited to how long they could hover by the amount of water they carried.

Best movie I've seen for a long time GA - very impressive. perhaps I'll buy BS after all. James

Some forms of jammer are EXACTLY like an out-going radar source ... thats how they work! But our Soviet friends developed them ... they must have thought they would work and be worth while! The implementation of some of their technology may suck, but they have some very bright people and good ideas!

Well said Pilotasso! Lets hope BS has fixes this arcady behaviour!

Did you mean semi-active? ;)

So one method homes in on a source of RF energy and the other method homes in on a source of RF energy. Ok ... so why build a completely new seeker for that?

I've got a picture somewhere of the seeker (AGAT 9B-1103M active radar) for the PROPOSED R-27AE ... If there is a specific passive homing version of the R-27 - the P ... then should the vanila version be capable of HOJ?

Yes ... we were passed by many :( Very frustrating, sitting in the car, 2miles from the base hearing the F-15 do its thing ... they really should move it somewhere with decent road access, its too big for the road network at Fairford. The Red Arrows were good ... but there is something about a fast jet using an afterburner that the Hawk just can't match! The F-16 was superb ... flares are just great and this year he poped more than last year! The Swiss F-18 was also good ... plenty of condensation forming when turning hard (Please one for LO!!) Well worth visiting ... perhaps I'll camp there next year!

Outstanding Teka! Really ups the beauty of this sim ... you work is much appreciated. James

The traffic was TERRIBLE! Worse than last year ... 3hrs to go 10 miles! Thunderbirds were good! Most impressed.

I watched one fly years ago at a show ... it may have been the last public display back then - you will not be disappointed! Noise, smoke, fleeing kids ... GREAT!

I'd vote for that ...

Never really used the AIM-7 ... but I recorded lots of tracks showing the 27ER do it! I guess the 7 is modelled the same way.

I assume you mean match just on range ... bigger motor on the 27E compensating for the bigger, draggier missile. I thought it was generally accepted that the 27E out-ranged the 7/120? As soon as you start turning surely the bigger (size and control surfaces) heavier missile would loose entergy faster? Unlike in LO, where the 27 can U-turn and re-attack! Also, I guess the 120 is alot smarter, being 10 years younger and with more advanced ICs, reprogrammable etc.

But Ice, we know a missile fired from 40k' will go much further than one fired from 1k' ... I've seen figures like x3 We know a missile from from an a/c at 150kts will not have as much energy as one fired at 1000kts ... These things are the basics! Regardless of the time period of the sim, this is how missiles work.

The physics isn't classified ... its all public domain! We also have some poorly documented cases to work against and some dubious data from manufacturers etc. We have an understanding of current tactics DESIGNED to use the missiles - so we know what should work. Plus some very smart people ... We could certainly come up with something better than the arcade missile behaviour we have now! I thought 1.02 was significantly more believable than current.

Great movie ... the underlying terrain model is starting to look tired that close - any word on improvements?

I thought what made it worse in the Tomcat was that the engines were widely separated, like the 27.

I remember reading that some F-15s were fitted with rifle scopes to aid long range identification ... honestly! James

And what about the speed of the rotor blades???

I think we discussed this to death before ... WAFM will stop the stupidity of an R-77 from 100' have the same range as an AMRAAM fired from a F-15 at 40k' ... this is arcady. Yep, it would be great to have WAFM AND sensor correct modelling AND counter-measure modelling ... but for me WAFM is the biggy. But its VERY DISAPPOINTING to read that it is being dropped ... again.

In a discussion on this board, a few months ago, Chizh said they were planning on getting WAFM into BS if time etc allowed - does this now mean that isn't the case? Given the loooong time since FC, I was hoping this was going to get in ... great shame - for me A2A is just arcady until they do.

So how does it detect inbound IR missiles (rhetorical question) ... and can we have it modelled in LO please ;)

Haven't played for a while ... but exclusively F-15 online.

Oh really? Thanks for pointing that out GGT!