Schmidtfire Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Hi Cobra and others on the LN team! I love your Mig-21bis and fly it a lot! However there is one thing that is still bugging me. Your R-3S missile. It's an old 1960's missile that are great for simulating older conflicts and Vietnam-era engagements. Major differences between LN R-3S and the real Atoll R-3S are: * Won't fly lead pursuit. * Can only be launched under 2G. * Only non-manouvering targets, or targets with very little manouvering. This will be accurate, added challenge and great fun! The GAR-8 (Aim-9B) on the Sabre is roughly a good example of how this missile should behave. The Atoll was a Soviet copy :music_whistling: I don't want this to be a thread about ED missile physics and who is right or wrong. I think that Belsimtek are really close with their GAR-8 and wish that the R-3S would also be what it is, an old missile with low pk. Best regards, Schmidtfire
Nerd1000 Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 Hi Cobra and others on the LN team! I love your Mig-21bis and fly it a lot! However there is one thing that is still bugging me. Your R-3S missile. It's an old 1960's missile that are great for simulating older conflicts and Vietnam-era engagements. Major differences between LN R-3S and the real Atoll R-3S are: * Won't fly lead pursuit. * Can only be launched under 2G. * Only non-manouvering targets, or targets with very little manouvering. This will be accurate, added challenge and great fun! The GAR-8 (Aim-9B) on the Sabre is roughly a good example of how this missile should behave. The Atoll was a Soviet copy :music_whistling: I don't want this to be a thread about ED missile physics and who is right or wrong. I think that Belsimtek are really close with their GAR-8 and wish that the R-3S would also be what it is, an old missile with low pk. Best regards, Schmidtfire Both the GAR-8 and the R-3S used proportional navigation (therefore they should lead the target). The reason for the 'tail pursuit only' requirement is the limitations of their seekers, which are blind to anything cooler than a tailpipe and thus should only lock on from almost directly astern. As it is the R-3S only locks on from behind but can maintain lock if the target turns beam-on to the missile after launch. In that situation the missile should go dumb.
Schmidtfire Posted October 8, 2015 Author Posted October 8, 2015 Nerd1000, thanks for chiming in! "As it is the R-3S only locks on from behind but can maintain lock if the target turns beam-on to the missile after launch. In that situation the missile should go dumb." Spot on! That was exactly what I wanted to convey with "won't fly lead pursuit/non-manouvering targets". The narrow seeker of R-3S needs be pointed more or less towards the tailpipe during the entire engagement. It should loose lock very easy. What is your opinion about the GAR-8, is it a closer match to the real R-3S? In my opinion it is.
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