DCS: AJS-37 Viggen Discussion

[Nealius]

Question: Anyone having issues with rockets falling short from target? QFE is set for target, coming from dive, tried with target motion disabled/enabled, tried with radar range disabled/enabled. Tried long and short approaches.

 

No dice.

 

I've been having this issue ever since 2.5 released.

[corvinus]

I have no issues with the AKAN, but all my Viggen experience is 2.5.3. Perhaps something did change wrt 1.5, requiring a small adaptation by the user?

[Cruiser18]

Tried out the Instant Action "Rocket Attack" mission last night.

 

Went in with "Anf", set to "Attack", proper QFE set and radar ranged the convoy while running in.

 

The rockets hit right on target and completely trashed the center of the convoy. They seem to be working just fine for me.

[faviou2]

Hi gentlemens good day, im trying to put the viggen on a carrier, i can land perfectly but in mission editor i dont have the option to mae it star from a aircraftcarrier. Anyone knoes ho can i put a viggen starting from the carrier?

Thank you very much for your time an help

[illern]

Hi gentlemens good day, im trying to put the viggen on a carrier, i can land perfectly but in mission editor i dont have the option to mae it star from a aircraftcarrier. Anyone knoes ho can i put a viggen starting from the carrier?

Thank you very much for your time an help

 

 

Duplicate posting and already answered in the other thread

[faviou2]

Your answer did not help and i founded the rigth answer so please dont write a poor answer for the other users and me.

[Zakatak]

Just to clarify, the Viggen does not have any A2A missiles besides the Sidewinder, right?

[TLTeo]

Just to clarify, the Viggen does not have any A2A missiles besides the Sidewinder, right?

 

 

In principle the strike version could also carry the RB-28 (a license built, modified version of the AIM-4 Falcon) but it's not implemented currently and it's very hard to find pictures of actual Viggens carrying it anyway.

[QuiGon]

The RB-05 is also officially designated for A-A use and has a special A-A fusing that can be selcted on the weapon selector.

[Alphazulu]

There are over 400 pages on this thread and a lot of them are from before the plane was even released and are full of guesses so this may be in here but I don't feel like looking through it all.

 

 

 

I'm thinking of getting this for use as a fighter on the Cold War server because I'm sick of fighting pairs of Migs with at least 8 IR missiles between them while I have only 2. Especially since the way the missiles are right now they fire half of them at you head on at the merge even before they have done anything to out fly you.

 

 

 

Now that this Aircraft has been out for some time can some give me a very straight forward and exact answer to this question?

 

 

While carrying the gun-pod and a flare pod, how many A2A missiles can this thing carry and of what variants?

 

 

Thanks,

[viper2097]

If you are searching for an A2A fighter, you are wrong here.

[razo+r]

If you are searching for an A2A fighter, you are wrong here.

 

Not quite. It might not hold up against modern jets, but against older ones you can perfectly fly it as a fighter too.

 

About the question, I'm not sure if you can mix those pods, but even if you can, you then have the option to load either 4 RB-24J or 2 of them and 2 RB-74

[Alphazulu]

Thank you Razo+r. So, are you also saying that you can't carry a gun pod and a flare pod at the same time?

 

 

People are so funny, they can't just answer the question and just always assume they know better. This jet is used very successfully in the fighter role everyday by people flying on the Cold War server.

Edited August 20, 2019 by Alphazulu

[Airhunter]

If you are searching for an A2A fighter, you are wrong here.

 

The Viggen is a pretty capable interceptor. I do fairly well in it in multiplayer against 4th gens. You just have to know how to use it.

 

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[viper2097]

People are so funny, they can't just answer the question and just always assume they know better. This jet is used very successfully in the fighter role everyday by people flying on the Cold War server.

 

As you seem to know your answer, why are you even asking?

 

Even if some people are useing the Viggen as Fighter, it was not designed for that.

Turning to tight and you get compressor stalls. A2A Radar is only very basic and not that easy to use. No IFF. No Gun and no CM without pod.

 

So if you search an A2A fighter, you ARE wrong on the Viggen.

That does not say, that you can't use it for that at all.

Buy the F-5 or Mig21 if you want a cold war fighter.

Viggen is a strike aircraft. Fence in low and sneaky. Blast everything away in one pass. Fence out high and fast. Thats what it was designed for.

Again: use it for other things if you like, but it was not designed for them.

 

Now that this Aircraft has been out for some time can some give me a very straight forward and exact answer to this question?

 

While carrying the gun-pod and a flare pod, how many A2A missiles can this thing carry and of what variants?

 

You can find that out on your own. Even if you not own the module, you can still use it in the Mission Editor.

 

Station 1: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3)

Station 2: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 3: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 5: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 6: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 7: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3)

 

So you could have:

4 to 6 short range IR missiles and additional a gunpod and CM pod.

Not sure if you can mix RB24 and RB74, never tried that.

Edited August 21, 2019 by viper2097

[Airhunter]

You can, RB24J on the outboard pylons and 4x RB74 on the others. You can also mix them with any A2G weaponry/pods.

[Alphazulu]

As you seem to know your answer, why are you even asking?

 

Even if some people are useing the Viggen as Fighter, it was not designed for that.

Turning to tight and you get compressor stalls. A2A Radar is only very basic and not that easy to use. No IFF. No Gun and no CM without pod.

 

So if you search an A2A fighter, you ARE wrong on the Viggen.

That does not say, that you can't use it for that at all.

Buy the F-5 or Mig21 if you want a cold war fighter.

Viggen is a strike aircraft. Fence in low and sneaky. Blast everything away in one pass. Fence out high and fast. Thats what it was designed for.

Again: use it for other things if you like, but it was not designed for them.

 

 

 

You can find that out on your own. Even if you not own the module, you can still use it in the Mission Editor.

 

Station 1: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3)

Station 2: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 3: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 5: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 6: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3), RB74 (Aim-9L), Gun Pod, Dispenser Pod

Station 7: RB24 (Aim-9J), RB24J (Aim-9P3)

 

So you could have:

4 to 6 short range IR missiles and additional a gunpod and CM pod.

Not sure if you can mix RB24 and RB74, never tried that.

 

 

 

 

Haha, how is asking what the possible load outs are, is already knowing the answer? You didn't even try to answer the question. Like so may other people your answer is irrelevant to the question. You tried to change my question from "what are the A2A load outs" to "can you use the Viggen as a fighter" I already have the F5 (which was implied in my post, but you would actually need to read it before responding) and Mig-21! I'll be sure to let the guys that are in the top rankings on the Cold War server that are flying the Viggen that you know better.

 

Stop trying so hard to find a way to be right, it's just sad.

Edited August 24, 2019 by Alphazulu

[Eira]

God. the sidewinders on this thing confuse me to high skys :D

[dimitrischal]

It’s a pretty effective fighter in the Cold War servers. The RB74s are really good and maneuvering with afterburner and a little modesty makes wonders.

Plus you can always carry 2 bk90 or mavericks to blast the heck out of the enemy airfield and then dogfight what’s left. :pilotfly:

[Lenux]

I didn't use this aircraft for a long time

Are there no more cannons, guys ?

[Skyracer]

I didn't use this aircraft for a long time

Are there no more cannons, guys ?

 

Gunpods

[Lenux]

What do you mean, Skyracer?!

[unknown]

What do you mean, Skyracer?!

 

That the Viggen never had internal cannons/guns, only gunpods.

[QuiGon]

That the Viggen never had internal cannons/guns, only gunpods.

The Attack Viggen that is. The Fighter Viggen does have a internal gun, but in DCS we have the Attack Viggen, which has to rely on gunpods if guns are needed.

[Lenux]

About 2 years ago, there were cannons on Viggen