MiG-29S EOS flying at 4000m not detecting F-15 that's straight hot and very low

[GGTharos]

The shot was not from 35000 though. Basic rules of thumb have you at 1000' above target altitude per nm distance, and as you probably heard in the narration, the eagles were descending.

 

IIRC those shots took place at 15nm or so.

 

Watch this video from 36:50, is very similar to Darkfire shot, the F-15 were at 35,000 feet full military and the MIG-23 at 1,000 feet close to deck, and was a perfect shot! three MIGs down!

[DarkFire]

OK, Test no. 2.

 

For this test I was again attacking a KC-135. I was again at (just above) 10,000m and on this occasion launched at 2,205 Km/h TAS = M2.04. This time the KC-135 was at 6,500m altitude and was proceeding at a leasurly 650 Km/h TAS. The target was directly off my nose and I estimate the vertical angle between my nose and the target at <15 degrees, possibly more like 10 degrees. Launch took placed at just under Rmax which was 55.5 Km.

 

The missile reached a maximum speed of 6,164 Km/h = M4.72. Interestingly unlike the previous test the missile reached a maximum G of no more than -0.5 & +1.2. The missile flew a total of exactly 45 Km and scored a direct hit.

 

Here's the data graph for speed (Km/h, TAS) and altitude vs. distance flown. Again I have no idea what's going on with the X-axis but it should read 0 - 45 Km:

 

 

Here's the graph of missile G vs. distance flown:

 

 

Attached are the xls work sheets exported from Tacview and the ACMI recording.

[JunMcKill]

How you export the telemetry from Tacview? need the pro version?

 

Thanks!

 

OK, Test no. 2.

 

For this test I was again attacking a KC-135. I was again at (just above) 10,000m and on this occasion launched at 2,205 Km/h TAS = M2.04. This time the KC-135 was at 6,500m altitude and was proceeding at a leasurly 650 Km/h TAS. The target was directly off my nose and I estimate the vertical angle between my nose and the target at <15 degrees, possibly more like 10 degrees. Launch took placed at just under Rmax which was 55.5 Km.

 

The missile reached a maximum speed of 6,164 Km/h = M4.72. Interestingly unlike the previous test the missile reached a maximum G of no more than -0.5 & +1.2. The missile flew a total of exactly 45 Km and scored a direct hit.

 

Here's the data graph for speed (Km/h, TAS) and altitude vs. distance flown. Again I have no idea what's going on with the X-axis but it should read 0 - 45 Km:

 

 

Here's the graph of missile G vs. distance flown:

 

 

Attached are the xls work sheets exported from Tacview and the ACMI recording.

[DarkFire]

How you export the telemetry from Tacview? need the pro version?

 

Thanks!

 

In the "Chart" area at the top, next to the chart controls there's an icon that looks like the old Microsoft Excel icon. Click that & you can export the recorded data to a .csv file:

 

 

Looking at the Tacview feature list it's unclear as to which version you need. I'd say that from looking at the different versions you might need at least the "home" version:

 

http://tacview.strasoftware.com/features/comparison/en/

 

Personally I'd always recommend the Pro version. For the amount of use I've had out of Tacview it's been cheap at the price and well worth the investment.

[JunMcKill]

WOW terrific! thanks! ANd yes is for the professional version, I only have 16 days left! :)

 

In the "Chart" area at the top, next to the chart controls there's an icon that looks like the old Microsoft Excel icon. Click that & you can export the recorded data to a .csv file:

 

Looking at the Tacview feature list it's unclear as to which version you need. I'd say that from looking at the different versions you might need at least the "home" version:

 

Personally I'd always recommend the Pro version. For the amount of use I've had out of Tacview it's been cheap at the price and well worth the investment.

Edited July 13, 2016 by JunMcKill