Dave317 Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 I fired a 530d at a ka50 yesterday that was tracking perfectly. The pilot spotted the missile and stated pumping out flares which caused the missile to miss. As far as I know they are radar guided only so why would they be decoyed by the flares?
T_A Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Well... 1) He may also have used chaff and you cant see. 2) 530D are very poor against helicopter and miss more often than not (use magics or guns vs helis) 3) at the moment , there is a bug with the radar , he cannot spoof your missile or lose the lock in any way, so there was no decoying. IAF.Tomer My Rig: Core i7 6700K + Corsair Hydro H100i GTX Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7,G.Skill 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz Gigabyte GTX 980 OC Samsung 840EVO 250GB + 3xCrucial 275GB in RAID 0 (1500 MB/s) Asus MG279Q | TM Warthog + Saitek Combat Pedals + TrackIR 5 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
joey45 Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 AFAIK you can't load chaff on the KA-50... The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
Voodooflies Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 Well... 1) He may also have used chaff and you cant see. 2) 530D are very poor against helicopter and miss more often than not (use magics or guns vs helis) 3) at the moment , there is a bug with the radar , he cannot spoof your missile or lose the lock in any way, so there was no decoying. There isn't chaff onboard the KA-50. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
T_A Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 No matter, 2 and 3 still apply IAF.Tomer My Rig: Core i7 6700K + Corsair Hydro H100i GTX Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7,G.Skill 32GB DDR4 3000Mhz Gigabyte GTX 980 OC Samsung 840EVO 250GB + 3xCrucial 275GB in RAID 0 (1500 MB/s) Asus MG279Q | TM Warthog + Saitek Combat Pedals + TrackIR 5 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Dave317 Posted August 14, 2016 Author Posted August 14, 2016 It was heading straight for him then as soon as he started pumping flares it diverted off on another course. I had radar lock all the time and didn't loose it. I used a magic straight after which hit.
nomdeplume Posted August 15, 2016 Posted August 15, 2016 There's a discussion here about similar behaviour: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=172310 And the S-530 has had issues with helicopters for a long time with the behaviour you described. Flares would've just been a coincidence.
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