AA mission and Magic Missile range

[AstroEma]

Hello there,

 

in the Air-to-Air training mission, the Magic Missile that I fire against the transport airplane detonates in mid air, very short of the target.

Not sure what I am doing wrong?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Cheer

e.

[Azrayen]

Hi

 

Well, as you don't tell us what you're doing, it's a bit hard to answer you...

 

A track or more explanation would be welcome.

 

Regards

[Kusch]

Mayby missile hit flare?

[jojo]

The first thing I can think of is firing too far, and missile self destruction...

 

Flare doesn't detonate Fox 2 missiles.

[AstroEma]

to answer your question, I am just following the training mission and whatever I have been told to do. I am firing at a range of 23 km.

[OziRekt]

There's no way your Magic will fire 23km, how the seeker head would even get a lock at that range is beyond me. Are you sure you aren't talking about the Matra Super 530? That's the radar guided missile.

[Rlaxoxo]

I assume that's the case

 

Super 530 Missile has 55 seconds of lifetime (Enough battery power to sustain it for so long)

If it expires it explodes.

 

If you have a target locked you will see 2 numbers on the bottom of the HUD above the D(Left) and G(Right) which represents time to impact to the target.

 

This shows time before missile will impact the target and you generally want to shoot the missile when you're about 12 - 15 nm MAX or when time is less then 50 seconds initially for a safe kill but you want to generally shoot below 10 NM for an ever bigger chance of kill

 

Only if you and the target are head on each going mach 1 then you stand a chance with fireing the missile > 20 nm

 

Since you're closing towards your target so quickly