Fonz_408 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 So i was playing around in my F18 with 2 x mig23's and had something happen that i did not think possible, i was at 40,000 the mugs at 15,000 I locked the lead fired a 120c and waited for it to go pitbull i then locked his wing man fired my second 120c no need to wait for pitbull due to the distance then relocked the lead again firing a 2nd 120c at him as this happens his wingman turned back on me at 7nml i changed to Aim9's x and with out unlocking the lead got a IR lock on the wingman and splashed him with my 9x and also splashed the lead with the 2nd 120c i had fired is this normal in the Hornet? Acer Predator 500 Laptop i7 8750 @ 3.9MHz /16GB DD4 / GTX1070 / 256 SSD Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3FtEcJlj_34i3IVqx6pE_w?view_as=subscriber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonz_408 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 P.S as all this was happening i had kept the lock on the lead Mig but still managed to lock the wing with IR Acer Predator 500 Laptop i7 8750 @ 3.9MHz /16GB DD4 / GTX1070 / 256 SSD Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3FtEcJlj_34i3IVqx6pE_w?view_as=subscriber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3WA Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) Well, I don't own the F-18, but I would think it is totally possible. One is radar, and Active at that, the other, AIM-9X, is passive infrared. One is looking through your radar, and the other is looking through the missile infrared seeker head. I guess the question would be, could both be active at once?, and I would think so. Even if you changed your SOI, I don't see why the radar should lose lock. I guess we'll have to wait for an expert to come on to truly answer it, but it's a really interesting question I'd like to hear the answer to as well. Edited November 15, 2018 by 3WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beamscanner Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 sounds pretty normal.. What would be more interesting is tracking both migs simultaneously with separate AIM-9X's. Once you get within range simply double tap the weapons release button. Two missiles, two targets, no close in acquisition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramstein Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I was doing the same, and I decided to change to another A-A missile after already obtaining lock on an enemy. I changed to the other, it was either like the ones you used or reverse.... anyways, it kept lock during change and I fired. I don't remember being able to keep a lock while changing weapons before. I would have to look up the missile info. As far as I knows sparrows, by themselves, have never had this capability. But I never got to work with the 120/x series in real life. I thought TWS hadn't been implemented yet in F/A-18C ? ASUS Strix Z790-H, i9-13900, WartHog HOTAS and MFG Crosswind G.Skill 64 GB Ram, 2TB SSD EVGA Nvidia RTX 2080-TI 55" Sony OLED TV, Oculus VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G510Gamer Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 seems good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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