atazar Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 I was shot down after attacking a Mirage on the flank at 3 miles, with two AIM-9, was avoided without even launching a flare. This is the second time that happens to me. I have been with the Hornet since its launch and the AIM-9 has never failed in this way. I did a visual follow-up with the RADAR turned off until I could attack him clandestinely, but neither of the two missiles hit him.
atazar Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 Maybe 3 miles is excessive, but at the time of the attack I had my target in visual and did not make any maneuvers to evade my attack, simply the missiles failed. The sensor gave tone and enslaved the enemy, I do not understand.
atazar Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 Track-file or Video, or it didnt happen! I tried to take the track but it was not recorded entirely. DCS stopped working three times in one hour.
DeltaMike Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 The f18 can fly at like supernatural angles of attack, sometimes the missiles can't keep up. I notice that with guns, too. Consistently shooting behind. Lead more, wait for a better angle, or use the 9x which has thrust vectoring. You can practically shoot that sucker over your shoulder. Ryzen 5600X (stock), GBX570, 32Gb RAM, AMD 6900XT (reference), G2, WInwing Orion HOTAS, T-flight rudder
Kev2go Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 I was shot down after attacking a Mirage on the flank at 3 miles, with two AIM-9, was avoided without even launching a flare. This is the second time that happens to me. I have been with the Hornet since its launch and the AIM-9 has never failed in this way. I did a visual follow-up with the RADAR turned off until I could attack him clandestinely, but neither of the two missiles hit him. hard to say without a recording, but il take a guess. Did you make sure to uncage sidewinder when you get a good tone? Build: Windows 10 64 bit Pro Case/Tower: Corsair Graphite 760tm ,Asus Strix Z790 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 12700k ,Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 64gb ram (3600 mhz) , (Asus strix oc edition) Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb , Evga g2 850 watt psu, Hardrives ; Samsung 970 EVo, , Samsung evo 860 pro 1 TB SSD, Samsung evo 850 pro 1TB SSD, WD 1TB HDD
atazar Posted January 26, 2019 Author Posted January 26, 2019 Actually I was wondering if anyone had noticed any failure, but the title of the thread changed. Thanks for all the answers. Yes, I've been with the Hornet since its release and I've never had problems with the AIM-9, it's the first time it happens to me and I wanted to find some explanation in case someone had noticed something similar. He was dominating the situation, between the mountains coming out on the flank of an enemy in visual, he did not even do anything to evade them. I had a tone and the sensor enslaved the target, inexplicable. Sorry I can not provide more data, but the server crashed and the track was not saved.
Top Jockey Posted January 26, 2019 Posted January 26, 2019 Actually I was wondering if anyone had noticed any failure, but the title of the thread changed. Thanks for all the answers. Yes, I've been with the Hornet since its release and I've never had problems with the AIM-9, it's the first time it happens to me and I wanted to find some explanation in case someone had noticed something similar. He was dominating the situation, between the mountains coming out on the flank of an enemy in visual, he did not even do anything to evade them. I had a tone and the sensor enslaved the target, inexplicable. Sorry I can not provide more data, but the server crashed and the track was not saved. Hello atazar, "The sensor enslaved the target", is a little vague and prone to confusion. Did you used the uncage function, that allows the AIM-9 Sidewinder seekerhead to self-track the target ? Or did you just point the small circle in the HUD, listened the audio tone and shot ? Jets Helis Maps FC 3 JA 37 Ka-50 Caucasus F-14 A/B MiG-23 Mi-8 MTV2 Nevada F-16 C MiG-29 F/A-18 C Mirage III E MiG-21 bis Mirage 2000 C i7-4790 K , 16 GB DDR3 , GTX 1660 Ti 6GB , Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
atazar Posted January 26, 2019 Author Posted January 26, 2019 Thanks Top Jockey Affirmative, I used the lock / unlock mode as usual until now. The Mirage did not make any maneuvers to force the "G" of the missile and also did not fire flares. Do not worry, I do not intend to lengthen the thread or cause discomfort. They changed the title of the thread, because I assume that I know how to use the AIM-9. Thank you all.
atazar Posted January 26, 2019 Author Posted January 26, 2019 After thinking a lot, the only possible explanation is that the velocity of the mirage was 700 knots at the time of the attack from the flank and the missile did not have enough energy to reach it. At the time of the attack I left a turn and it is possible that it was below 400 knots, almost without power. Although one of the times the Mirage came to me at 12. Thank you all, for my part there are no more doubts.
bonesvf103 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 I've had similar issues with the 9L. I posted about it here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=229274 It just seemed like, for an all aspect missile, that it could not even lock on or hold a track unless it was in the 6:00 lethal cone. Drives me crazy. They didn't used to be that way. v6, boNes "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
atazar Posted January 27, 2019 Author Posted January 27, 2019 I've had similar issues with the 9L. I posted about it here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=229274 It just seemed like, for an all aspect missile, that it could not even lock on or hold a track unless it was in the 6:00 lethal cone. Drives me crazy. They didn't used to be that way. v6, boNes Thank you very much, I thought it was just me ... It's what I was looking for, to know if it happened to more people. In my last video, the 7th minute, I try to block a contact to a mile with the AIM-9X and after a few seconds I have to resign and change the weapon. Patience, maybe I'm too clumsy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBO_7fXjTdQ
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