Blinky.ben Posted September 2, 2020 Posted September 2, 2020 I have been spending a lot of time in the F-16 lately and I always do a lot of testing with the missiles to get a good understanding on how to employ it best. However in the process I came across the Aim-120C regularly killing target 100s after launch. The purpose of me testing this was to see how far I can kill the target at certain speeds with the 80s battery life that I have been informed the Aim-120C to have. How is the proximity fusing still killing targets 20S after the battery is dead which is a very long time after, Does it rely on it own power source of some kind?F-16 Aim-120C battery life.zip.zip
Harker Posted September 2, 2020 Posted September 2, 2020 I'm totally guessing here, but it's possible that the fuze is powered by a different battery that the seeker and avionics. The better question is how is the missile reaching the target after 80s. Are you launching on non-maneuvering targets? The vCVW-17 is looking for Hornet and Tomcat pilots and RIOs. Join the vCVW-17 Discord. F/A-18C, F-15E, AV-8B, F-16C, JF-17, A-10C/CII, M-2000C, F-14, AH-64D, BS2, UH-1H, P-51D, Sptifire, FC3 - i9-13900K, 64GB @6400MHz RAM, 4090 Strix OC, Samsung 990 Pro
dundun92 Posted September 2, 2020 Posted September 2, 2020 At least looking at the G meter fluctuating in tacview, the missile was still guiding, dunno, maybe its just tacview things. But I wouldnt be surprised if proxy fuzes in DCS werent linked to the battery life. Eagle Enthusiast, Fresco Fan. Patiently waiting for the F-15E. Clicky F-15C when? HP Z400 Workstation Intel Xeon W3680 (i7-980X) OC'd to 4.0 GHz, EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC Gaming, 24 GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD. Thrustmaster T16000M FCS HOTAS, DIY opentrack head-tracking. I upload DCS videos here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-7L3Z5nJ-QUX5M7Dh1pGg
Blinky.ben Posted September 2, 2020 Author Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) At least looking at the G meter fluctuating in tacview, the missile was still guiding, dunno, maybe its just tacview things. But I wouldnt be surprised if proxy fuzes in DCS werent linked to the battery life. I didn’t notice the G’s. I put it down to fuzing wasn’t part of any battery coding also so I would expect all the missiles to do the same. Tried to get a few other missiles to do it but they don’t predict a intercept point good enough to get close to the target after the battery dies. They all just nose over towards to the ground after the battery dies. But I figured the other missiles would probably act in the same manner if they did get close enough. But would like to see it. @harker yeah I make the target fly straight with no evasive Manoeuvre. Then shoot at long ranges to narrow down how far I can get just before the battery runs out. Doesn’t actually help me to get targets obviously cause nothing flies straight but it’s just good to know. Edited September 2, 2020 by Blinky.ben
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