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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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