CBenson89 Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 I know that’s a silly question but I’ve gotten radar locks before gone to shoot a missile and missiles. Is the only way to use aim 9s by firing with the gunsight? Thanks all!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Doc3908 Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 The F-5E carries IR missiles, so, no, the radar doesn't help with those. The radar is VERY useful however for aiming the guns. 3
TLTeo Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 It's also pretty useful to estimate the distance to the target and know whether you're within missile firing range or not. 2
Northstar98 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 13 hours ago, Doc3908 said: The F-5E carries IR missiles, so, no, the radar doesn't help with those. The radar is VERY useful however for aiming the guns. RADARs can be used to slave IR seekers to targets, just not in the F-5E-3. But yes, in MSL mode, the gunsight will display a range, and give you an in-range cue (which is also repeated on the RADAR). And in the dogfight modes, provides a RADAR computed gunsight which is quite accurate (well, it would be if the guns didn't just spray all over the place). 2 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
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