Range testing of agm84d harpoon

[IDontLikeBigbrother]

I tested harpoon range with three different height profile, it seems that the range of the harpoon is not related to the cruising altitude and air resistance, but rather than a fixed stats.

Here is the test:

3 harpoons, one cruising at 50ft, another at 5000ft, the last one is 35000ft.

The launching f18c is at active pause.

 

(the blue line is altitude, the red line is speed)

First harpoon(50ft):

At the time that yellow line is indicated, the speed of the harpoon started to decrease, which indicated that the harpoon ran out of fuel at this time. And the missile travelled 162km(the f18c is in active pause)

 

Second harpoon(5000ft):

At this time when the missile ran out of fuel and slowed down, the missile travelled 163km. This missile was cruising at 5000ft

 

The third harpoon(35000ft):

This time the harpoon travelled 158km before it ran out of fuel, the missile was flying at 35000ft.

 

So the range of the missile is fixed around 160km, irrelevant with the altitude the missile is cruising at.

The difference is the speed, at 50ft, the missile is cruising around 470kn; at 5000ft, the speed is 480kn; at 35000ft, the speed is around 800kn.

It's a little bit strange for me, because it seems that the missile is managing the fuel consumption to perfectly travel 160km, while other missile, like aim120 or harm, travel different range at different altitude.

I will test the slam if I have time.

 

[LegionCW]

For me, some people are saying the damage of the harpoon got buffed in 2.7 but with the luas locked I can't simply see if they upped the effective warhead size. Shame they haven't even modeled damage over time and % chance to make a ship catch fire to compensate with the mediocre ship damage model. If you have the time and have experience with harpoons pre-2.7, I would find it useful if you did a damage comparison with before and after, and see if popup is doing any more damage than skim, or if the popup makes it more or less vulnerable to CWIS/missile defence.

[El Chapo]

Hello,

Stupid question maybe, but how do you force the Harpoon to fly at 50 ft (LOW is 5000ft)?

Thanks

[Foka]

2 hours ago, El Chapo said:

Hello,

Stupid question maybe, but how do you force the Harpoon to fly at 50 ft (LOW is 5000ft)?

Thanks

When you release Harpoon flying lower that programmed height (for example flying ar 15 000 and program Harpoon for High), then it flies on the deck.