AndrewDCS2005 Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 When I saw this in game I didn't believe my eyes. Target = Mirage 2000C at ~4000ft altitude, speed ~0.4M, distance between 3000-4000ft, slowly going up. AIM-120C fired and guided to target by its own radar, however missed within 48ft distance from target, at 4800ft altitude and speed 1.66M This was super close, and there is a parallel thread debating whether AIM-120 fuze proximity should be 50ft or less (Aim-120 proximity fuze too low) however what is amazing here is the miss itself. The target wasn't maneuvering with high angular velocities and there was no high aspect ratio - the shot was more or less from behind, with target slowly rolling at low speed. There is yet another parallel thread about defeating AIM-120 by barrel roll at high altitude (AIM-120 can still be defeated by barrel rolls at high altitudes) however the geometry is quite different there. Anyway this was something quite unexpected and hopefully allmighty ED team will a look at this AIM-120C-miss.trk 2
skywalker22 Posted February 13, 2023 Posted February 13, 2023 Missile missed by 3 feet that proximity fuse would go off
AndrewDCS2005 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Posted February 17, 2023 Lets put the fuze/proximity aside for a moment. More important question is why did AIM-120C at 1.7M speed miss a target at 0.4M speed, coming at it from behind and not having to deal with high aspect ratios/high angular velocity/etc. 2
skywalker22 Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 Read more about it here: @BIGNEWYyou can merge threads.
AndrewDCS2005 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Posted February 18, 2023 Thanks I read all threads here in AIM120 - the one above seems to be focused on online/multiplayer sync issues. My case is much simpler - offline single-player against AI bot. There seem to be many issues atm with AIM120 guidance, looking forward for replies from ED
AndrewDCS2005 Posted March 5, 2023 Author Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) Another example of AIM-120C missing within 40ft from the target, which it was tracking from the 1/4th aspect. No track unfortunately (hey ED make tracks record by default for last week, the installation is hundreds of gigabytes, few megs from tracks wont hurt). The more I fire at M2000C and see AIM-120 miss very very closely, the more it looks there is some advantage Mirage has, curious what is it. Looks like missile loses lock just a second before it passes by. Edited March 5, 2023 by AndrewDCS2005
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