Tweety777 Posted February 24, 2023 Posted February 24, 2023 Recently some of my probably less well aimed or at too great range fired Sidewinders have once killed me from behind (some 10 secs after firing the missile and seeing it rushing off into the distance, climbing, I went from subsonic speed to afterburner just after launch) and in some other instances I saw the missile just behind me on the F10 map while I maintained altitude and my subsonic speed. Am I using the missile improper or is the missile having problems? In all instances I fired the missile from the HB F14, some (including the suicide) in SP, some in MP. Thanks in advance. AMD Ryzen 5700X3D, RX7900 XTX, 48GB 27" 1440P monitor and Oculus Quest 2. WinWing Orion 2 w/ FA18 throttle, VKB Gladiator EVO w/ F14 grip, Logitech G rudder pedals, TrackIR 5, WinWing MFD (2x), WinWing UFC and Voice Attack. Planes: F14A/B Tomcat, mostly the B, F/A 18 C Hornet, F4E Phantom II, F16 Fighting Falcon Modules/ maps: Super carrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Kola
Flappie Posted February 24, 2023 Posted February 24, 2023 47 minutes ago, Tweety777 said: Am I using the missile improper or is the missile having problems? Please provide a short SP track showing your issue. That's the only way for us to know the cause of the issue. ---
Tweety777 Posted February 25, 2023 Author Posted February 25, 2023 Unfortunately I don't yet have trackfiles of these incidents. I just tried to replicate it but more then just different behaviour under the same circumstances (no target at all in sight or available), one missile went up high whilst the other went pretty much straight ahead. I'll see that I make a trk file soon. AMD Ryzen 5700X3D, RX7900 XTX, 48GB 27" 1440P monitor and Oculus Quest 2. WinWing Orion 2 w/ FA18 throttle, VKB Gladiator EVO w/ F14 grip, Logitech G rudder pedals, TrackIR 5, WinWing MFD (2x), WinWing UFC and Voice Attack. Planes: F14A/B Tomcat, mostly the B, F/A 18 C Hornet, F4E Phantom II, F16 Fighting Falcon Modules/ maps: Super carrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Kola
Solution Tweety777 Posted February 26, 2023 Author Solution Posted February 26, 2023 I've been thinking about the me being shut down shortly after firing the Sidewinder, I think I might have ripped the wings off of the plane rather then passing the missile. Just after turning on the afterburners I pulled the stick back really hard, this is shown on YouTube to be capable of ripping the wings off. The other incidents where I passed the missile the missile was most likely near hitting the ground while I was still up high in the air. The missile simple ran out of speed and was dropping out of the sky. I tried to mark this is solved, hopefully that worked as intended AMD Ryzen 5700X3D, RX7900 XTX, 48GB 27" 1440P monitor and Oculus Quest 2. WinWing Orion 2 w/ FA18 throttle, VKB Gladiator EVO w/ F14 grip, Logitech G rudder pedals, TrackIR 5, WinWing MFD (2x), WinWing UFC and Voice Attack. Planes: F14A/B Tomcat, mostly the B, F/A 18 C Hornet, F4E Phantom II, F16 Fighting Falcon Modules/ maps: Super carrier, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Kola
Storebror Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 I just recently came back to playing DCS and figured that the AIM-9M on VSN AJS-37 outer wing stations perform an instant selfkill by exploding right off the rail. Any other weapon on any other station works fine. Not complaining as the VSN Viggen comes for free, just saying because "AIM-9M selkill" got me here. Cheers! Mike
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