Checkmate Posted August 27, 2023 Posted August 27, 2023 I fire my AIM-120 from my F-15E at the JF-17 at 40NM and the missles goes right through the JF-17 and never detonates or kills the bandit. I've tried this four times always with the same result. Missles goes right through the jet and no kill except I die from his missle. Even though I get shot down my missles has gone active so shouldn't it still hit the JF-17? Tacview-20230827-121018-DCS-Advanced - BVR with AWACS.zip.acmi
Solution Archer.xd Posted August 27, 2023 Solution Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) This isnt related to F-15E. AIM-120 will struggle against maneuvering targets when its relatively slow, usually if below M 1.7-ish. In your tacview file its not going through the target, its clearly missing and thats mostly because it lost lock seconds before predicted impact time and lost a lot of energy when it reacquired. 40nm is a long range shot for a target that can maneuver and will. You can prevent the behaviour by simply firing at closer ranges. Edited August 27, 2023 by Archer.xd typo fix 2
Checkmate Posted August 27, 2023 Author Posted August 27, 2023 Thanks Archer for the info. I was using the first shot to just keep him busy while I came around after the crank, but it always look like it hit him. But now when I go back your right the missle was down to 600knots and passed within 96 ft of the target. It looks like it may have lost lock and was trying to reacquire as you stated. I usually fire the first shot becuase the AI does the same. Next time I will try the second AIM-120 from a lot closer instead of switching to the AIM-9 1
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