Questions 'bout the french plane

[Tableland]

I have been thinking about buying mirage f1 but I have a few questions.

How strong is the radar (Like a comparison with the streagle or viper)

How agile it is (Streagle or viper again)

How strong are the fox 2s on it

 

I thank you in advance.

 

Edit

I tested the magic 2 on the m2000 and it seems quite effective.

I found the radar range is about 30 nm and 25 nm in stt.

The twr is quite good at 0.8 (Viper-1,09, Streagle-1.17, Fishbed-0.6) so I guess I have that done

I really like the M2000C and this aircraft is in the same family with similar cockpit layout and the flight model by many reviews (Steam) seems to be solid but challenging which sounds pretty good.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Tableland

[MAXsenna]

You can't really compare it to those two.
If you're up for a challenge, you'll love it!

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[Loukuins]

On 8/28/2023 at 11:22 PM, Tableland said:

I have been thinking about buying mirage f1 but I have a few questions.

How strong is the radar (Like a comparison with the streagle or viper)

How agile it is (Streagle or viper again)

How strong are the fox 2s on it

 

I thank you in advance.

 

Edit

I tested the magic 2 on the m2000 and it seems quite effective.

I found the radar range is about 30 nm and 25 nm in stt.

The twr is quite good at 0.8 (Viper-1,09, Streagle-1.17, Fishbed-0.6) so I guess I have that done

I really like the M2000C and this aircraft is in the same family with similar cockpit layout and the flight model by many reviews (Steam) seems to be solid but challenging which sounds pretty good.

 

The Mirage F1 is an interceptor with a Radar from the 70s so it's not comparable to the Viper and Strike Eagle, but more to the MiG-21 and such, maybe the MiG-23, it's not agile because it's meant to go fast not be the best at low speed, and the radar you can mostly lock at 15nm max but the radar is not accurate right now sadly

[diego999]

The Mirage F1 is not comparable to the Viper or the Strike Eagle. It's a 70's interceptor, designed to go straight and fast. Not a dogfighter but it can hold its ground against contemporaries as long as you remain fast.

Relative to Fox 2 missiles: Magic 2 and AIM-9JULI are good, Magic 1 and the other Sidewinders range from mediocre to useless.

Fox 1 missiles: 530F is somewhat decent, the others are pretty much dead weight (a lot of weight).

The Mirage 2000 is a capable dogfighter, can maneuver much better and has as great radar and missiles. Being fbw, you can fly it in a careless way without worrying about stalling the engine or frying the avionics. You don't have that luxury in the F1.

Edited September 2, 2023 by diego999

[Tableland]

Thanks lot for the info, it is very useful.

Dunno where I was going with the falcon and streagle there, I guess it's reather reasonable assumption that this french 60-70s interceptor is not exactly like the us 80-90s birds.

[Loukuins]

Also the S530F is pretty good, the R.530 is more realistic to use during 70s missions.
The S530F can go up to 15nm in good conditions, don't under estimate the French Power in those weapons.

[Ian Boys UK]

The R530s are fat and slow BUT are incredibly manouverable and in conjunction with the TEL radar mode (Hud autolock) are a great way to kill a head on target. Not BVR in any sense but useful nonetheless.

[Loukuins]

On 9/14/2023 at 1:42 AM, Ian Boys UK said:

The R530s are fat and slow BUT are incredibly manouverable and in conjunction with the TEL radar mode (Hud autolock) are a great way to kill a head on target. Not BVR in any sense but useful nonetheless.

R.530F and R.530IR are pretty good indeed for the year, but sadly it was known to be very unreliable in real life and it was quickly dropped for mainly R550 IIRC