Phoenix & Sparrow missile problems

[Tango777]

The bugs reporting sub-forum for Heatblur said that the following is a ED problem:

With the latest DCS update, something with the Phoenix and Sparrow missiles are now very wrong. I have flown several missions and out of 36 Phoenix missiles that I fired, only 1 hit the target - every other Phoenix just continued flying straight and then either turned into the empty sky regardless of the type of lock. Technically one of them turned way off track by turning at least 45 degrees between me and my target which was 12 miles away, and then it downed a friendly that was half that distance away to my 2 o'clock.

The Sparrows just fly straight and don't even turn toward the target regardless of the type of lock. The ranges at time of launching both of these missiles were all between 5 and 20 miles.

Before the latest DCS update, the Phoenix and Sparrow missiles were pretty accurate.

The Sidewinders still work as they always have, so at least they work.

I am running into this problem in the Multi Thread version of DCS, but not the "Normal" version of DCS.

[LOW_Hitman]

I've finished nearly 10 Missions within the last week with the f14. Sometimes the Phoenix hits good, sometimes not. It depands on your speed, altitude and the distance between you and the target. Normaly i fire within 40 miles, altitude between 20.000 and 30.000, nearly mach 1.0

So i have not seen a "global" issue with the phoenix rockets after the last patch

Edited June 8, 2024 by LOW_Hitman

[Pityu]

Yep, 

something is wrong with the MK47A at least, fired several at around 50 miles from target using tws, around 32000 feet at tu-22s and all of them missed. They went vertical after launch, up to 160000 feet and that was it. Multiple replays yielded same outcome.

[PatMcKrotch]

If the phoenix is launched in TWS mode and tomcat loses track while the missile is in the ascent phase, the missile just stays keeps going into space.