inaccurate and not planned Single AMRAAM Launchers' back? :-)

[wilbur81]

Is ED bringing back our retro-120-SINGLE-launcher-missle racks? 

Edited June 22, 2024 by wilbur81

[Hulkbust44]

I wish they would tie things like that to realistic skins like the Mirage F1 does with the recon versions.
If using Finnish skins, allow single pylons.

If using a skin for an A model, remove the LEX fences, etc.

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[Exorcet]

On 6/22/2024 at 5:21 PM, Hulkbust44 said:

I wish they would tie things like that to realistic skins like the Mirage F1 does with the recon versions.
If using Finnish skins, allow single pylons.

If using a skin for an A model, remove the LEX fences, etc.

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If they're going to do that I'd prefer a tickbox. It gives more user control and then you don't run into an unexpected limitation when you try to do something that people haven't thought of before (say Finland loans a plane to another nation in your mission, so you'd want Finnish Hornets with a non Finnish livery).

[Foka]

I guess most probable is that it's just an old screenshot

[Tom P]

Agree. Looks much better then the dual rack purposed for a single missile. Canadians are still using the single rack and we have Canadian liveries. But who knows if the team will look at this.

[Megalax]

On 10/27/2024 at 7:16 PM, Tom P said:

Agree. Looks much better then the dual rack purposed for a single missile. Canadians are still using the single rack and we have Canadian liveries. But who knows if the team will look at this.

[SkateZilla]

On 6/22/2024 at 3:53 PM, wilbur81 said:

Is ED bringing back our retro-120-SINGLE-launcher-missle racks? 

 

AIM-120/9 on LAU-115C by itself is not realistic. LAU-115C doesn't have required ADU interface to hook an AIM-120 or AIM-9 to that Launcher directly.

It would be on a LAU-115C+LAU-127x2, if you only want one, it's usually loaded on the outboard rail of the LAU-115C+127x2. 

In addition, The SUU-63 Pylon also does not have the ADU interface required to load the LAU-127A/A directly to it like it does on the SUU-80/Super Hornets.
 

[SkateZilla]

On 10/27/2024 at 6:16 PM, Tom P said:

Agree. Looks much better then the dual rack purposed for a single missile. Canadians are still using the single rack and we have Canadian liveries. But who knows if the team will look at this.

Please provide proof, because I've never seen a Legacy hornet, w/ a single AIM-9/120 Rail on SUU-63x/A,

with the only exception being for the Switzerland, who paid for a low profile pylon similar to the SUU-80 on the super hornet, that has the ADU Interface required to attach an LAU-127E/A or A/A directly to the Pylon, which is mounted on the outboard stations.

Allowing them to deploy units w/ 4x AIM-9s or 2 AIM-9s and 2 AIM-120s etc etc.

Edited November 9, 2024 by SkateZilla

[Tom P]

@SkateZilla Source: Trust me bro I was a Canadian hornet pilot. jk. Looking at it I think it was the CF-118A and their F models. I was probably thinking Switzerland. 

 

[SkateZilla]

3 minutes ago, Tom P said:

@SkateZilla Source: Trust me bro I was a Canadian hornet pilot. jk. Looking at it I think it was the CF-118A and their F models. I was probably thinking Switzerland. 

 

Ok because I have the tech docs for the SUU-63s *( And EVEN SUU-79s)* that pretty much conclude the BRU32/A adapter is not capable of mounting the LAU-127x/A Rails directly.

The SUU-80s on the super hornet's can mount the LAU-127x/A, via the ADU-773 Adapter.
The Swiss Hornets have a low drag A2A Pylon, that looks similar to the SUU-80 w/ designed for AAM, but it's got a different designation, and they are the only one's that have it, as their hornets were configured for 9Gs and A2A Only Primarily.

[Megalax]

17 hours ago, Tom P said:

@SkateZilla Source: Trust me bro I was a Canadian hornet pilot. jk. Looking at it I think it was the CF-118A and their F models. I was probably thinking Switzerland. 

 

F models?

[Megalax]

21 hours ago, SkateZilla said:

Please provide proof, because I've never seen a Legacy hornet, w/ a single AIM-9/120 Rail on SUU-63x/A,

with the only exception being for the Switzerland, who paid for a low profile pylon similar to the SUU-80 on the super hornet, that has the ADU Interface required to attach an LAU-127E/A or A/A directly to the Pylon, which is mounted on the outboard stations.

Allowing them to deploy units w/ 4x AIM-9s or 2 AIM-9s and 2 AIM-120s etc etc.

 

Canada doesn't use any single rails for their 120s. The pic I posted above dates to November 2014. The only single rails they had were for their Sparrows, which they used up until around that same timeframe.

Edited November 10, 2024 by Megalax

[Rissala]

On 6/23/2024 at 12:21 AM, Hulkbust44 said:

If using Finnish skins, allow single pylons.

This is just incorrect

[SkateZilla]

On 6/22/2024 at 5:21 PM, Hulkbust44 said:

I wish they would tie things like that to realistic skins like the Mirage F1 does with the recon versions.
If using Finnish skins, allow single pylons.

If using a skin for an A model, remove the LEX fences, etc.

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Considering Switzerland was the one that paid for the unique low profile A2A ADU773 Equipped, LAU-127 Capable Pylon,... why would it be enabled for Finland?

[Megalax]

While I only searched briefly, I couldn't find any evidence of the contrary.

Even at rest they have the dual launchers: