Northstar98 Posted March 15 Posted March 15 (edited) Hi everyone, The E-2D Hawkeye is defined with the wrong radar which has far less range than it should have (even for the radar being depicted). The E-2D is currently defined with the AN/APS-138 (see line 292). This radar actually belongs to the E-2C Hawkeye Group 0 from the mid 1980s. In DCS this radar is defined with a detection range of 330 km (or ~178 nmi). The radar actually appropriate to the E-2D (which despite the name of the .lua, is what's depicted in DCS) is the AN/APY-9, which has an instrumented range of 350 nmi (or 648.2 km), almost double of what the -138 is currently defined with and very nearly 250 km greater than the maximum detection distance (see line 371 of the first link). IRL, the AN/APS-138 has an instrumented range of 300 nmi (or 555.6 km), so already we're over 200 km short (we're significantly short, even the 250 nmi range for the AN/APS-125). Edited March 15 by Northstar98 1 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
Silver_Dragon Posted March 15 Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Northstar98 said: Hi everyone, The E-2D Hawkeye is defined with the wrong radar which has far less range than it should have (even for the radar being depicted). The E-2D is currently defined with the AN/APS-138 (see line 292). This radar actually belongs to the E-2C Hawkeye Group 0 from the mid 1980s. In DCS this radar is defined with a detection range of 330 km (or ~178 nmi). The radar actually appropriate to the E-2D (which despite the name of the .lua, is what's depicted in DCS) is the AN/APY-9, which has an instrumented range of 350 nmi (or 648.2 km), almost double of what the -138 is currently defined with and very nearly 250 km greater than the maximum detection distance (see line 371 of the first link). IRL, the AN/APS-138 has an instrumented range of 300 nmi (or 555.6 km), so already we're over 200 km short (we're significantly short, even the 250 nmi range for the AN/APS-125). By my data... E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW Man Rating: 0.5/0.5 Damage Value: 38 Size/Signature: Medium/Medium Bombsight: None Counterm: None Inflight Refuel: N Sensors: APY-9 radar, 3rd Gen ES/ELS, Link 11, Link 16, USG-3B CEC, Gen 6 Automatic combat system Throttle Setting/Speed in knots Altitude Cruise Full Mil Reheat Low: 255 325 - Med: 255 325 - High: 255 325 - Ceiling: 10576 m Engine: TP Range: 1400 nmi Int Fuel: 5625 kg Remarks: In Svc: Oct 14 Glass cockpit. Radar can operate in 360° search or 120° extended range modes. Squadrons will have 5 aircraft each. • 2015: NIFC-CA operational using CEC to NIFC-CA Aegis ships with SM6 remote engagement of surface targets. • Jun 20: Planned inflight refuel probe capability operational on 46th aircraft, remainder fitted from 2019. • Mid 21: 48 delivered. VAW-113, VAW-117, VAW-121, VAW-125, VAW-126. Two including VAW-126 have inflight refuelling probes. • 2026: All squadrons to have probe equipped aircraft. APY-9 USA APY-9 (360°) 3D 6 Gen 525 368 263 105 32 -- 360° 2014 (120°) 3D 620 434 310 124 37 120° SS 400 224 128 72 40 360° For Work/Gaming: 28" Philips 246E Monitor - Ryzen 7 1800X - 32 GB DDR4 - nVidia RTX1080 - SSD 860 EVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 2 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Warthog / TPR / MDF
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