A brief summery of the planes?

[jdbecks]

Hi all,

 

I am still getting to grips with Lock on, it has quite a steep learning curve, at the moment I fly the F15 or A10 when I want to pound the dirt, just wondering if there is a write up covering the pros and cons of each aircraft? or if not would someone be able to summarise the aircraft up for me please? :joystick:

[czarnyolek]

Yeah, F-15 useless for a-g missions and A-10, not really good for intercepting other plkanes ;)

I think your question have so obvious answers. ED choose selection of planes thata have various purpose and so MiG-29 is a light powerfull interceptor, Su-27 is a air supreamacy fighter, so is F-15, but for the other side. A-10 is for CAS and Su-25 is a old fashion strike jet. Su-25T is Russian kind of A-10. If you want to fly with most realism go for Su-25 or Su-25t as they have, so called, Advanced Flight Physics. All other planes in the game are quite arcadish.

[EtherealN]

Note, this is FC2 specific. Several things would change if we instead talked about the real thing.

 

F-15C:

Pro: AIM-120C. Ability to engage 4 targets simultaneously. AIM-120C. Very good energy fighter. AIM-120C. Lots of fuel. AIM-120C.

Con: Not the best angles fighter. Very easy to lose all energy if not careful with your G's and then hard to re-gain in a close fight. No datalink.

 

Su-27S:

Pro: EOS. R-27ET for the mega-annoying. Good angles fighter. Did I mention I hate R-27ET's? Multirole. (Rudimentary) Datalink.

Con: Lower energy and Thrust/Weight than main opponent. No simultaneous-engagement ability. Only semi-active and IR missiles.

Edited June 12, 2010 by EtherealN

[Exorcet]

I'm not a strike pilot, so I'd best stick to fighters.

 

MiG-29

+

High acceleration and agility, Helmet Mounted Sight, IRST, AWACS data link, ARH missiles (S model only), long range IR missile (S model only), range counter on RWR

-

Very low fuel, low missile capacity, low gun ammo, radar, limited chaff/flare

 

F-15

+

Fastest fighter, a lot of fuel flexibility with drop tanks, ARH, large missile capacity, radar, large amount of gun ammo, cockpit (IMO), large amount of chaff/flare

-

Sluggish with ext tanks, no IRST, AWACS datalink, or HMS/HOBS

 

Su-27

+

Huge internal fuel load, large missile capacity, HMS and AWACS datalink, IRST, long range IR missiles, range counter on RWR, radar is decent

-

No ARH missiles, full fuel load can hurt agility, no multi targeting ability, low gun ammo

[mikoyan]

I'm not a strike pilot, so I'd best stick to fighters.

 

MiG-29

+

High acceleration and agility, Helmet Mounted Sight, IRST, AWACS data link, ARH missiles (S model only), long range IR missile (S model only), range counter on RWR

-

Very low fuel, low missile capacity, low gun ammo, radar, limited chaff/flare

 

F-15

+

Fastest fighter, a lot of fuel flexibility with drop tanks, ARH, large missile capacity, radar, large amount of gun ammo, cockpit (IMO), large amount of chaff/flare

-

Sluggish with ext tanks, no IRST, AWACS datalink, or HMS/HOBS

 

Su-27

+

Huge internal fuel load, large missile capacity, HMS and AWACS datalink, IRST, long range IR missiles, range counter on RWR, radar is decent

-

No ARH missiles, full fuel load can hurt agility, no multi targeting ability, low gun ammo

 

the gun ammo on the russian fighters is low if you want to use it for ground attack, but agains a fighter a short burst is deadly the only problem with the Russian gun is that the airplanes have ramp up effect making a bit difficult to aim, if you look at the eagle it is easier t use the gun because it is more precise.

[59th_Buncsi]

MiG-29

+

High acceleration and agility, Helmet Mounted Sight, IRST, AWACS data link, ARH missiles (S model only), long range IR missile (S model only), range counter on RWR

-

Very low fuel, low missile capacity, low gun ammo, radar, limited chaff/flare

 

 

AWACS Data link is too only for S version.

[59th_Buncsi]

the gun ammo on the russian fighters is low if you want to use it for ground attack, but agains a fighter a short burst is deadly the only problem with the Russian gun is that the airplanes have ramp up effect making a bit difficult to aim, if you look at the eagle it is easier t use the gun because it is more precise.

 

Well im not sure the eagle is more accurate but it has bigger dispersion i think.

[combatace]

Although F-15 has rotating multi-barrel cannon yet it should not have such a big shower. The area is too big probably to counter Russian 30mm cannon. Or else one should expect some showering effect in A-10 too, but thats not present.