Ayane Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 What i find, really annoying is the MiG-31 endurance, it seems to me with full load out of 4*R33E and 4*R60's, and full fuel capacity, that the range of the aircraft seems to be 50-80nm... after immediate takeoff from the airfield, it seems to engage afterburners straight away until its gets within range of the target to fire its R-33Es.. i think thats the reason it has low endurance, as its engages afterburners for a long amount of time. Does this just happen to me, or have everyone else figured how to make the MiG-31 have a longer flight time.. May i ask what variant is the MiG-31 in Lockon is? From what i know of the MiG-31M "Foxhound-B" it has a range of about 460Nm, with full loads of R-77s and R-37s, with afterburners without external fuel tanks... so i can assume this is one of the earlier models, whereby to maintain long range it needs aerial refueling? If anyone figure out how to make the MiG-31 have a longer range without aerial refuelling give me some tips on how the waypoints are meant to be. As my waypoints seems to be, climb to Altitude of 45,000ft @ speeds of 360mph and maintain cruise speed of 400mph... and with that it can only travel about 70nm before turning back to land... so any tips on how to make it have more range would be appreciated..
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