Are Proximity Fuses of Missiles Modelled in Lock On?

[GE_22]

Are they modelled, especially in the case of air-to-air missiles?

 

If yes, are there any diagrams illustrating the 3D zones of activation of the fuse?

Edited November 19, 2011 by GE_22

[Griffin]

Yes they are simulated in FC2. I don't know if there is any hitbox info.

[GE_22]

Ah, thanks.

[GGTharos]

They are modeled as a simple distance from the missile. Non particularly shaped ob

Jects or anything.

[GE_22]

If so, it seems - this may be too simplistic a deduction - that the missile will never be able to achieve a direct hit on its target and detonate upon contact, because the preximity fuse, with a uniform sensitivity distance in all directions, will always detonate the missile when it is still, for example, 5 meters away from the target.

 

Or perhaps there are other factors that, together with distance, decide whether the missile will explode.

[GGTharos]

The missile might travel quite far inside a single simulation tick, so it can get very close in some cases.

Also, this distance is calculated from a certain point on the aircraft, so it isn't a collision model IIRC - it means the missile will be closer to the 3D model when it detonates in some cases.

[GE_22]

That sounds reasonable. :)