AIM-120 behaviour

Hi,

Look at the attached screenshots. The AIM-120 is still giving a alert even when looking down on a 1vs1 engagement.

I am not a missile specialist, but I would be surprised that the AIM-120 own radar is capable of looking in that direction.

Brgds,

Vincent.

I think all active missiles do this. I had an R-77 on my RWR after I evaded it and I was definitely not within 60 degrees off its nose

thanks, I didn't kow there was a post already.

It's a DCS thing. All radar missiles do that. Hopefully the new API will fix this.

not trying to be snarky, but you do know it takes like 5 seconds for the RWR audio warning to stop after the missile stops tracking, right? Or does the warning persist even beyond that?

Or does the warning persist even beyond that?

it does persist, its a bug.

missiles often see outside of their FOV.

They track, but apparently don't navigate to that track while the lock is outside their FOV ?

Look for an Ironhand post.

In a short time, the AIM-120C has become a slow missile operated by Hornet. But the same missile on the F-16 is lethal. Those of us from the beginning with the F-18 noticed all the changes and nothing goes unnoticed.

If I'm right or wrong, I will never know because I'm just an amateur and I don't know the actual behavior of the missile. But the truth is that its efficiency launched from the Hornet in DCS has decreased significantly.

In a short time, the AIM-120C has become a slow missile operated by Hornet. But the same missile on the F-16 is lethal. Those of us from the beginning with the F-18 noticed all the changes and nothing goes unnoticed.

Try look at the Tacview from 104th server (I know you regularly fly there) and compare.

Most of Viper pilots launching from above Mach 1 with afterburner ON while most of the hornet launching it avg at Mach 0.8. Now guess which one would impact first.

one more thing, the Viper with its massive accel, speed and unrestricted 9G turn arguably has little problem dodging your hornet AMRAAM with its limited 7G unless you press the paddle to override it.

The reason why AIM-120 much more lethal on Viper is because Viper has alot of kinetic energy IMO. It also same for The Eagle.

Try look at the Tacview from 104th server (I know you regularly fly there) and compare.

Most of Viper pilots launching from above Mach 1 with afterburner ON while most of the hornet launching it avg at Mach 0.8. Now guess which one would impact first.

 

one more thing, the Viper with its massive accel, speed and unrestricted 9G turn arguably has little problem dodging your hornet AMRAAM with its limited 7G unless you press the paddle to override it.

This is completely correct, the Viper will launch a 120c faster the then the hornet, however once thing I get frustrated with is altitude, now I've seen it come into play with the shoot queuing systems, but doesn't seem to carry over to the missile.

Coming from BMS I normally will always pitch up before shooting to semi loft. This might be incorrect but it tends to give just that little extra range on the Fox3. This is something I don't see in DCS. As i said this could be wrong but I believe BMS missile are very closely replicated to the real thing, more so then in DCS currently?

In my experience trying to mimic a loft will only hurt your missile. Be fast, be on shoot cue and don't have too much altitude disparity otherwise your slant range is too much regardless of energy advantage or deficit.

Perhaps I am used to the effectiveness of AMRAAM in less agile targets in the past, but I no longer speak of an F-16, but of a CISTERNA aircraft, to which the missiles did not reach 8 MN. Yes, it is true, it was not going too fast, match 0.8 before the attack, but we are talking about a cargo plane.