Damage model changed?

Hey there!

Yesterday night, during a mission, I took 3 SA-18, in rapid sequence and, except some cosmetic damage on the left wing, there was no consequence at all.

Usually, just one SA-18 was enough to have systems fail, so I'm wondering: is this working as intended? Have something been changed in the last update? Have the Hornet become almost immortal like the Falcon?

Before you ask, btw, I have no track of it, only the tacview recording.

Online yesterday, all 5 F-18s I saw hit by Strela/Tor/SA10 were turned to wingless tube in one hit, as normal.

Maybe you are just unusually lucky, or only one hit. They do miss a lot.

I'm happy your survived a missile hit, I hope to one day.

Have the Hornet become almost immortal like the Falcon?

Really.....Viper is immortal ? Lol

I don't know what DCS version you're playing but call me unlucky one because everytime I got hit both in Hornet and Viper it was like 99% instant death. Since this this lockdown I've been playing DCS everyday (MP only).

Really.....Viper is immortal ? Lol

It was a hyperbole, of course, but it's a well known fact that, when it came out, the Falcon didn't have a damage model and, if I'm not mistaken, even today it's not complete yet (IIRC, Wags mentioned they're working on it in the last Viper update).

That said, I must have been very lucky because, at least watching the tacview track, all three missiles hit me and I got away with barely a scratch. Since, as I said and you're confirming, usually just 1 SA-18 is enough to squash a Bug, I was wondering if that was a (software) bug, or just a stroke of luck. Looks like it's the latter, I'll keep trying to avoid missiles, then!

EDIT: DCS version is last available OB (March 31st 2020).

Couple of days ago i was ground pounding with the Hornet and came under AAA fire. I killed a few ground units and was glad to get away without any hits by enemy AA as there were all systems operational and nothing was damaged. I thought. A few miles away from the target i saw my fuel running as if i had fuel dump activated. I switched to the fuel DDI page and checked F2 and realised these Shilkas had perforated my internal fuel tanks as there were bullet holes splattered all over the aircraft. Haven't experienced this before so i guess the damage model has been improved. At least a little bit.

Actually, VpR81, that already happened to me a long time ago (say, beginning of 2019, more or less), I think it was already in there.

F18 has been the most fragile EA aircraft I have experienced so far, looking forward to seeing a proper model for it :)