Skarp Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Is the Aim54 getting overheated modeled in DCS? Also what happens if it’s overheated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I'm not sure but I don't think there are any effects for overheated Phoenixes modeled in the DCS Tomcat. I have never tested it though and always put the liquid cooling on as required. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle7907 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Well what needs cooling? I’ve always wondered that. I can understand the sidewinders with their seeker, but for the Phoenix it’s radar guided and self guided by radar.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Win 10, AMD FX9590/water cooled, 32GB RAM, 250GB SSD system, 1TB SSD (DCS installed), 2TB HD, Warthog HOTAS, MFG rudders, Track IR 5, LG Ultrawide, Logitech Speakers w/sub, Fans, Case, cell phone, wallet, keys.....printer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Eagle7907 said: Well what needs cooling? I’ve always wondered that. I can understand the sidewinders with their seeker, but for the Phoenix it’s radar guided and self guided by radar. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro A radar is using a lot of energy and hence generating a lot of heating I would assume. Edited January 5, 2021 by QuiGon Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle7907 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I can understand cooling for the radar on the jet, but really? I’m not saying you’re wrong, but judging how wacky the 54s fly and miss.....I don’t know.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Win 10, AMD FX9590/water cooled, 32GB RAM, 250GB SSD system, 1TB SSD (DCS installed), 2TB HD, Warthog HOTAS, MFG rudders, Track IR 5, LG Ultrawide, Logitech Speakers w/sub, Fans, Case, cell phone, wallet, keys.....printer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tau Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Its in the manual, missiles require prep and cooling before they are ready to launch. There are even loadout restrictions (In Real Life, in dcs they are allowed for some reason), like you cant have 54 on rear belly rails if you dont have front 54 loaded, as coolant flows from front to back. Tau's Youtube channel Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/the0tau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naquaii Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, The_Tau said: Its in the manual, missiles require prep and cooling before they are ready to launch. There are even loadout restrictions (In Real Life, in dcs they are allowed for some reason), like you cant have 54 on rear belly rails if you dont have front 54 loaded, as coolant flows from front to back. You can for sure as long as the front pallets are still loaded. Without the front pallets and the coolant fairings you can't have the glove phoenixes either IRL but this is difficult to implement in DCS as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tau Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Ah so u can have 2 54 and 6 Mk 83s on the belly? Sweet Tau's Youtube channel Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/the0tau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naquaii Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, The_Tau said: Ah so u can have 2 54 and 6 Mk 83s on the belly? Sweet Technically yes. The coolant system for the phoenixes are in the fairings in front of the forward pallets. IIRC there was at first another version of those fairings without the coolant systems which made them much smaller, without the bulge. But eventually it was decided that the aerodynamic advantage of the smaller ones for non-phoenix use wasn't enough to warrant keeping them and ofc those pallets weren't really used for A/G stuff until much later on anyway IRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernbear Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Yes these missiles need cooling. Some Hughes engineers decided to test to see what would happen/how it would perform without coolant being given to the missile...and it melted the nose cone off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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