Pretty sim is pretty:
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I can’t be slacking on the job as Mudspike’s resident balalaika rider.
Do not worry, Sergei. Will not lose loving feeling.
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@schurem they gave her a vapor cone when she goes supersonic as well 
and some typical RD-33 flames on start-up. Looking pretty decent.
I did some more weapons testing. This time I rolled out the F-15C and put some sparrows on her. like the AMRAAM, the sparrows also had some updates to its FM and guidance logic. Her guidance logic now supports English bias, which is how she handles steering errors on launch. I’ve put that to the test. I did had to turn off chaff dispension for my target, though. The sparrow really loves eating chaff.
It sure feels weird to FOX-1 with that much angle.
The trajectory is looking pretty good for both the loft and the angle fix. The missile pulls about 15g shortly after leaving the rail and then continues the loft at a fairly relaxed 3 - 4.5g. Although it spends quite some energy in that early correction, I also imagine it’s important for a SARH to produce LOS on the reflection as quickly as possible.
A near-miss despite the difficult launch conditions. Like with the AMRAAM, it sometimes feels like the missile has a little to much slack at times in the terminal stages.
He wasn’t so lucky for the follow-up shot.
Although I haven’t run any math or statistics for the new FM/logic updates, they sure do feel like a big step in the right direction.
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Proximity-fuses. Some day.
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That first skin reminds me of:
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@Franze gets ready to go:
Tally home fleet on A/G radar (look for tiny light marks):
Designation is ~0.5nm off TACAN location:
@Franze gets launched:
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The Jug was always my favorite warbird and it’s a childhood dream realized to experience it! Finally having a PC that does this game justice doesn’t hurt either 
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This is something worthy of discussion. I think the proxy fuses are already in, and they have been so for a long time. I was lucky enough to capture a demonstration while I was doing more slammer testing just now. This was another night mission, so I pumped up the gamma so things can clearly be seen.
This missile was fired at ~42nm and already slowing down (M1.8). The missile is about to pass in front and on the port side of the target.
The missile still managed to detonate some distance away from the target, heavily damaging the nose and vertical stabs while ripping the flaps and ailerons off completely.
The tacview may give a better picture of where the proximity detonation took place. I believe I have captured the right spot as is this is the spot AIM-120 telemetry is lost while debris is being generated.
With all that said, it sure does feel proximity fuse simulation is not perfect. Rather than simulating closely how a proximity fuse actually works, it seems that proximity fuse works by ranging to an arbitrary point on the target. Some speculate its the XYZ model zero of the plane, and some argue it might be the pilot position. In either case, this does introduce some drawbacks. It works progressively worse the larger the target is, and it favors certain encounters (such as a head-on pass if it really is the pilot) over others for arbitrary reasons. This might be why this AIM-120 went boom and the AIM-7 in my other post, which passed behind the target, did not.
I do hope they will receive some improvements, especially since ED is now doing the work to improve missiles, but they are already functional.
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Not exactly, it has it’s own share of processes and checks. You can check youtube for some video’s if you care enough about the process 
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They are in singleplayer, it’s just in multiplayer they’re wonky. Also, missiles tend to target pilots rather than aircraft.
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And I can’t update DCS because servers are hammered…
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had that issue, got it completed, launched and then realized I need to reinstall the Beta instead…
Humph…after working with fighter pilots I can understand that inclination 
…dang, that was out loud again 
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Don’t forget latency factor when talking about mach-speed merges!
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Exactly. I think this is why we see all those clips on youtube and hoggit of missiles passing mere inches past a target.
I didn’t know that 
ED’s tactic of using ego-seeking missiles instead of heat or radar has finally been exposed.
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