Does that account for the artificial buff that war thunder gives to max rip speeds?
+5% i believe
700 knots before the 1.05x multiplier
the rip speed is 1361kph, which then after removing the 1.05x is 1296.2 kph,
which is practically bang on 700 knots
could be wrong, but with it being such a round number, i’d have my doubts
I guess that makes sense, from a quick search 700 knots appears to be correct
To my knowledge the Lightning was limited to that at low level due to the radar nose-cone being vulerable to damage, however, I also heard the F.6 had an improved nose-cone. I’ll check again to see if thats the case or if I was just misremembering.
I still think the thrust is a bit dodgy. Especially at low and high speeds.
It was vulnerable to bird strikes but proved very stable even at low level.
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Pls be scramjet, please be scramjet…
It would be funny to develop & put into service an air to air scramjet missile before the Americans do
considering the mig 19 can out climb it (wich could have more to do with the mig 19 fm rather than the lightnings) i think another look wouldnt hurt.
i think thats a mig over performing issue bc i have reported a few issues with that myself
The 19 is completely made up in war thunder
For example the MiG-19 in dcs can only sustain 10-12 degrees per second at sea level
Yeah, always knew the fm on it was completely wack. Especially when it can just pull verticals on anything it could see.
But its the complete opposite for the lightning, the thing barely wants to stick at high alt with how sluggish the acceleration is and how high the speed bleed is when making gradual turns.
I’ve been beaten by a MiG-17 that’s with me going to high altitude to go supersonic and BnZ it
No matter how much i extend and tried to turn around it would just reappear in my turn circle
The 19 completely outclasses the Lightning
But that’s not the case irl
This is an issue gaijin has for all low thrust swept wing jets. They don’t know how to model them.
It’s why the A jet sustains 7G and the hunter sustains 8 when irl they sustain 4-5G
As other people have said, the Mig-19s FM in war thunder is basically a mythical UFO that gaijin made up
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The Alpha jet’s FM is also just completely incorrect, in almost every way it overperforms to an insane degree
It should be notable slower than the Hawk, yet ingame its better
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/yHNgYgqSUGGp
They still haven’t addressed your report, overperforming by 100mph is comical
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The alpha jet can very literally go toe to toe with things like the F-18
It just turn infinitely and can basically float
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The only way a F18 could lose is if the F18 is being flown by a chimp.
Genuine skill issue if someone loses to a A-JET
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You’ve just described the average f-18 pilot mate. Gotta remember, the average player is akin to a chimp in skill level.
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He is talking about IRL.
Im not so sure about that.
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