100 NM Phoenix Kill

[+Fubar512]

Even my wingman managed to nail a Blinder at over 65 nautical miles. AIM-54Bs had HOJ (home-on-jam) enabled for this video.

 

http://forum.combatace.com/uploads/1219754...43_32287480.wmv

[Stick]

True Ive had my wingman take out a target that Red Crown had identified at 95 nm.(Red Swarm campaign with the C version)

[malibu43]

Do you have your AIM-54 data modified at all or is this straight outta the weps pack? I don't seem to have much luck with AIM-54's...

[Stick]

AIM-54C-2kills, maybe 3, against bombers head on its a turkey shoot.

unmodified.

Edited August 26, 2008 by Stick

[Lt. James Cater]

Wow! That vid was killer.

 

One of these days i'm going to ask about how to record missions like that.

[SandyC]

Beautiful! Amazing to see a kill at that range.

[Silverbolt]

I envy you hehe

[sugarblues]

Nice shootin' Fubar!

 

I think my record is around 75nm while playing the Iran-Iraq campaign. Target was one of Saddam's Tu-16's... Never succeeded in getting my wingies to engage at that range though!

 

SB

[+MigBuster]

Nice shootin' Fubar!

 

I think my record is around 75nm while playing the Iran-Iraq campaign. Target was one of Saddam's Tu-16's... Never succeeded in getting my wingies to engage at that range though!

 

SB

 

Im wondering whether the max visible distance value had to be increased for that?

[+Fubar512]

The Tu-22s were not 'visible". I followed a vector from Red Crown, set my radar for 200 mile range, spotted the bogies at 150-170 nm range, and tracked them to within 100 nm before engaging them.

 

I used the ctrl+R (view current radar target) cheat, to select a target for my wingman, so I could order him to engage. That cheat works whether or not a target is within visual range.

[+FastCargo]

Hey, that's not a cheat...just a really sophisticated IFF function...

 

FastCargo

[Stick]

Indeed when ur staring at a little 15'' screen nothing is a cheat!

[+MigBuster]

The Tu-22s were not 'visible". I followed a vector from Red Crown, set my radar for 200 mile range, spotted the bogies at 150-170 nm range, and tracked them to within 100 nm before engaging them.

 

I used the ctrl+R (view current radar target) cheat, to select a target for my wingman, so I could order him to engage. That cheat works whether or not a target is within visual range.

 

 

my combat tree IFF - been a while since ive flown something with a radar tbh - so long id forgotten that even existed it seems

[Lt. James Cater]

The Tu-22s were not 'visible". I followed a vector from Red Crown, set my radar for 200 mile range, spotted the bogies at 150-170 nm range, and tracked them to within 100 nm before engaging them.

 

I used the ctrl+R (view current radar target) cheat, to select a target for my wingman, so I could order him to engage. That cheat works whether or not a target is within visual range.

 

Oh hell yeah!!!!!!!!!

 

Next time i'm in an F-4 now i know what to do to get my wingman involved easier!

[Rambler 1-1]

every time I take phoenixes on a mission, I find myself against MiGs, not Tu's. Nonetheless, I get steady 75% accuracy from about 70nm.

 

do you have to maintain a lock in the game, or are the phoenixes fire-and-forget like in real life?

[+column5]

do you have to maintain a lock in the game, or are the phoenixes fire-and-forget like in real life?

 

In real life the Phoenix has two or three guidance modes, but in general they are semi-active until the terminal phase, when they switch to an active homing mode.

[Rambler 1-1]

so maintain a lock I shall!