Has anyone else noticed this?

[Tenom1 0]

Is this data accurate? USAF explosives are less than half their USN counterparts and have worse maneuverability and G launch load. It seems it isn't until the introduction AIM-9N (fairly late in my campaign) that the USAF gets a IRM that can match even the USN's early AIM-D. Was this the case in real life as well? I'm using SFP1 patched to Oct 08' with January 09 Mirage Factory weapon pack.

 

[WeaponData055]

TypeName=AIM-9D

FullName=AIM-9D Sidewinder

ModelName=aim-9d

Mass=89.360001

Diameter=0.127000

Length=2.830000

SubsonicDragCoeff=0.699000

SupersonicDragCoeff=2.113000

AttachmentType=USN

SpecificStationCode=

NationName=USN

StartYear=1968

EndYear=1975

Availability=3

BaseQuantity=4

Exported=TRUE

ExportStartYear=1969

ExportEndYear=1975

ExportAvailability=2

WeaponDataType=1

RailLaunched=TRUE

RocketPod=FALSE

Retarded=FALSE

FinStabilized=TRUE

SpinStabilized=FALSE

HasGrowl=TRUE

EffectClassName=SmallMissileEffects

ReleaseDelay=0.000000

WarheadType=0

Explosives=10.200000

FusingDistance=0.500000

ClusterBomblets=0

ClusterDispersion=0.000000

GuidanceType=10

Accuracy=70

MaxTurnRate=24.000000

MaxLaunchG=4.000000

LockonChance=70

LaunchReliability=75

ArmingTime=0.500000

SeekerFOV=2.500000

SeekerGimbleLimit=30.000000

SeekerTrackRate=12.000000

SeekerRange=14000.000000

MinLaunchRange=400.000000

MaxLaunchRange=14000.000000

Duration=45.000000

CounterCountermeasure=60.000000

NoiseRejection=40.000000

CapabilityFlags=0x00000200

LoftAngle=0.000000

DescentAngle=0.000000

MaxLoftAltitude=0.000000

CLmax=25.379999

MinFreq=0.000000

MaxFreq=0.000000

BoosterStart=0.000000

BoosterDuration=4.700000

BoosterAccel=13.900000

 

[WeaponData056]

TypeName=AIM-9E

FullName=AIM-9E Sidewinder

ModelName=aim-9e

Mass=74.480003

Diameter=0.127000

Length=2.830000

SubsonicDragCoeff=0.663000

SupersonicDragCoeff=2.080000

AttachmentType=USAF

SpecificStationCode=

NationName=USAF

StartYear=1967

EndYear=1976

Availability=0

BaseQuantity=4

Exported=TRUE

ExportStartYear=1967

ExportEndYear=1976

ExportAvailability=0

WeaponDataType=1

RailLaunched=TRUE

RocketPod=FALSE

Retarded=FALSE

FinStabilized=TRUE

SpinStabilized=FALSE

HasGrowl=TRUE

EffectClassName=SmallMissileEffects

ReleaseDelay=0.000000

WarheadType=0

Explosives=4.500000

FusingDistance=0.500000

ClusterBomblets=0

ClusterDispersion=0.000000

GuidanceType=10

Accuracy=75

MaxTurnRate=18.000000

MaxLaunchG=2.500000

LockonChance=75

LaunchReliability=75

ArmingTime=0.500000

SeekerFOV=4.000000

SeekerGimbleLimit=40.000000

SeekerTrackRate=16.500000

SeekerRange=8000.000000

MinLaunchRange=400.000000

MaxLaunchRange=8000.000000

Duration=25.000000

CounterCountermeasure=60.000000

NoiseRejection=20.000000

CapabilityFlags=0x00000200

LoftAngle=0.000000

DescentAngle=0.000000

MaxLoftAltitude=0.000000

CLmax=22.509001

MinFreq=0.000000

MaxFreq=0.000000

BoosterStart=0.000000

BoosterDuration=2.300000

BoosterAccel=24.400000

[+suhsjake 11]

That is becuase the Air Force and Navy developed different Sidewinders after the B model based on their needs and wants. So they use different motors, explosives, seeker heads, etc.

 

USAF: B/E/J

USN: B/C/D/G/H

NATO: B/F

 

In the 70s, the USAF and USN finally started jointly developing the Sidewinder starting with the AIM-9L and it was exported to NATO. Germany produced a model called the AIM-9B FGW.2 (AIM-9F) for NATO.

[Lt. James Cater 62]

The USAF Aim9 specs are pretty much spot on. In my current campaign (WOE Red Hammer NF4)the Sidewinder performance is very near to what i've read about. The AIM7s are even more realistically modeled. They are as atrocious as they were in real life.