Crusader

AI F-4 with AIM-9J - the target Mirage is still within the seeker FOR and the 9J makes the turn and hits

Good that you mention fuzing distance - thats my next point to elaborate on :) Stock missiles have a fuzing distance value of 0 or 0.5 meters. Ive changed that to values (for AIM-9) of 6.0 and 8.0 meters, depending on the type of fuze of the AIM-9 variant. The result is that about 75% of the hits still result in fatal destruction, with 25% causing damage and the target keeps flying on. Some crash after a few minutes or catch fire. Big bombers sometimes need a second AIM-9 hit. Beagle screenies: first a proximity-fuzing hit which caused damage to the right wing, second Beagle is hit fatally.

Yes, the SeekerGimbleLimit= value is the angle measured from boresight 0 to the max angle the seeker can move off-boresight. The whole Field Of Regard (FOR) that the seeker can cover is 80° with a GimbleLimit=40 The AIM-7 will receive some attention as well. For example, max flight time of the 7E's is 40 seconds. And the 7E-2 does not have a shorter range than the 7E, it only has a shorter minimum range. But I digress...

You have a (ini) problem with the missile launchers. Nice metal though

What if you use a "Light" function, to turn off the unused part of the pit ? Light "Off" mesh is not rendered, isnt it ?

From MBDA website, a twin-launcher also exists, the Mistral ATLAS

Standard sight is OK.

Without looking for detailed info, the upper photo shows a Night-Sight, the lower photo the standard daylight Sight Unit.

Sieht jetzt ganz danach aus...

The "super seeker" In the TW weapon Editor, the IR missiles have a option "Seeker Uncage" which can be set On/Off By default, all AIM-9 starting with the 9E have this option enabled. What does it do? The seeker will search the whole Field of Regard (FOR) as defined by the Seeker Gimbal Limits (generally +/- 40° for all -9 between the B and the X) with the speed set by the Seeker Tracking Rate value. And that is the "super seeker", covering a large area in front of the aircraft in SF2. Such a seeker function is correct for few real missiles, the French Magic series is one type which does have a seeker covering a large FOR and scans it with a very high rate. The Magic has been designed as a close-combat missile able to be used in a dogfight without the need to use a radar or radar-lock. So, "Seeker Uncage" has been disabled - is that bad/does it affect the AIM-9 in a bad way? No. The game has functions which are automatic, out of player control. What I call "auto-uncage is one of them. with the seeker locked-on to a target, the seeker is automatically uncaged and keeps tracking the target until the exceeding the Gimbal Limits / the Tracking rate / background noise / decoys break the lock. A second function is a automatic preference for the target positioned closest to the players center of view. Even with a radar lock and a missile with a slaved seeker. That is close to a real "Manual Boresight" function, where the pilot manually re-cages the seeker (back from the radar slave mode) to point the seeker (by maneuvering) to another target. The screenshot shows that I have locked the target on my left, but the seeker circle is on the target in front of me. Missile used is a 9L. To be continued..

Make the cover a part of the missile and use a function of the missile data? (animation or booster node separation?) to remove it at missile launch.

In connection to the Type=EXHAUST_GAS_TEMPERATURE_INDICATOR function, the ItemNumber= line refers to the EngineID # in the data ini

ItemNumber= is the Animation ID # of the external model to which the cockpit animation is linked to You could use the Type=RUDDER_PEDAL function to get the pedals moving. With MovementType=POSITION_Y/X/Z and/or MovementType=ROTATION_Y/X/Z

Nice screenies :)

mass = kilogram inertia = wait for experts

Some late versions can load and fire the UPK-23 from the inboard wing stations. The MiG-21bis, for example.

Motor run time ... try that ?

What Gepard said. USAF docs are correct, 60 rounds for the F-13.

And perhaps the cockpit by Dels Cockpit folder and cockpit ini

Is it possible to make effects which have multiple emitters, e.g. for a twin machine gun pod or missiles with dual exhausts ?

And the end of it.

AIM-9B proxy-fuzing

Return of the wingo

Some of the AAMs in the various weapon packs need another data revision. I have AIM-120's which speed along at Mach 7.4 .. Avoiding missiles, turning to move the threat to the 3-9 line seems to work OK, and firing chaff/flares if available.