5 ms·
It has very little combat usage, there's a reason the Raptor doesn't do it. Any time you see an aircraft do some high AOA (Angle of Attack) maneuver and provide
by Diesel555 6y ago
It has very little combat usage, there's a reason the Raptor doesn't do it. Any time you see an aircraft do some high AOA (Angle of Attack) maneuver and provide almost zero line of site (not moving up / down / left / right), you know he's slow and you've won the fight if you have airspeed (assuming gun only).
The only benefit would be to get an IR missile off when you've already realized you are losing and he's behind you.
- scarier 6y ago>The only benefit would be to get an IR missile off when you've already realized you are losing and he's behind you. Bummer the Raptor driver doesn't have JHMCS...
- sudosysgen 6y agoJHMCS isn't that useful in such extreme off-axis situations. A missile taking a big turn requires it to expend a lot of energy and drastically hampers its probability to hit the target.
- Diesel555 6y agoI mean for the Russian driver. And yes... bummer... but who can turn their neck that far? Don't forget eyeball gimbals don't count.
- scarier 6y agoMaybe they'll start adding certain neck mobility requirements in the anthropometric screening? It's a brave new world...
- burfog 6y agoA reasonable use would be for checking out a slow little biplane or helicopter, presumably a foolish civilian, who is violating restricted airspace.
- scarier 6y agoThis made me smile. I really don't recommend actually doing this in real life for a number of reasons, but how totally epic it would be is very much not one of them.