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load out (optional) newbie - 7/19/2018 8:56:20 AM

tonyscrase

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included in the loadout for a corsair is 2 x AIM 9D SIDEWINDER (optional)

I go to the Ready/arm screen and press the button Ok - Ready (exclude optional weapons). But it does not seem to do anything

If i did get rid of optional weapons what is the advantage. Is it just greater range

THANK YOU

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RE: load out (optional) newbie - 7/19/2018 10:40:19 AM

SeaQueen

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While you might get a slight aircraft performance improvement, typically optional stores are relatively light, so they don't make a huge impact. Optional stores are usually things like air to air missiles in a strike oriented configuration. Excluding them means you might be able to accomplish your mission, but you might have less self protection capability. Depending on how you organized the strike, that might or might not matter. If you have plenty of other CAPs up there to protect the bomber train, or you are striking something relatively unprotected, you don't need to worry so much about protecting them. In that case, it just helps you conserve munitions.

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RE: load out (optional) newbie - 7/19/2018 2:13:28 PM

PN79

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Excluding optional weapons can make sense if you have limited amount of let say the Sidewinders which you need to conserve for interceptors.

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RE: load out (optional) newbie - 7/19/2018 9:30:45 PM

Cik

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if you have ample CAP assets but a limited number of AMRAAMs, it's often better to have heaters-only strikers and push your OCA out further, rather than be throughput limited and be unable to launch AAW assets for lack of missiles.

also it will give you a little more range and agility, for dodging those pesky missiles.

also if you have AMRAAM armed strikers and you don't think you are going to use them, remember that best case you lose 0 AMRAAMs- IE no strikers are shot down. if you lose strikers to SAMs, you lose the AMRAAMs from your magazines with them.

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