Dimitris -> RE: Strange behaviour AIM-120??? (Air Engagement) (8/22/2019 9:09:34 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Capocarro94 I notice that during AA engagement both planes at 36k feet, this missile (AIM-120) splash upwards up to 80k feet and start to descent to the target missing them too much, wasting a lot of missiles. It misses because it lofts? Ie. it is physically unable to reach the target? Or does it reach the target and is outmanouvered/decoyed/jammed/otherwise defeated? quote:
For the experts, this is the normal behaviour for this missile??? Launching, climbing to 80k feet 2500kts, starting descent few miles near the target??? Generally yes. You want the missile to remain as long as possible in the upper, thinner atmospheric layers to minimize drag. There is a certain tradeoff involved here because you don't want the descent to be too sharp, for a number of reasons. The precise ceiling varies on launch distance but the loft logic is fairly consistent.
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