Warthunder is looking like it's gonna start getting better. New update looks good, road map looks amazing (FREE FPE AND PARTS! also economy or something), and the company seems to be scaling back they hyper commercialism abit.
I want to dispel the myth that “Aim-54s are meant for killing bombers” yes AND no, the aim-54 was built to kill EVERYTHING. While bombers are what was ORIGINALLY in mind the Aim-54 was able to shoot down cruise missiles as well. Even the Aim-54A was tested in a full loadout and it hit 5 of 6 drones meant to be cruise missiles as if it was defending a ship. The Aim-54 is a EVERYTHING killer, it’s purpose was to so heavily outrange the enemy aircraft that they wouldn’t even consider they are in danger and would just obliterate them because the missile comes in top down from its loft trajectory and unless the enemy pilots happened to look up and see contrails they wouldn’t even know they were in danger until the last second and by then it’s too late for them. The myth of the “Designed to Hunt Bombers” comes from the fact it uses a huge charge and isn’t able to maneuver with something that sees it coming. In reality there is no “red missile Diamond” and the AIM-54 was entirely capable of killing someone who never had a chance to know it was coming. It never saw combat with the US and mostly was used by Iran who later made their own version of the missile after they used all their Aim-54s up. They swear by it.
When I say it never saw combat with the US I mean it was severely limited by American Rules of Engagement because we weren’t allowed to use BVR in the event of hitting a friendly or neutral target. American ROE almost always wanted you to be visual with the enemy and to be sure the blip you see is even a hostile, and by the time you’re visual with an enemy sidewinders and sparrows are your friends.
The intro is great, would have been right at home at some military expo commercial "Taking orders this fall, warning, missiles not included" 🤣 Huge improvements over the A, thx for this one!
This update is might be one of my favorite updates since Apex Predators update.We have M26 T99,F-14B and new crew voicelines for the ground voices.. what do you want more honestly :D Great video btw,liked the intro.
It appears that the seeker present on the Aim-54C we have right now is a copy-paste of the Aim-54A with less inertial drift. The missile also has the same Mk.47 motor. If the missile was given the Mk.60 motor and had its seeker properly modeled, we could expect them to perform WAY better in BVR encounters. The seeker itself should be able to see targets as far out as 32 miles / 51 kilometers (Source: Ward Carrol - Former F-14 RIO). We could also expect the missile to track better in rear aspect and against chaff, though the notch window should still be about the same. Feel the F-14 has allot of room to grow as far as weapons or systems are concerned. Improved Aim-54C's, Aim-7MH's, and Aim-9M's were all carried by it. Some of those could also be retroactively added to a later model of the F-14A. The Aim-54C's and the Aim-9M's come to mind. Also, the ability to change the PRF mode of the radar would be an absolute game changer. The cat still has some claws left to sharpen
holy shit, I don't really watch your content but as it was recommended I decided to try and wasn't expecting that outro to hit me like a rock, love the hell out of that movie. +1 👍
bro wtf i just got back home from work and you already have this video up? man is on team no sleep from partying too hard on his birthdays. intro: 10/9
The F15 kinda needs an East counterpart to be put in game. At least that's my thought on Gaijin's reason for not adding it. Either way, who knows if they started working on it or not.
Well, I would love to grind out the F 14B today, but because I play on a desktop Mac, every major update must crash for at least a few days before Gaijin fixes it :(
Just thinking what it'll be like flying the F14b, I just gotta get F4j, F14a, Av8c, A10 and the 2 A7's before I can start researching it then I still gotta get enough Sl to buy. Man I got such a long way to go😢.
Now I understand what you said about the intro. That was fucking beautiful man. Also, F-14 superiority. My beautiful baby. Time to go club some MiG-29s.
I absolutely agree on an F-15A idea. It could be added since the f16 and mig29 were introduced, and perfectly fit the meta. And adding the F-15A would solve the Israeli bwr problem.
LETS GOOOOOOO I am a 100% simp for the F14 but with the F14B out I am going to grind this jet so hard I will give you a like if you kill walvis Edit I love the outro music I know it’s from how to train your dragon and I love those movie’s
I feel like my TWS with the F14b has been worse than the F14a's TWS. It resets gimble constantly, and only wants to track missiles, whereas I have no trouble keeping sight picture of targets in the F14a. Also, there's some weird interaction between the targeting camera (not the LANTIRN) and the radar, and it seems to be negatively affecting my ability to target with Phoenix missiles thru TWS (they track off the camera, not soft-lock, and the camera doesnt match up with soft-lock location). Have you noticed any of these things? @General Lee
Yeah, the interaction between the targetting camera and the radar is most likely what's screwing it up. When it goes outside the gimbal limit the radar freaks out lol
Aim-9L's Lots more of flares and slightly better engines. Its definitely better but not that much of a step up. Honestly all the F-14A really needed was more flares due to the engine being missile hungry
@@GeneralLee2000 Could be excellent if they give it the HMD and Proper 50G Magic 2s. Perhaps the 3rd 530D under the center pylon and the giving the full capabilities to the 530D. 530D should have similar performance to the R-27ER.
@@spray916 The magic 2 wasn't 50Gs. Gaijin uses single plane performance, not combined, and magic 2 was 35G single plane, 50G combined pull. That's the same reason the AIM-9G is 18Gs even though it was capable of 33Gs in some circumstances. Would love a R.530D buff though!
@@GeneralLee2000 Magic 2 can pull 50Gs. You're right that it's not dual plane pull. Doesnt seem to apply to all missiles as Gaijin seems to do what they please for missiles in terms of balancing.
@@spray916 Can you point out an example where they don't use single plane then? The only one I can think of was Aspide (they had 35G pull for it on release) but it's been corrected to 25Gs since then to match single plane performance.
I’m probably just going to stick with the F14a honestly. I have a hunch that they will give the F14a the aim 9L later and honestly for me personally the top speed difference is a pretty important factor that can change the effectiveness of the missiles when launched. Yes the F14B has better acceleration and dogfight characteristics but it doesn’t justify grinding a new aircraft for me. The laser guided weapons is cool for GRB but who are we kidding nobody flies a fighter in top tier ground anymore.
@@GeneralLee2000 yeah for most people that’s probably the preference I just can’t sit down and grind another 420,000rp actively for that upgrade, I’ll get the f14b at some point by I’m in no rush especially with the matchmaking right now
@@DiegoPlayzTV that's a bit more difficult, but the TURMS or 2A4 is probably your best bet. I like the TURMS more and Russia has a really solid lineup at 10.0.
The F-14A’s TF30s were actually better than the F-14B and D’s F110s at high altitude and mach speeds. In actual operation though, it was not very noticeable. The F110 was still superior to the TF30.
The thing about radar leading is that if you don't have already a notion of the trajectory and speed of your projectiles, it may even be detrimental to you. This applies to ground vehicles too. It's pretty clear that everyone should "lab" and train their leading for consistent results. Take it to the range!
Within 3 years we will have most of the 4th gen fighters and aim120s how they implement those type of insane missles will be interesting you can't put a aim120 on these tiny maps so they may introduce them for sim mode only you just can't out turn this missle or really notch it same with r77 all those Russians fox3 missles so I imagine we are looking at the su27 within a year the f18 and f15 within two years and within 3 years way more advanced version of the f16 like the viper or something possibly within 5 years I really don't understand how they did not add the f15 it makes 0 sense this plane is from 1972 ffs yet they add a yak141 from 1989 lol the shit is comical the I really hope it's not the A model and they do the C variant because it has APG-70 so adding the A model would be practically another f14 just better flight performance
Bro! I know that music! That’s ace combat! What track is that if you don’t mind me asking? My favourite tracks are the remix tracks “Hush”, “Daredevil”, and “Liberation of Gracemeria”. You’ll find those tracks on Lucas Ricciotti’s RUclips channel. One of the GOAT music tracks. Give ‘em a listen while flying ;)
The track is in the description, it's a fanmade one by Lucas Ricciotti called Arrival of Erusea. As for my favorite, I can't really say which is my favorite, but Daredevil is definitely good!
This plane is no where near as capable in a dogfight as the f15 , I don't know who told you that but the f15 was created to Be a Dogfighting aircraft unlike the F14, and was chosen by the Isreali military over the f14b due to its exceptional dogfighting performance. If they added the f15 this patch it would leave the Mig 29 In a poor spot , with a aircraft better than it in all regards . the Ztards in the Russian balancing team would piss themselves as Russia wouldn't have all the best Vehicles in the game for every role.
The Israelis were testing the F-14A... not the B. The B came out after the Israelis adopted the F-15. The B has a much better TWR than the A, and in dogfights with the F-15A traded blows.
Thanks so much to @walvisYT for helping with the intro, couldn't have done it without him :)
Who's that?
@@WalvisYT W H A L E
Bro got the Daredevil in the beginning and thought I wouldn’t notice
Cinematic in the intro was very cool, nice work :)
Thank you! That took the majority of my time 😤
Good job Lee. It was a photo finish for first F14B vid on patch day.
😤
Warthunder is looking like it's gonna start getting better. New update looks good, road map looks amazing (FREE FPE AND PARTS! also economy or something), and the company seems to be scaling back they hyper commercialism abit.
I'm super excited for the future!
I want to dispel the myth that “Aim-54s are meant for killing bombers”
yes AND no, the aim-54 was built to kill EVERYTHING. While bombers are what was ORIGINALLY in mind the Aim-54 was able to shoot down cruise missiles as well. Even the Aim-54A was tested in a full loadout and it hit 5 of 6 drones meant to be cruise missiles as if it was defending a ship.
The Aim-54 is a EVERYTHING killer, it’s purpose was to so heavily outrange the enemy aircraft that they wouldn’t even consider they are in danger and would just obliterate them because the missile comes in top down from its loft trajectory and unless the enemy pilots happened to look up and see contrails they wouldn’t even know they were in danger until the last second and by then it’s too late for them.
The myth of the “Designed to Hunt Bombers” comes from the fact it uses a huge charge and isn’t able to maneuver with something that sees it coming.
In reality there is no “red missile Diamond” and the AIM-54 was entirely capable of killing someone who never had a chance to know it was coming. It never saw combat with the US and mostly was used by Iran who later made their own version of the missile after they used all their Aim-54s up. They swear by it.
When I say it never saw combat with the US I mean it was severely limited by American Rules of Engagement because we weren’t allowed to use BVR in the event of hitting a friendly or neutral target. American ROE almost always wanted you to be visual with the enemy and to be sure the blip you see is even a hostile, and by the time you’re visual with an enemy sidewinders and sparrows are your friends.
The intro is great, would have been right at home at some military expo commercial "Taking orders this fall, warning, missiles not included" 🤣
Huge improvements over the A, thx for this one!
This update is might be one of my favorite updates since Apex Predators update.We have M26 T99,F-14B and new crew voicelines for the ground voices.. what do you want more honestly :D Great video btw,liked the intro.
It's a really nice QOL update honestly!
It appears that the seeker present on the Aim-54C we have right now is a copy-paste of the Aim-54A with less inertial drift. The missile also has the same Mk.47 motor. If the missile was given the Mk.60 motor and had its seeker properly modeled, we could expect them to perform WAY better in BVR encounters. The seeker itself should be able to see targets as far out as 32 miles / 51 kilometers (Source: Ward Carrol - Former F-14 RIO). We could also expect the missile to track better in rear aspect and against chaff, though the notch window should still be about the same.
Feel the F-14 has allot of room to grow as far as weapons or systems are concerned. Improved Aim-54C's, Aim-7MH's, and Aim-9M's were all carried by it. Some of those could also be retroactively added to a later model of the F-14A. The Aim-54C's and the Aim-9M's come to mind. Also, the ability to change the PRF mode of the radar would be an absolute game changer. The cat still has some claws left to sharpen
love the httyd song in the outro
Thanks so much!
holy shit, I don't really watch your content but as it was recommended I decided to try and wasn't expecting that outro to hit me like a rock, love the hell out of that movie. +1 👍
I'm glad you liked it :) Hope you stick around!
bro wtf i just got back home from work and you already have this video up? man is on team no sleep from partying too hard on his birthdays.
intro: 10/9
I worked super hard on it, it means a lot man
this is the jet ive been waiting for!
F-15 WHEN
wake up babe, new general lee video
can't wait to get this just started on the f-14a
that intro was FIRE🔥🔥🔥 keep it up!
😤😤😤
it's so cool!
can't wait to get it in 2 years (unless the economy fix works)
The economy fix is looking super good ngl
2:02 is that an audio mod to make the Vulcan not sound like compressed air on a fidget spinner or did they finally change it?
The only vulcan sound I changed was in the intro, everything else is normal game
The F15 kinda needs an East counterpart to be put in game. At least that's my thought on Gaijin's reason for not adding it. Either way, who knows if they started working on it or not.
Almost forgot too like the vid
Glad you remembered :)
Well, I would love to grind out the F 14B today, but because I play on a desktop Mac, every major update must crash for at least a few days before Gaijin fixes it :(
RIP, hope they fix it faster this time 🫠
That Ace combat intro was amazing
Just thinking what it'll be like flying the F14b, I just gotta get F4j, F14a, Av8c, A10 and the 2 A7's before I can start researching it then I still gotta get enough Sl to buy. Man I got such a long way to go😢.
🫡 you'll get there homie
if you got a premium F5C thats like 8 hours tops
@@Elbereth_TV facts
@@Elbereth_TV 8 hours lmao what god i wish
@@ecIipsed averaging 30-40k per match with bomb loadout and 2-4 kills per match and 100-250k lions, easy game
Now I understand what you said about the intro. That was fucking beautiful man.
Also, F-14 superiority. My beautiful baby.
Time to go club some MiG-29s.
I'm so glad you liked it!
I absolutely agree on an F-15A idea. It could be added since the f16 and mig29 were introduced, and perfectly fit the meta. And adding the F-15A would solve the Israeli bwr problem.
SO TRUE!
LETS GOOOOOOO I am a 100% simp for the F14 but with the F14B out I am going to grind this jet so hard I will give you a like if you kill walvis
Edit I love the outro music I know it’s from how to train your dragon and I love those movie’s
Thanks bro! I worked hard on it
I feel like my TWS with the F14b has been worse than the F14a's TWS. It resets gimble constantly, and only wants to track missiles, whereas I have no trouble keeping sight picture of targets in the F14a. Also, there's some weird interaction between the targeting camera (not the LANTIRN) and the radar, and it seems to be negatively affecting my ability to target with Phoenix missiles thru TWS (they track off the camera, not soft-lock, and the camera doesnt match up with soft-lock location). Have you noticed any of these things? @General Lee
Yeah, the interaction between the targetting camera and the radar is most likely what's screwing it up. When it goes outside the gimbal limit the radar freaks out lol
I have the same issue, hopefully they do a hot fix that allows it to actually work. Might just stick to the A variant till that happens if it does lol
another great video man keep it up, 5 k ez
We be shooting for it!
Aim-9L's Lots more of flares and slightly better engines. Its definitely better but not that much of a step up. Honestly all the F-14A really needed was more flares due to the engine being missile hungry
The aim9l isn't modeled remotely close to what it should be
@@VectorGhost oh yeah? and how's that
Try not using track while lose and use STT SRC or PD instead
How u change the thing so when is says crit for you its says hit simulator
Gotta enable custom localization and edit your menu.csv file
@@GeneralLee2000 yh thx i watched a video btut before i didnt know whawt to search
Was that an ace combat song in the intro
Ace combat themed :) In the description
Mighty f-100 engines man 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
SO BASED
Nice intro, very cinematic
Glad you enjoyed, it was a lot of hard work
Are you gonna do a vid on the new Mirage-2000 also? Also the M2Ks cockpit looks amazing.
I will at some point, not a high priority currently though
@@GeneralLee2000 yeah np, was just wondering.
Ace combat theme in the intro I see that
Yup!
F-14D will be goofy. At that point just add the Flanker and Eagle
Grumman superiority!
SO TRUE!
More excited for the Mirage 2000-5. Hopefully they correct the inaccuracies with it.
Also fair, pretty neat plane
@@GeneralLee2000 Could be excellent if they give it the HMD and Proper 50G Magic 2s. Perhaps the 3rd 530D under the center pylon and the giving the full capabilities to the 530D. 530D should have similar performance to the R-27ER.
@@spray916 The magic 2 wasn't 50Gs. Gaijin uses single plane performance, not combined, and magic 2 was 35G single plane, 50G combined pull. That's the same reason the AIM-9G is 18Gs even though it was capable of 33Gs in some circumstances. Would love a R.530D buff though!
@@GeneralLee2000 Magic 2 can pull 50Gs. You're right that it's not dual plane pull. Doesnt seem to apply to all missiles as Gaijin seems to do what they please for missiles in terms of balancing.
@@spray916 Can you point out an example where they don't use single plane then? The only one I can think of was Aspide (they had 35G pull for it on release) but it's been corrected to 25Gs since then to match single plane performance.
Is the start music ace combat music?
I’m probably just going to stick with the F14a honestly. I have a hunch that they will give the F14a the aim 9L later and honestly for me personally the top speed difference is a pretty important factor that can change the effectiveness of the missiles when launched. Yes the F14B has better acceleration and dogfight characteristics but it doesn’t justify grinding a new aircraft for me. The laser guided weapons is cool for GRB but who are we kidding nobody flies a fighter in top tier ground anymore.
That's fair, whatever your preference is. For me personally the accel of the F-14B is a huge deal
@@GeneralLee2000 yeah for most people that’s probably the preference I just can’t sit down and grind another 420,000rp actively for that upgrade, I’ll get the f14b at some point by I’m in no rush especially with the matchmaking right now
wtf did they do to radar this patch?
Gameplay do be cool
Zased
Bro sounds exactly like Jim Rash
why does his radar look like a box and how do i get it half circle I have the f14 so I know its possible
I’m sorry if this is a little random but what high tier premium for air or ground would you recommend purchasing when the summer sales come?
Kfir Canard, 10000 percent. SO much fun
@@GeneralLee2000 and for ground?
@@DiegoPlayzTV that's a bit more difficult, but the TURMS or 2A4 is probably your best bet. I like the TURMS more and Russia has a really solid lineup at 10.0.
@@GeneralLee2000 thanks for the advice I’ll see you next stream 👋🏽
99% they will introduce F-15 together with Su-35, Grippen etc. with early versions of AMRAAM, R-77.
It would make sense to add the F-15A earlier, and the F-15C with AMRAAM at the same time as the Gripen...
What's the word on the radar nerfs this update?
The F-14s radar got tweaked, and the scan speed in particular is much worse
@@GeneralLee2000 so scan speed would be essentially the ‘refresh rate’?
@@natesiress1057 that's a good way to put it sure
Why does the F-14B have worse high speed acceleration compared to the F-14A?
The engines were optimized for thrust at lower speeds, I saw the thrust charts myself and it's accurate.
@@GeneralLee2000 ah i see, thanks for the quick reply! Subbed btw :)
@@KZ-do3fx thanks, I appreciate it!
The F-14A’s TF30s were actually better than the F-14B and D’s F110s at high altitude and mach speeds. In actual operation though, it was not very noticeable. The F110 was still superior to the TF30.
The thing about radar leading is that if you don't have already a notion of the trajectory and speed of your projectiles, it may even be detrimental to you. This applies to ground vehicles too.
It's pretty clear that everyone should "lab" and train their leading for consistent results. Take it to the range!
Honestly most of the time I feel like it hurts rather than helps
Why everytime you have low fuel ?
yippie
SO REAL
Within 3 years we will have most of the 4th gen fighters and aim120s how they implement those type of insane missles will be interesting you can't put a aim120 on these tiny maps so they may introduce them for sim mode only you just can't out turn this missle or really notch it same with r77 all those Russians fox3 missles so I imagine we are looking at the su27 within a year the f18 and f15 within two years and within 3 years way more advanced version of the f16 like the viper or something possibly within 5 years I really don't understand how they did not add the f15 it makes 0 sense this plane is from 1972 ffs yet they add a yak141 from 1989 lol the shit is comical the I really hope it's not the A model and they do the C variant because it has APG-70 so adding the A model would be practically another f14 just better flight performance
Just watched defyns video lol
HE BEAT ME BY LIKE 2 MINUTES 😭. Man is GOATED
@@GeneralLee2000 bros built different but hey quality over quantity my freind, you still deliver💪
No F-15 :(
Next patch we trust
Bro! I know that music! That’s ace combat! What track is that if you don’t mind me asking? My favourite tracks are the remix tracks “Hush”, “Daredevil”, and “Liberation of Gracemeria”. You’ll find those tracks on Lucas Ricciotti’s RUclips channel. One of the GOAT music tracks. Give ‘em a listen while flying ;)
The track is in the description, it's a fanmade one by Lucas Ricciotti called Arrival of Erusea. As for my favorite, I can't really say which is my favorite, but Daredevil is definitely good!
@@GeneralLee2000 Gotta hear that one. Thanks :)
Just give R73 to MIG29…
That would be insanely good! R-73 and R-27ER 😤. Not needed but I would be super hyped for it either way.
Epic start
Baste
Well, I’m skipping this update definitely a big NOPE
But why? It's a fun plane.
@@GeneralLee2000 duh, my main country isn’t US it’s basically death sentence for me with this plane release
The f14 was already overpowered now we have the f14b America is overpowered air Russia overpowered ground
Aim-7m , dog fight , gun fire from 4 generation jet cringe, climb to 11km for aim-54c launch cringe
wouldnt call it meta, dogfight a mig29 and youll see whos meta lol
wtf with this radar rear lock bs
Hmm? Wdym?
This plane is no where near as capable in a dogfight as the f15 , I don't know who told you that but the f15 was created to Be a Dogfighting aircraft unlike the F14, and was chosen by the Isreali military over the f14b due to its exceptional dogfighting performance. If they added the f15 this patch it would leave the Mig 29 In a poor spot , with a aircraft better than it in all regards . the Ztards in the Russian balancing team would piss themselves as Russia wouldn't have all the best Vehicles in the game for every role.
The Israelis were testing the F-14A... not the B. The B came out after the Israelis adopted the F-15. The B has a much better TWR than the A, and in dogfights with the F-15A traded blows.