Due to the size of the radome, if the cockpit was traditional tandem layout, the pilots view of the carrier would be obscured during landings, so it was offset to the left giving the pilot much better visability. The radar op had no need to see outside the plane so sitting him lower makes sense although was probably not too nice to fly, a bit like the Canberra PR 9. So ugly, kinda, but functional.
If that is the purpose of having the offset cockpits, why not put the pilot on the right so they can better see they towers on the carrier? It would make more sense in my mind for it to be on the right rather than the left. Anyone have a good idea on why they put him on the left rather than the right?
@@greg5435 Very simple. There is little need for the pilot to see the Island of a carrier. But the pilot ABSOLUTELY have to see the Optical Landing System (those set of lights that tells him if he's on the correct glide slope on landing) which so happens to be positioned on the port side of the flightdeck.
The Sea Vixen was an all-weather fighter with a huge radome on the nose. Deck landing requires a good view, so the pilot was put to one side of the fuselage so he could see the carrier round the radome.
Heya Phly, phor my phiphth vehicle request, I ask that you take out the Phrench AMX-50 Surbaissé, but there is a catch! You must *only* use HE. It should be an easy challenge, as there is a 6 second reload, and the HE penetrates 39 Millimeters of Armour. Good luck, and have Phun! (Day 42)
@@bruhmomentum2901 You can test them in a test flight. If you launch the Red Top from over 2,5km away behind the MiG-15, it will not reach it. An AIM-9B would reach it.
@@ollilaine6763 This is funny since it did reach it but its prob because i launch them from higher alt because vixen aint no dog fighter hes a zoom and boomer except 2,5km range (they almost always hit their target from high alt and oh boy i know that i bought vixen)
@@bruhmomentum2901 From a higher altitude, it uses gravity to keep its speed up for longer. At a high altitude, the high drag becomes more difficult to notice due to lower air density.
Hey phly, I have a vehicle request. Because of the new update, custom loadout filters allow the saab-105 and sk-60 to become much more potent, as they can carry missiles, bombs, and gun pods at once. 8.3 sweden also has a lot of variety, and 7.3 is pretty fun as well. Of course it can be pretty frustrating at times, but I would love to see you try. There is also the new swedish spaa that you can play at 8.3. Thanks for the consideration!
Saab105G with 4x1000lb bombs and 2 guns or missiles guns and bombs is amazing, the new SPAA also has Leopard 2a4 hull with composite so it's well protected and fast
Fun fact: Red Tops are bugged rn, they completely run out of juice after about 3 seconds of flight. Not as in "no more burner" juice, but "can't catch up with a vampire".
The Sea Vixen has RADAR slaving so that's super helpful and in theory it can now all aspect a AB jet. You may also be able to use Red Nose rockets as a sort of 'gun' and/or as a sort of 'flare'.
One of the worst Sea Vixen accidents was when one disintegrated in flight at Farnborough Airshow in 1952, whilst approaching the crowd from the front. The engines, being heavy, continued moving forwards and fell into the crowd.
The sea vixen is gorgeous the rio seat was lowered because his job was "supposed" to be watching the radar and monitoring weapons systems. They were trying to keep it more aerodynamic
There was a prototype with nose mounted guns. Gaijin said they wouldn't add it because it never saw production. We now have the Yak 141 with "Assumed" weaponry if it had left the prototype stage, but that's just standard Gaijin double standards.
IIRC one of the principal problems of the Sea Vixen was that the high tail plane would still before the main wing leading to an unrecoverable loss of control at high AoA, something that was highlighted in the test flights of this and similar designs at the time. I'd have to check through my books but I *think* it was one of, if not, the last high tailed aircraft used in a combat role by the British military. AFAIK they never fitted guns to the aircraft, one of the points of the design in fact was that it didn't use any.
I love your dedication when you rammed that guy. That’s the best what you could have done for your wingman there. Thank you for your service. Amazing scene… probably my favorite from the last years
you were talking about strong engines without afterburners, i suggest you to try out the Etendard IVM, he is really fast and have insane guns and maneuvrability
Sea Vixen had two trays of unguided, spin stabilised rockets under the nose in addition to the Red Top missiles. Originally had Fire Streak for astern attacks on Russian Badgers.
Also now that Air RB has a lot of modern ground AI, which includes Gepards and stuff, not only is the RWR constantly beeping you're also getting locked all the time! It's so annoying haha
5:23 I'd really love to know how you do some of this stuff with the radar. WT doesn't really like to explain what everything does or how it works, or how to manually select targets using the interface. And 7:00 yes. The American F-104A fights at 8.7 a lot since it's only 9.3. It gets a downtier a LOT since the A-10 and F-5 platforms dominate the 10.7 range, but it sits just outside that uptier threshold, so it prefers to get downtiers with the Sea Vixen, G91, and F86. The Italian F-104G suffers the same BR threshold, where it likes to downtier more than uptier based on how many premium players there are at those BR's and it being just outside the next rank. It's especially bad compression now that they have 16 person lobbies.
It's not surprising to hear how many sea vixens were lost in accidents. One the most famous Air show crashes in the UK happened at farnbourgh in 1952 with a prototype sea vixen.
Okay, so the Sea Vixen was really a “Frankenstein” of what it was supposed to be. The reason for the cockpit setup, is because of, more or less, problems that weren’t accounted for in the original design. Basically, in order to save the program, Dehavilland had to come up with some “creative” solutions to keep the program from total failure. The big problem was the aircraft’s size. You can only go so big for an carrier aircraft. Trying to fit all of the systems intended for the aircraft, along with the unforeseen engineering changes, were pretty significant speed bumps for the program, along with British politics of the era. This is the final product of all of that. Really a fascinating, if not frustrating story to read about. Military Aviation history channel made a great walk-around video about this aircraft. The reason for the radar operator being beside and recessed from the pilot was, simply darkness. That allows the radar operator to see the scope much better and call the returns to the pilot. The radar operator was also facing backwards in the aircraft. Gaijin got that wrong.
Red Tops have some of the shortest range for IR missiles it’s literally equivalent to something like an SRAAM or R-3S reaching maybe a bit more than 1.5km in some scenarios
Phly the F-104 is at a better BR than it was before, but you will still mostly fight planes with missiles and flares. That being said I would LOVE to see play the Starfighter again!
One of the more famous ones that was lost in an accident was the 1952 Farnborough Airshow disaster when the prototype of the Sea Vixen the DH.110 broke up while performing a maneuver. Debris from the plane crashed into the crowed of spectators, killing 29 and injuring 60, at the time it was the deadliest airshow disaster in history till the Ramstein air show disaster in 1988.
Thank you for suggesting to create RWR switch control, hopefully they consider it. It's been bugging me like crazy cause I really enjoy higher tier Air RB but after a while that RWR is soooooooo annoying!
The ghost missile just…LOL. Also RN rockets are a “good” alternative to having guns. If you can get behind someone they usually give you broadside when you start shooting rockets. It’s great.
I literally grinded out most of british tech tree with this thing by just running from enemies and turning on their 6 when they break out of pursuit. Gotta say, it's a great plane but one has to be careful with red tops cause despite their huge explosive mass and blast radius, it doesnt always kill when hit. And shooting them at ranges greater than 1.8km is not advised, especially if you're chasing someone and you both go at > mach 0.9.
This thing actually rips it up in its BR range especially when at your own BR or get down tier its strong AF. The F-104 is pretty strong these days seeing how it faces Jets that cant even get close to its speed.
I seem to remember reading that there was supposed to be a Sea Vixen FAW3 that incorporated a gun/cannon. The Navy had already decided to replace the Vixen with the Phantom. Killing the idea before it left the drawing board. One of these with a gun would have been epic. Like a fleet air arm F14
I love the sea vixen. it was my first british top premium and i dont regret buying it bc it carried me from like 7.0 to 11.3 air rb in the british tech tree
I totally agree with you, except for me, the vixen got me from rank 1 to rank 4 Britain air so far. I tend gravitate toward unique vehicles so it’s no surprise that I love the gameplay and have no regrets buying it
@@retrotrooper3957 Best jet you’ll play. You will play a high of 104 and Harriers and a low of flareless dog shit. Play it like a strike craft, fly in, get to 5k and dive in and don’t look back. Lead missile and you will be the savior of the day. So not stray from that strat. Do not let enemies talk shit to you in chat to change your mind. Bomb if you want, but take 4 Redtops and expect 1/2 kills per load out, you’ll learn that you can watch a whole battle unfold and you will save a lot and Change the battle immensely. Fly a head on but bail much sooner than expected. You can out climb a lot. But if you need to, lead them back to the airfield. Do not feel like a bitch. It’s all about you and nothing else. Do not turn fight and do not fight alone. If you know you have support, let the emery thing they have the fight, you will help them with your speed and climb rate. Vixen is great for many thing in this game.
Sea Vixen operation timeframe... from 1959 thru 1974. It had a higher than average loss rate and was deemed to be too expensive to operate. Hence, its retirement.
Its a two seater but the weapon operator didnt need to see out... It was lethal because the plate didnt 'eject' properly so at the pilot punched out, the navigator would punch THROUGH, or more accuratly, flatten INTO.
Tried the vixen once when it was in the warbonds shop. Love the turning performance and once you learn the redtops, they are crazy consistent for its BR. Even won multiple 1v3s because of its engine performance
I have a challenge for you and Phly, 3 games in each plane. See who gets the most kills, with one of you using the Pe8, and the other using the Lancaster. After 3 games you switch vehicles
The western military doctrine of the F-4 jet era was that we had superior locking missile technology and didn’t see the need for a main gun. Of course once f-4’s started getting shot down over Vietnam after being left defenseless once all their payload was gone, they started fitting them with gun pods
The offset cockpit was to make space for the radar operator's cabin, which was right next to the pilot but had no window. Poor bastard sat in the cramped dark staring at a green scope for two hours per mission.
Anything 10.0 is basically 9.0 to 10.3 because there is no 11.0 BR. Jets might have that rank, but there are so few of them that they end up in 10.0/10.3 and sometimes 12.0. 11.3 and lower are your benchmarks for fun on US tree. F-4j/F-4s at 11.3 in a 10.3 down tier are amazing fun. F5c at 10.3 the same boat. If you want a really fun time try out the F-4C again. In its BR its a stomper, especially when down tiered.
The reason why Sea Vixen has weird Tandam cockpit is because they wanted to give the pilot full vision without radar operater get it the way and the radar operater can more focus with his thing without outside vision.
What is your number one ugly jet fighter? Yak-17 is a close second for me or even first lol
Hi
Mine is u
ugly? u wot m8?
Could you do a video on the f-8 crusader phly?
Ugliest is the Me 262
Due to the size of the radome, if the cockpit was traditional tandem layout, the pilots view of the carrier would be obscured during landings, so it was offset to the left giving the pilot much better visability. The radar op had no need to see outside the plane so sitting him lower makes sense although was probably not too nice to fly, a bit like the Canberra PR 9.
So ugly, kinda, but functional.
Glad to see someone else answer this. A lot of offset cockpits are intended to bolster runway visibility.
Thats what I thought. pretty neat
If that is the purpose of having the offset cockpits, why not put the pilot on the right so they can better see they towers on the carrier? It would make more sense in my mind for it to be on the right rather than the left. Anyone have a good idea on why they put him on the left rather than the right?
its also an all weather? night fighter so putting the radar operator in a compartment on his own has advantages.
@@greg5435 Very simple. There is little need for the pilot to see the Island of a carrier. But the pilot ABSOLUTELY have to see the Optical Landing System (those set of lights that tells him if he's on the correct glide slope on landing) which so happens to be positioned on the port side of the flightdeck.
The Sea Vixen is actually a really good plane. Just wish it had guns lol.
In real life it is so beautiful I promise! Also is massive compared to its forebears lol
If it had guns, it would have a higher BR in-game so it's a good thing it doesn't have guns.
@@bigmanjaffers i used to hate the way it looks, but now its one of my fav planes
I adore that plane
i wish they put the buccaneer in 8.7 or 9.0 at least instead of 9.3....
Phly controlling his breathing for the G's has me cryin 🤣🤣
I have never realized it, can you give some time stamps ?
14:35 here you go buddy. 😆
Might not apply to the Sea Vixen but often when you see an asymmetrical cockpit canopy it's to improve the pilots vision for take off and landing.
The Sea Vixen was an all-weather fighter with a huge radome on the nose. Deck landing requires a good view, so the pilot was put to one side of the fuselage so he could see the carrier round the radome.
Imagine him in DCS
Like a kid in a candyshoop
I would love to see more sim play on the channel
Genuinely love your enthusiasm and kiddish enjoyment of RP’ing a scrambled carrier launch. Never change sir.
Best episode in a long time. Man actually hit us with the War Thunder ASMR.
Omg ikr!! I normally don't like asmr but phly is really good at it🥺
Best WT gameplay
Heya Phly, phor my phiphth vehicle request, I ask that you take out the Phrench AMX-50 Surbaissé, but there is a catch! You must *only* use HE. It should be an easy challenge, as there is a 6 second reload, and the HE penetrates 39 Millimeters of Armour. Good luck, and have Phun! (Day 42)
funniest comment i've read today, but keep up the ph-s inconsistency is dreadful
Keep it up
I've been busting up light tanks with the HE👌
Yeah vive la framce
I didn’t know it was possible to comment in lisp
FYI: the Red Tops have extremely high drag so you can't yeet them from far away like they actually have much shorter range than the AIM-9Bs.
They have pretty much same range as aim-9b, but it still better than aim-9b with those 16g it has.
@@bruhmomentum2901 You can test them in a test flight. If you launch the Red Top from over 2,5km away behind the MiG-15, it will not reach it. An AIM-9B would reach it.
@@ollilaine6763 This is funny since it did reach it but its prob because i launch them from higher alt because vixen aint no dog fighter hes a zoom and boomer except 2,5km range (they almost always hit their target from high alt and oh boy i know that i bought vixen)
@@bruhmomentum2901 From a higher altitude, it uses gravity to keep its speed up for longer. At a high altitude, the high drag becomes more difficult to notice due to lower air density.
Hey phly, I have a vehicle request. Because of the new update, custom loadout filters allow the saab-105 and sk-60 to become much more potent, as they can carry missiles, bombs, and gun pods at once. 8.3 sweden also has a lot of variety, and 7.3 is pretty fun as well. Of course it can be pretty frustrating at times, but I would love to see you try. There is also the new swedish spaa that you can play at 8.3. Thanks for the consideration!
Saab105G with 4x1000lb bombs and 2 guns or missiles guns and bombs is amazing, the new SPAA also has Leopard 2a4 hull with composite so it's well protected and fast
@@ImAFatCheezIt best loadout is 3 1000 lbs, 2 missiles, 1 gunpod
16:09 I sure as hell wasn't expecting Phly-ASMR today, but I'm all here for it!
I was looking for this comment
Fun fact: the Panzer IV’s turret is offset from center by a couple millimeters
My inner perfectionist is literally crying right now.
You have reminded me of this fact, may your woes be many and your days few
@@mateuszk887 Well, your body, inside and out is not symmetrical either, so don't worry about it
@@thesittingacheroraptor7565 bruh
@@efethecaptain6 I am simply built different and perfectly symmetrical other than my heart.
Fun fact: Red Tops are bugged rn, they completely run out of juice after about 3 seconds of flight. Not as in "no more burner" juice, but "can't catch up with a vampire".
The Sea Vixen has RADAR slaving so that's super helpful and in theory it can now all aspect a AB jet. You may also be able to use Red Nose rockets as a sort of 'gun' and/or as a sort of 'flare'.
Radar operator was seated in the hole due to the original radar screen being quite dim. Also, the pilot was offset to see better for landings.
One of the worst Sea Vixen accidents was when one disintegrated in flight at Farnborough Airshow in 1952, whilst approaching the crowd from the front. The engines, being heavy, continued moving forwards and fell into the crowd.
The sea vixen is gorgeous the rio seat was lowered because his job was "supposed" to be watching the radar and monitoring weapons systems. They were trying to keep it more aerodynamic
Damn, fly really calling the Vixen "Foxy Lady" ugly.
There was a prototype with nose mounted guns. Gaijin said they wouldn't add it because it never saw production. We now have the Yak 141 with "Assumed" weaponry if it had left the prototype stage, but that's just standard Gaijin double standards.
so im not the only one that likes to roleplay a fighter pilot while everyone is grinding 😂
IIRC one of the principal problems of the Sea Vixen was that the high tail plane would still before the main wing leading to an unrecoverable loss of control at high AoA, something that was highlighted in the test flights of this and similar designs at the time. I'd have to check through my books but I *think* it was one of, if not, the last high tailed aircraft used in a combat role by the British military. AFAIK they never fitted guns to the aircraft, one of the points of the design in fact was that it didn't use any.
The prototype had 4x 30mm Adens. Production types also had retractable microcell 2in rocket pods.
Phly not even 2 minutes into the video:
'egg is symmetrical'
wat
The F-104 is now at 9.3, which is ridiculous. The only thing that can challange it at that br is the Mig-19. Anyways great vid Phly!
It's one of those jets like the mig 19 where
decompression is needed rather than dropping the br
104 is at 9.3, but the hunter f6 is at 10.0
and the new hunter is at 9.3 as well... with flares and 9p's
what has this game come to?
@@marcusborderlands6177 actually those missiles on the new hunter look more like a copy of aim 9js which makes it even more rediculous
@@darktemplardelta268 9Ps are just export 9Js.
yeah im sure the f104 with 2 aim 9b's and horrible turn is gonna do really well at 10.0 or something
been watchin Phly for YEARS and YEARS - teh ASMR at the end had me in sticthes, love you Steve
I love your dedication when you rammed that guy. That’s the best what you could have done for your wingman there. Thank you for your service. Amazing scene… probably my favorite from the last years
you were talking about strong engines without afterburners, i suggest you to try out the Etendard IVM, he is really fast and have insane guns and maneuvrability
It's so "cool" that you can fucking fight SU-25K with that
Sea Vixen had two trays of unguided, spin stabilised rockets under the nose in addition to the Red Top missiles. Originally had Fire Streak for astern attacks on Russian Badgers.
Only the faw1 had these since the cooling equipment for the red tops was located in these trays.
Man, phly humour was elite in this one lmao
With relation to RWR, I just would like to silence nails [non-lock] and only hear spikes [lock].
I have seen this plane in real life at Newark Air Museum here in England! I recommend visiting if you're in the area.
14:32
Reminds me of that old g force tutorial with the premium chika in like 2013 lmao
Also now that Air RB has a lot of modern ground AI, which includes Gepards and stuff, not only is the RWR constantly beeping you're also getting locked all the time! It's so annoying haha
5:23 I'd really love to know how you do some of this stuff with the radar. WT doesn't really like to explain what everything does or how it works, or how to manually select targets using the interface.
And 7:00 yes. The American F-104A fights at 8.7 a lot since it's only 9.3. It gets a downtier a LOT since the A-10 and F-5 platforms dominate the 10.7 range, but it sits just outside that uptier threshold, so it prefers to get downtiers with the Sea Vixen, G91, and F86. The Italian F-104G suffers the same BR threshold, where it likes to downtier more than uptier based on how many premium players there are at those BR's and it being just outside the next rank. It's especially bad compression now that they have 16 person lobbies.
love your bob ross side at the end when you turned the volume off XD
The Italian f-104 is fighting mig-29s and f-16s. The Japanese one used to but they didn't increase it's br when they "decompressed" the br
It's not surprising to hear how many sea vixens were lost in accidents. One the most famous Air show crashes in the UK happened at farnbourgh in 1952 with a prototype sea vixen.
Okay, so the Sea Vixen was really a “Frankenstein” of what it was supposed to be. The reason for the cockpit setup, is because of, more or less, problems that weren’t accounted for in the original design. Basically, in order to save the program, Dehavilland had to come up with some “creative” solutions to keep the program from total failure. The big problem was the aircraft’s size. You can only go so big for an carrier aircraft. Trying to fit all of the systems intended for the aircraft, along with the unforeseen engineering changes, were pretty significant speed bumps for the program, along with British politics of the era. This is the final product of all of that. Really a fascinating, if not frustrating story to read about. Military Aviation history channel made a great walk-around video about this aircraft. The reason for the radar operator being beside and recessed from the pilot was, simply darkness. That allows the radar operator to see the scope much better and call the returns to the pilot. The radar operator was also facing backwards in the aircraft. Gaijin got that wrong.
Red Tops have some of the shortest range for IR missiles it’s literally equivalent to something like an SRAAM or R-3S reaching maybe a bit more than 1.5km in some scenarios
Sea vixen in english: 😃
Sea vixen in german: 😅
Ramming is a lost art because of the repair costs 😭😭😭
I remember a time when once you ran out of ammo, *you became the ammo...*
Phly the F-104 is at a better BR than it was before, but you will still mostly fight planes with missiles and flares. That being said I would LOVE to see play the Starfighter again!
15:34 Very Honorable Phly, Very Honorable
One of the more famous ones that was lost in an accident was the 1952 Farnborough Airshow disaster when the prototype of the Sea Vixen the DH.110 broke up while performing a maneuver. Debris from the plane crashed into the crowed of spectators, killing 29 and injuring 60, at the time it was the deadliest airshow disaster in history till the Ramstein air show disaster in 1988.
Thank you for suggesting to create RWR switch control, hopefully they consider it. It's been bugging me like crazy cause I really enjoy higher tier Air RB but after a while that RWR is soooooooo annoying!
when he's trying not to say "butter face" so he just says we know XD, great video!
The reasoning was Nuclear capability, the other guy is in a dark box for the flash and radar of course
The ghost missile just…LOL.
Also RN rockets are a “good” alternative to having guns. If you can get behind someone they usually give you broadside when you start shooting rockets. It’s great.
i have seen the vixen up close and irl and it is big
It's room and visibility for carrier landings.... so you can see around the huge radar.
I've unlocked all the UK tech tree with this thing, I love it
Apparently red tops were supposed to be all aspect for supersonic targets or something like that
"everyone is doom grinding and I'm just roleplaying with myself." perfectly encapsulates how I play Warthunder lmaooooo
I literally grinded out most of british tech tree with this thing by just running from enemies and turning on their 6 when they break out of pursuit. Gotta say, it's a great plane but one has to be careful with red tops cause despite their huge explosive mass and blast radius, it doesnt always kill when hit. And shooting them at ranges greater than 1.8km is not advised, especially if you're chasing someone and you both go at > mach 0.9.
I did the same, they have pretty good Gs for it's br
@@Rorywizz true, though not always enough.
its a good grinder but you have to play it in a really boring way to do well
this is the reason why some people hate planes
This thing actually rips it up in its BR range especially when at your own BR or get down tier its strong AF. The F-104 is pretty strong these days seeing how it faces Jets that cant even get close to its speed.
Banshee just got moved from 8.3 to 7.3 might wanna check it out
I seem to remember reading that there was supposed to be a Sea Vixen FAW3 that incorporated a gun/cannon. The Navy had already decided to replace the Vixen with the Phantom. Killing the idea before it left the drawing board. One of these with a gun would have been epic. Like a fleet air arm F14
I love the sea vixen. it was my first british top premium and i dont regret buying it bc it carried me from like 7.0 to 11.3 air rb in the british tech tree
Same, took me forever to learn. But once i got it, its my SL grind. I hate it gets uptiered to Harriers and 104s. The flares annoy me.
@@Bitchesgivehigh5s yea took time to learn but its great
I totally agree with you, except for me, the vixen got me from rank 1 to rank 4 Britain air so far.
I tend gravitate toward unique vehicles so it’s no surprise that I love the gameplay and have no regrets buying it
@@retrotrooper3957 Best jet you’ll play. You will play a high of 104 and Harriers and a low of flareless dog shit. Play it like a strike craft, fly in, get to 5k and dive in and don’t look back. Lead missile and you will be the savior of the day. So not stray from that strat. Do not let enemies talk shit to you in chat to change your mind. Bomb if you want, but take 4 Redtops and expect 1/2 kills per load out, you’ll learn that you can watch a whole battle unfold and you will save a lot and Change the battle immensely. Fly a head on but bail much sooner than expected. You can out climb a lot. But if you need to, lead them back to the airfield. Do not feel like a bitch. It’s all about you and nothing else. Do not turn fight and do not fight alone. If you know you have support, let the emery thing they have the fight, you will help them with your speed and climb rate. Vixen is great for many thing in this game.
Sea Vixen operation timeframe... from 1959 thru 1974. It had a higher than average loss rate and was deemed to be too expensive to operate. Hence, its retirement.
Its a two seater but the weapon operator didnt need to see out... It was lethal because the plate didnt 'eject' properly so at the pilot punched out, the navigator would punch THROUGH, or more accuratly, flatten INTO.
the canberra & the Buccanneer xD
And then you have things like Vampire and Venom the total opposite ^^
nobody:
that radar operator / radio operator in the coal hole in the sea vixen sipping his tea:
12:36 I can't believe you fell for the old rubber band missile tactic! SMH, Steeeeeeeveee!
OMG YOU DID THE OUTRO SONG!
Attempt 5 - Please play the SAu 40 tank destroyer. It's one of the strangest looking TDs in the game and I love watching your french-tank videos!
Tried the vixen once when it was in the warbonds shop. Love the turning performance and once you learn the redtops, they are crazy consistent for its BR. Even won multiple 1v3s because of its engine performance
this actually makes jet tiers look fun
Looks like some shit batman would fly
“Woah woah… Missle?” Had me dying
I have a challenge for you and Phly, 3 games in each plane. See who gets the most kills, with one of you using the Pe8, and the other using the Lancaster. After 3 games you switch vehicles
Phly: the sea vixen is the ugliest aircraft ever
XF5F skyrocket: am I a joke to you?
-Is there room?
Pulls up the war thunder x-ray
-Definitely room.
Your hurting its feelings. Lol nice content Phyl, keep it up
It is beautiful and nothing can change my mind.
The butterface of jets.
Side note : Was not ready for that asmr 🥴
The western military doctrine of the F-4 jet era was that we had superior locking missile technology and didn’t see the need for a main gun. Of course once f-4’s started getting shot down over Vietnam after being left defenseless once all their payload was gone, they started fitting them with gun pods
The sound of silence and no more beeping lol
This one i will more recommend the first missle not theredhead，as the redhead only had about half a second of engine burn
How are all the british post WW2 planes so weird..? 😂
I personally think it's a gorgeous aircraft, even with the cockpit being off centre. Gives it charm.
Phly we need you to make a tier list of planes an tanks in war thunder.
Kind of funny, when you first took off and asked if that guy was on afterburner, that was Tankenstein.
The reason for the cockpit is that the second in command needs darkness to operate his radars better
Hey! I like seeing more of Air RB content! Well done and thank you. Cheers
the volume in the last game of the video made me feel like I was watching golf XD
So fun fact, the cock pit is offset due to an engineering draft error that the manufacturer didn't question and put into production.
That ram out of nowhere was hilarious
The offset cockpit was to make space for the radar operator's cabin, which was right next to the pilot but had no window. Poor bastard sat in the cramped dark staring at a green scope for two hours per mission.
Love the realistic G breathing roleplay action.
Phly: Missiles are symmetrical
*Atlas V 411 has entered the chat*
I feel like an asymmetric pod would make pulling gs awkward. Even if just slightly. Maybe thats why the accidents? Idk
As someone with a lot of experience putting bags over heads, I couldn't agree with you more Phly.
Anything 10.0 is basically 9.0 to 10.3 because there is no 11.0 BR. Jets might have that rank, but there are so few of them that they end up in 10.0/10.3 and sometimes 12.0. 11.3 and lower are your benchmarks for fun on US tree. F-4j/F-4s at 11.3 in a 10.3 down tier are amazing fun. F5c at 10.3 the same boat. If you want a really fun time try out the F-4C again. In its BR its a stomper, especially when down tiered.
The reason why Sea Vixen has weird Tandam cockpit is because they wanted to give the pilot full vision without radar operater get it the way and the radar operater can more focus with his thing without outside vision.
All fighters... Are queens!
Yeah… as someone who regularly uses the vixen to grind SL, the F104 is pretty gross to come up against
It's just so fast... It beats the Vixen at its own playstyle. It climbs 4x as fast
That Garand Thumb reference at the end was top notch
I legit thought this was a cursed thumbnail, and then a user mission. I am in awe at how this was in someone's mind goblins.