Not true about the acceleration part. It is single handedly the fastest sub 9.0 aircraft in the game, I have flown over 300 missions in it so far and the only thing that can catch up to me is the Yak-38, the Mig-21, Su-7 and if you are (un)lucky, you can maybe see an F-86K that will also catch up to you. Basically, anything with an afterburner may catch up to you, but even then, I found the Sea Vixen to outaccelerate pretty much any subsonic apart from the Yak38. This thing has a ludicrous acceleration, surpassing that of some early supersonics (f100)
The yak-38 speed is underated that thing can accelerate faster than an f3h and fly faster than a f3h its even funny to see supersonics crying Because the yak-38 should not be able to catch em lol
I cannot count how many times having a gun would have saved me or gotten me a kill. With how almost useless the missiles are I would have a heck of a lot more success with it if there was at least a gun pod. The only saving grace is that some aircraft run so hot that if you have a radar lock and spool up the red top you can sometimes get a missile off in the headon.
I'll confess that when I see people in-game ask "how's the _____" when someone is flying an unusual plane, I sometimes drop a shameless plug into the chat to look up one of my reviews ;-)
@@TimsVariety well this is one of the most entertaining and informative review channels I have seen, so why not reccomend It to others. Also, have you ever noticed that the venom looks like a baby sea vixen
Another comment but I just have to share this - after the today's IR missiles update, the Sea Vixen has become a MONSTER of a plane for air assault especially (haven't tested it in AB or RB but I guess it'd be amazing there as well). As someone who got it 2 months ago because I really loved the platform and Red Tops / Radar combination as well as the machine, Ive been playing it but with little success, especially in air assault where I finished in the last positions almost all of the time. Today I finished 4th with a loaded tank for 20m and speed penalty going with it, and armed only with the 4 Red Tops load, was able to get 18 (!) kills single-handedly without any stress or effort. Racked up like 30k SL. Again, something unthinkable for me. To whomever fixed the IR missiles and the Red Top I want to say - I love you! You made WT ALMOST enjoyable again (as the meme goes lol). I just hope Gaijin doesnt nerf or undo the update
When the British give *one thing* an English name (Germanic), it ends up meaning "wanker" in German slang 😂It does come from the same root as German Füchsin at least
Yeah the slightest tap sends this thing into a spiral lmfao however in my experience the thrust is damn near godly at its br only missiles catch up with me 80% of the time I'm downed
Got it with 90% discount. Far too expensive without it but ok with the discount (should be closer to this price as standard). Good fun plane but suffers with up tiers and not too good 1 v 1. I like the cockpit and often fly, take off and land with cockpit view in realistic.
Could you do one one the Do 335 B-2 sometime? I've had it for years and it's since the compression removal a true nightmare (when your team is not made out of 288s)
Do335 is rush bombers, rush fighters, dive to ground attackers, die Hahahaha It's great though because it's a premium and you can grind the entire tech tree in some hours or days even
@@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688 I have about 900 battles in it amd a K/D (for aircraft) of 1 to 4 and I have to disagree Now it even has very limited stall fighting ability (I have won loads pf them againts La-9s and other not really good stall speed aircraft) You can also abuse your sonic AF speed to hit and then climb away at 5° To do well in it you just need to side climb to 5500-6000m and then just clap people out from .9 km away
Thanks for the detailed and useful review! One of my favourite planes in the game, got it specifically because of how much I liked it, no matter the fact that it has no guns. Absolutely love the Red Tops and their explosive mass, love the radar, love the overall turning rate and certainly love how quickly it climbs. It's a bit inconsistent and one has to get used to the specific way in which it has to attack for the Red Tops to be efficient - i.e. on the side but once side climbing has been mastered it performs well even in the hands of people who aren't that skilled in the higher BRs (like me). All in all a very chill plane to play with, very stylish! Thanks again for reviewing it in-depth!
if you find yourself dogfighting a plane with flares, i find its best to launch at incredibly close range (sub 1 km). At this range the missile doesnt have much time to correct so you need to aim it well but its often enough to get a hit in before they can flare. Not the kind of attack youd ever do normally as normally youd be switching to guns, but its useful here and its another reason why the sea vixen is a unique and interesting plane to fly.
I have a suggestion: you should review low tier aircraft too! Like ranks 1-5. I personally would absolutely love to see reviews for aircraft at those ranks
To add to clarify, this jet isn't fast, but it's not as slow as what might be inferred. I actually struggle more in downtiers in this than uptiers (especially since the frogfoot was raised to 10.0). You can get a mig-15 on your tail very easily and you can't shake it, just hit the deck and outrun it.
Don't mean to be a dick, but what's the deal with the landing difficulty part? The F-104G review said it was hard... I mean, just fishtail with airbrakes, know your vehicles structural limits (gear/flaps break speeds), and shake until you're on the ground safely? It's pretty easy with 3rd person view.
The sea vixen is quite fast. I don't think there is a faster jet at 8.7 or even 9.0. It feels slow because it gets uptiered to 9.3 or 9.7 90% of the time. Those BRs have many aircraft that are supersonic or have flares and are immune to the red tops.
Ok, so question, How the hell do you lock onto targets so fast, Im locking onto stuff and its taking forever for the circle to go red, and when it does, they have closed the gap and gone well past me? how do i increase my locking speed
I always find it weird when people call it overpowered. Only time I've died to one was when I wasn't paying attention. And since it's a premium, players tend to get cocky and get into dogfights where they can't fire the missiles.
The biggest shame is this is a premium. The Sea Vixen FAW Mk.1 is just 4 Firestreaks and nothing more, nothing less. Too hellish for a standard tech tree plane. The FAW Mk.1 had a prototype that had rockets, bombs, and red tops, basically a slightly worse FAW Mk.2, A great candidate for a premium if the Mk.2 was standard tech tree. If failing that there's also the pilot/ first version had 4 ADEN 30mm's and nothing else, being another one off would've been better for premiums. I hate how Gaijin is very very fond of putting the most ideal standard TT variant of vehicles as premiums and blocking any chance for a standard tech tree counterpart. Regardless of that, I did enjoy this video ignoring the situation of Gaijins implementation of it.
I got to British jets in 24 hours with this thing during the discount period........its a monster grinder if you play smart and boom & zoom
Grinded to the phantoms quickly while maintaining a 65% win rate. Definitely my favorite grinder.
Not true about the acceleration part. It is single handedly the fastest sub 9.0 aircraft in the game, I have flown over 300 missions in it so far and the only thing that can catch up to me is the Yak-38, the Mig-21, Su-7 and if you are (un)lucky, you can maybe see an F-86K that will also catch up to you. Basically, anything with an afterburner may catch up to you, but even then, I found the Sea Vixen to outaccelerate pretty much any subsonic apart from the Yak38. This thing has a ludicrous acceleration, surpassing that of some early supersonics (f100)
The yak-38 speed is underated that thing can accelerate faster than an f3h and fly faster than a f3h its even funny to see supersonics crying Because the yak-38 should not be able to catch em lol
Dam my english is awful
F11-1 is supersonic at 9.0
The swift f7 and Hunter f1 is also faster, and the Swift has an afterburner
@@davidejlertsen5577 the sea vixen outaccelerates the f11
A good plane! It prints sl like crazy but is highly inconsistent due to lack of guns. You covered every aspect very well 🙂
I cannot count how many times having a gun would have saved me or gotten me a kill. With how almost useless the missiles are I would have a heck of a lot more success with it if there was at least a gun pod. The only saving grace is that some aircraft run so hot that if you have a radar lock and spool up the red top you can sometimes get a missile off in the headon.
can't believe it but I just recommended your channel to pilots in war thunder as a review to see if it's worth buying
I'll confess that when I see people in-game ask "how's the _____" when someone is flying an unusual plane, I sometimes drop a shameless plug into the chat to look up one of my reviews ;-)
@@TimsVariety well this is one of the most entertaining and informative review channels I have seen, so why not reccomend It to others. Also, have you ever noticed that the venom looks like a baby sea vixen
Wild how many of those A-4Es don't seem to remember they have flares
Braindead players...
Either that or in my experience they dump like 60 flares but don't change direction
Very good review and with a fantastic historical introduction, as always...
Welcome to fighter jets
Another comment but I just have to share this - after the today's IR missiles update, the Sea Vixen has become a MONSTER of a plane for air assault especially (haven't tested it in AB or RB but I guess it'd be amazing there as well). As someone who got it 2 months ago because I really loved the platform and Red Tops / Radar combination as well as the machine, Ive been playing it but with little success, especially in air assault where I finished in the last positions almost all of the time. Today I finished 4th with a loaded tank for 20m and speed penalty going with it, and armed only with the 4 Red Tops load, was able to get 18 (!) kills single-handedly without any stress or effort. Racked up like 30k SL. Again, something unthinkable for me. To whomever fixed the IR missiles and the Red Top I want to say - I love you! You made WT ALMOST enjoyable again (as the meme goes lol). I just hope Gaijin doesnt nerf or undo the update
As a German, I cant stop laughing when I hear the name of the sea vixen.
"Sie w*chsen?"
When the British give *one thing* an English name (Germanic), it ends up meaning "wanker" in German slang 😂It does come from the same root as German Füchsin at least
One downside to this thing is that it can’t tank any damage AT ALL unless it’s like wing root
Yeah the slightest tap sends this thing into a spiral lmfao however in my experience the thrust is damn near godly at its br only missiles catch up with me 80% of the time I'm downed
I bought this thing too, really effective!
You can get 20k RP per round without too much of a Lucky round
Got it with 90% discount. Far too expensive without it but ok with the discount (should be closer to this price as standard). Good fun plane but suffers with up tiers and not too good 1 v 1. I like the cockpit and often fly, take off and land with cockpit view in realistic.
Could you do one one the Do 335 B-2 sometime?
I've had it for years and it's since the compression removal a true nightmare (when your team is not made out of 288s)
The Do-335 family is on my (long) to-do list. Interesting and quirky planes that deserve some attention.
Do335 is rush bombers, rush fighters, dive to ground attackers, die
Hahahaha
It's great though because it's a premium and you can grind the entire tech tree in some hours or days even
@@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688 I have about 900 battles in it amd a K/D (for aircraft) of 1 to 4 and I have to disagree
Now it even has very limited stall fighting ability (I have won loads pf them againts La-9s and other not really good stall speed aircraft)
You can also abuse your sonic AF speed to hit and then climb away at 5°
To do well in it you just need to side climb to 5500-6000m and then just clap people out from .9 km away
Thank you, i was waiting for this film.
Same I Was thinking about buying this and He uploaded behold for the legend
Thanks for the detailed and useful review! One of my favourite planes in the game, got it specifically because of how much I liked it, no matter the fact that it has no guns. Absolutely love the Red Tops and their explosive mass, love the radar, love the overall turning rate and certainly love how quickly it climbs. It's a bit inconsistent and one has to get used to the specific way in which it has to attack for the Red Tops to be efficient - i.e. on the side but once side climbing has been mastered it performs well even in the hands of people who aren't that skilled in the higher BRs (like me). All in all a very chill plane to play with, very stylish! Thanks again for reviewing it in-depth!
I would love to hear your thoughts on the HO 229, I'm currently grinding my way towards it but I've heard mixed reviews on its effectiveness
It’s great for killing tanks in ground rb
if you find yourself dogfighting a plane with flares, i find its best to launch at incredibly close range (sub 1 km). At this range the missile doesnt have much time to correct so you need to aim it well but its often enough to get a hit in before they can flare.
Not the kind of attack youd ever do normally as normally youd be switching to guns, but its useful here and its another reason why the sea vixen is a unique and interesting plane to fly.
I wonder if we'll ever get the gunpack equipped prototype. Maybe as a event vehicle.
Honestly I wish for nothing more than this,
I have a suggestion: you should review low tier aircraft too! Like ranks 1-5. I personally would absolutely love to see reviews for aircraft at those ranks
nice video ! Q: schould i still buy the sea vixen even it got br nerved ? (its 8.7 now so im going to face mig21(ger) in a uptier)
I love these review videos! Very informative and helpful
Which missiles are you using that can frikkin lock head on? It doesn't have those
To add to clarify, this jet isn't fast, but it's not as slow as what might be inferred. I actually struggle more in downtiers in this than uptiers (especially since the frogfoot was raised to 10.0). You can get a mig-15 on your tail very easily and you can't shake it, just hit the deck and outrun it.
Don't mean to be a dick, but what's the deal with the landing difficulty part? The F-104G review said it was hard... I mean, just fishtail with airbrakes, know your vehicles structural limits (gear/flaps break speeds), and shake until you're on the ground safely? It's pretty easy with 3rd person view.
very helpful guide, I will consider this plane :)
The sea vixen is quite fast. I don't think there is a faster jet at 8.7 or even 9.0. It feels slow because it gets uptiered to 9.3 or 9.7 90% of the time. Those BRs have many aircraft that are supersonic or have flares and are immune to the red tops.
F11-1, swift f7 and Hunter f1 is faster but the again no one flies yhe hunter
@@davidejlertsen5577 Yes, I forgot those. Still, two of these aircraft are british and will never go against the vixen and the f-11 is quite rare.
F11 is op as shit and should not be 9.0
Could you please do one on the harrier gr1?Btw with is better at grinding the harrier gr1 or the sea vixen?
Can you make a review for the German F-4f?
Ok, so question,
How the hell do you lock onto targets so fast,
Im locking onto stuff and its taking forever for the circle to go red, and when it does, they have closed the gap and gone well past me?
how do i increase my locking speed
Crew rank etc pilot awareness helps
Do a review on f3d. Or a helicopter for the first time. The yah64
Where is the 5K QNA video?
ruclips.net/video/dpvBwDHtyh4/видео.html
@@TimsVariety I didn't see the notification for it. Thanks.
I always find it weird when people call it overpowered. Only time I've died to one was when I wasn't paying attention. And since it's a premium, players tend to get cocky and get into dogfights where they can't fire the missiles.
what a lovely informative review🙂
is there any chance you do a video for prem yak38 as well? thanks!
The Yak-38 will be covered in the medium-term, both the tech tree and premium one (probably at the same time).
Pls review the g91 r4
WTH this thing looks more deadly than harrier gr1 at 10.0. Should have gotten this instead of latter one...
Just got the GE to buy it. But the servers are down… yayyy winged lions 🙄
The biggest shame is this is a premium.
The Sea Vixen FAW Mk.1 is just 4 Firestreaks and nothing more, nothing less. Too hellish for a standard tech tree plane.
The FAW Mk.1 had a prototype that had rockets, bombs, and red tops, basically a slightly worse FAW Mk.2, A great candidate for a premium if the Mk.2 was standard tech tree.
If failing that there's also the pilot/ first version had 4 ADEN 30mm's and nothing else, being another one off would've been better for premiums.
I hate how Gaijin is very very fond of putting the most ideal standard TT variant of vehicles as premiums and blocking any chance for a standard tech tree counterpart.
Regardless of that, I did enjoy this video ignoring the situation of Gaijins implementation of it.
Rip tu4
Dont buy it now, it has been uptiered to 8.7 and you will get shredded all day.
Why cant the british make normal planes.
They do and they do it often.
hahahha! :-)
Plenty of their planes are normal, they just had some weird (cool?) looking ones back in the day .. :-)
@@TimsVariety the fact that the cockpit is offset from the center gives me anxiety. Haha
Your videos are very quiet
rat plane