Posted by Biggs on July 27, 2000 at 00:15:37:

In Reply to: Aircraft techs posted by Pedro Silva on July 26, 2000 at 13:31:31:

> I've been checking the aircraft designs, an d I realized that no aircraft has a value above 4 in any of its techs. Can't tech values take th whole range from 0-10, or do they only go from 0-Generation Level? It seems to me that a lot of detail is missing because of that :-( So that we could realy show how much better an F-16 is than a Su-17 Fitter :-)

> But now for some more suggestions:

> F-4 Phantom should be 2nd generation, like Mig-21, -23, -27. Now it is the only aircraft in the database listed as 1st generation. I though 1st generation would be a Spitfire, or a Mig-15 at most...

> JAS-39 Gripen should be 3rd generation (it's an 80's plane). And I now think Mig-29, Su-27 (first seen bu the West in 82, I guess, even though they're probably late70's designs..), as well as F-14, -15, -16 and -18 should be 3rd generation too. They're so much better than most of the competition (at the time, and even now)that we should not "condemn" them to 2nd generation game performance just because they were off for a couple of years...

> The F-14 has no Phoenix missile :-( But that's what makes it important. It allows it to shoot an enemy 100 NM away. Mig-31 also carries a very good long range missile (AA-9 AMos, range 80 NM

> EF-2000, F-22, JSF should be upgrade to 4th generation (it's 2000 and none of those is really flying yet :-)

> Pedro

I am not sure but as far as I know the Phoenix missile is being taken out of service because of its cost (1 million dollars).




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