When is Ukraine gonna start fitting fixed guns on their Yak-52s?
>>65446374Dogfighting is a thing of the past!
>>65446374I didnt know those drones could evade, I thought they worked off fixed flight plans.
>>65446500They've had some ai-capabilities that has allowed them to avoid incoming interceptors for some time now. So Russia probably updated the software to include planes now as well
>>65446500they are not evading, they are programmed to circle around until more drones come, so they can attack at once and overwhelm the AA
>>65446374>WW2 fighter planes go back into production solely to deal with low speed intercepts of drones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTHCwU9rUdY
>>65446374He didn't fly so good
>>65446500>I didnt know those drones could evade,Some can.Some have a tail-cam that will tell the flight controller to juke around a bit, technically a Crazy-Ivan I guess. It's intended for dodging interceptor drones that usually approach quite slowly because they're closing a gap in a pursuit.Some are also remote controlled, or can be in a pinch.Others, like >>65447191 said, circle to regroup and often to get targets too because a Gerber arrives with a wifi connection and the swarm can be updated.They can also fuck with AD by doing this to soak up MANPADs etc that would otherwise be used against the banderol/iskander-K cruise missiles coming in.>>65447404>WW2 fighter planes go back into production solely to deal with low speed intercepts of dronesThat's not tiresome, it's awsome.A number of these Yaks have been lost, I really think a decent auto-turret should be possible since there's no collateral damage to worry about, just arm the turret and let it work, then safety it and move to the next target, you could put them on pylons instead of the body to simplify the conversion.
>>65447404Why would that be tiresome? I want to see some new superprops.
>>65447522>A number of these Yaks have been lost Yes, the gunner hit the warhead, instead of the body, and it turned out to be one of the frag ones, so the plane and crew got shrapneled. I haven't seen any mention of Yaks shot down by drone-launched R-60s, though it's likely the Ukrainians aren't releasing figures because they want to keep Russians guessing.
>>65447522>I really think a decent auto-turret should be possibleI AM VINDICATED
>>65446374They need to give the gunner a mini-gun.
