i have been using the er missile,but have not been successful. when is it a good time to fire off the er? i have fired the er in long and short ranges,with no success!! they say that the er missile in the best that the soviets have to offer. can i get some opinions!!

For starters- you do know it's not a fire/forget missile right? You have to guide it to impact/ miss. Otherwise- if you're fighting AI- you're kidding yourself. They can cheat like hell..

i know that the ER isn't a fire and forget missile. you have to maintain lock until impact,but hell if i fire 4 er's atleast one out of 4 should hit. u can't maintain lock if u have a missiles coming at u. do u have any suggestions?

S! Red_devil007

You can successfully use the ER with the type of attack shown on Ironman's tutorial, and it is like this: Assuming you have a bandit on a head on aspect, you wait for the launch tone and then maneuvre your plane nose down and to the side, mantaining the target (small dot on HUD) to the left or right limit of the hud. At about halfway of the ER's max-med range(+/- 25km) you shot your missile.
Now since bandit has shot from a far range his missile will have much less energy than yours (and you are going where the air is denser to add drag to it) and you can dodge it with ease, while yours being shot at a shorter range will still have enough energy to hit the bandit even if he maneuvres. If in doubt toss a second ER when bandit breaks after your launch.
To dodge the missile you have to track it's signal strenght in the RWS at a 25/30° aspect. When the last light is about to lit simply climb and roll slightly opposite to the missile incoming direction. It works for me 7 out of 10 times

Hope it helps!

that sounds like i move that i do! i fire off the ER( at the ER's halfway max range) to get the badits attention and the dive at a 45 degree angle.the come up under the the badits radar and fire the ET or 73 in EOS mode. where can i get v.1.0 n v.1.2 patches

This helps me also..i will try what Kon says...the only way i am succesfull using FBP and setting up an "average" enemy who smokes me 9/10 is going immortal..which makes me a dirty cheater......I have tried watching the other guy manuever when i shoot at him to see what he does and he dives and starts the chaff and flares...i try it and maybe get one miss, try to put my nose on him and get torched..can you load an R77 on the SU27/33 if i set up a mission in the mission editor? Being a Soviet is real frustrating..thanks.....i am glad i am not fighting for my life because it would have ended when i got interested in the darn sims!

First of all dont EVER try to take on 2 Bandits when you dont know how to operate your missiles properly .... Start setting up a one on one mission in the mission editor or the Fast battle planer and go on from there.
Or ot put it simple ... Learn to walk before you run.

All my "practice' runs are 1 v 1...

Again- the AI is VERY unrealistic in several key ways.

Sustained hi-G turns with no ill effects..

Always knowing exactly where you are even with no line of sight...

Insta-locate/lock/fire weapons at the most extreme limits of the systems. (some say even before) I've been killed by a semi-active R27 even though the AI bandit was in FULL retreat and after I made some minor evasive jinks.

Magic flares & chaff. This is somewhat true of live pilots too- but REALLY bad with AI.

i never take on 2 badits! i love to do stealth kills in EOS mode.i have tooken on 2 badits before and won,but the bandits were NooBS.taking
on 2 badits can be done,if the polit has skills,he knows the jets strenghts and weakness,and knows his weapons abilities. i aways try to be creative and make new moves to evade missiles. TRAINING TRAINING AND MORE TRAINING!