why cant stingers lock helis/ why the fk cant i flare ground launched missles

[suckerfish]

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[Kay]

Helis usually have IRCM (kit added to lower their thermal signature) so IR guided missiles have more trouble locking on to them, stingers usually only lock at about 3.5km on most helicopters in my experience.

If you don't change direction after flaring a stinger, it'll continue on inertial guidance and hit you anyway, since all flares do is make it turn off it's seeker and go off inertial guidance until it can't see them anymore

[j.yellow28]

that and helis i find in osolot and gepard the stingers lock around 3km on heli even low teirs, best guess is they are IR missles and have low heat signetures so missles needs closer range to lock.
Also the Stingers that the osolot and Gepard use have IRCCM which is a system that helps the missle attemp to diffrence there target from flare, Tip would be to Burst flare and swing urself away, flares alone wont help u.