F-117A Nighthawk FIRST Dev Server Gameplay & Overview + New Airfield - First Stealth [War Thunder]

[@sgtj.peldridge4567]

I wish the ir signature would be smaller but it's whatever I'm more upset about them nerfing the hell out of the F-15E for no reason

[@wetblock9926]

ir signature isnt finished i think they tracked it from 6km from the front in the stream

[@fembill]

How did they nerf the Mudhen?

[@jinx_rogue]

How is the f15E nerfed?

[@harryshuman9637]

Is it really a nerf when it wasn't even released yet?

[@fenixsortudo1906]

Did you want it to be released the way it was? 💀

[@leilanz8325]

It's maneuverability makes kind of sense. It's called the "Wobblin' Goblin" for a reason. Lockheed basically took the fly by wire off the F-16 and strapped it to the F-117 to make it even fly straight

[@vichraev.5386]

Great model and looks very fun to fly. It would shine if WT had a solo gameplay mode where you could use the F-117A for the role it was meant for, which is evading enemy radar installations in a game of cat and mouse. I love WT as a flight simulator. Unfortunately, as a game, it's about as much fun as a root canal without anesthetic.

[@Fred-qk8nm]

Wt as a flight simulator? Lmao

[@JamesShedinn]

@@Fred-qk8nmsim is fun, more fun than RB most of the time.

[@thesaltysierra5202]

At the very least to make the F-117 worth it, sim battles make high value targets the F-117 is best equipped to destroy. Like radars at airfields or control towers which makes it easier for the rest of the team to come in and start hitting the base defenses.

[@WarDaddyUSA]

Well unfortunately the way this game is modeled it will not be enough ordinance to destroy a base. Individual targets like radars And tanks maybe, adding the F117 to the game was so they can have people quit saying there's Russian bias. they screwed up because we do not want the F117 it's useless and Russia gets six fire and forget missiles that use four different types of guidance To find their target. but America getting the Hellfire Lima's is just too overpowered lmao

[@patriktoth6258]

​@@WarDaddyUSAF117 can still hunt returning players in SB.

[@VMUDream]

UK's brimstones wont have fire and forget because that would be OP but the russians get it :(

[@daltonbest9320]

it should be around 8.7 in sim too soo could be qutie good at killing planes at airfields

[@VIT-ey8wo]

​@@VMUDreamthose are gnss missiles lol. Just move

[@bradly2056]

That cockpit is straight out of Star Wars

[@PhantomTechnik131]

It’s accurate though.

[@ThommyofThenn]

​@@PhantomTechnik131​yea I'm not sure what op was on about. I guess you and I are more familiar with avionics and just see it as appropriate technology for the time this thing was made. Although I think it bears mentioning that Star Wars has always been inspired by/implementing real world stuff to add that lived in feeling that makes SW such a compelling universe. For instance all the WW2 firearms that were sadly chopped up to make the blasters

[@wetsponge3167]

@@ThommyofThennI don’t think he was calling it unrealistic… Just admiring how utterly space age this thing looks inside. Especially for it’s time.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@wetsponge3167 thanks brother

[@ThommyofThenn]

Wow seeing the tail flaps articulate is satisfying

[@giano427]

So, basically your typical bomber play. Try to live long enough to drop your ordnance and anything after that is just a bonus.

[@LiterallyADHD]

I know this vehicle isn’t going to be the most impactful thing as you only get a chance at two kills and no defences but it’s just so cool and I have to buy this with GE

[@clay9181]

Why? It's a squadron vehicle. With a good squadron you always have 20 000 RP every two days it shouldn't take long to unlock for free

[@DoctorBruKhar]

​@clay9181 it'll probably be 500k points which would make it take 2 and a half months to research

[@clay9181]

@DoctorBruKhar by then it will be balanced I hope! RIght now it absolutely sucks and even the F4C radar can lock it up 🤣

[@Chuddling]

Sadly I saw testing of all the SPAA vehicles and radar all locking this thing. pantsir can see this thing the second its in radar range from the front, and half of the IR SPAAs can lock and fire at it from 7ish KM range. its straight up not worth taking sadly

[@SpookLord03]

The only time they're visible on radar is when the bomb bay doors are open. It is bs that SPAA can lock on at any time.

[@DanTheTan]

its in 8.7. Also radar stealth only means reduced detection range, unless we're talking S200 SAMs you'd definitly be in killzone in less than 15-20km

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[@DanTheTan]

@@-.-.---.--...--.-.......-..... They must be insane to put a plane with no air to air weapons and no countermeasaures in 10.0, too high even for ground rb. This thing is just sad if this is the case

[@DanTheTan]

Imagine you have to grind somehow for the guided munitions lol, dropping unguided bombs with an f117 is just....

[@ethancotton1549]

F117 needs more night battles to be really viable, especially since its a black aircraft

[@BrandonBennetch]

Aircraft color doesn’t really do anything, this is why the US paints its aircraft in standard grey, the silhouetting of your aircraft in the sky will always cause it to grey out and be visible regardless of color unless you’re looking down on it

[@ethancotton1549]

@BrandonBennetch oh no I understand that yeah, but I just meant since it's a stealth strike plane that is black, and was used for night strike missions irl, would make more sense to use it for the night missions so it's even harder for people to spot you

[@justanotherperson7774]

I wish for more night battles. There's plenty of stuff to play around for that specific type of warfare from different eras and countries.

[@ethancotton1549]

@@justanotherperson7774 same, tho it rarely is in circulation because so many people hate having to use their eyes, and any night battles that do happen always have the giant flares going up the whole time so you can see perfectly fine anyway. A better night battle system would be good, even if it was just purely nvg or nothing, would help people camouflage and actually be able to use the shadows better

[@justanotherperson7774]

@ethancotton1549 if the pvp side doesn't workout there's always pve. I would love to more pve content for night battles.

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

Not gonna lie, this plane made me want to play WT again, been a year off the game, but now I see many good changes, it gave me hope to try again, though it's gonna be a hard time to relearn the radars and stuff. Just as before, I do miss a game mode similar to the Operations in WoWs, that kind of gameplay in WT would be Dream for me. Imagine a mission using this new technology and trying to stay hidden or something, would love that. Hope to see something like from the community missions eventually, but anyway, gonna try to meme with the F117 once I get it.

[@nostalgicmindset5258]

Don’t come back lmfao trust me they are gonna keep this shafted

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

Yeah, it is not gonna be a Crazy good plane, quite the opposite actually, but I like those "useless" meme vehicles, love to see the reaction of the try hard people when you do something silly, hahahahaha. Don't get me wrong though, I try to win when I play, but I use the weird stuff and the "bad" stuff more often then chasing the meta. With that said, I plan to get into hotas soon, so I think the F117 will be at least fun in SIM battles, just wish we had night battles again, I liked them but people hated them so much, hahahahaha

[@naskheera]

Hotas isn't even quite required if your not dogfighting due to SAS mode trivializing things

[@sirbowserfelix9293]

Indeed, but I also plan to use it on XPlane, Il2 and DCS.

[@JEFFxdxd555]

War thunder need night mode for f-117🌜🌜

[@null-0x]

War Thuder already does have Night Battles

[@brownzerg]

It's not going to work like we think it will, and that's unfortunate. Being able to drop two guided munitions on unsuspecting players while they rearm at their airfield if done correctly would be crazy. It's a novelty, a neat novelty but gimped. Sim, maybe ground rb, but in Air RB its going to get eaten alive in the day.

[@Aximand]

You didn't show it in the video as there weren't any moving targets, but right now the laser doesn't auto-track moving targets. I'm not sure if that's a statcard issue and they didn't mean to add that onto the statcard or what, but it's important to know if it goes live and people don't realise their paveways aren't tracking properly.

[@kitsune3752]

I feel like the F-117 would be one the more fun aircraft for uptiering in airsim (mind you I am not saying it is like some meta thing, it would just be fun to use) especially when at certain BR ranges of sim some AI ground battles have extremely effective radar spaa and the guided munitions of the F-117 would be perfect for opening up the battle for your CAS teammates by getting rid of those AA from a distance

[@ianvital8834]

In ground Pounding Ground battles the main taktic for it would be space climbing. BOmb RTB repeat if you avoid other planes and keep high Alt no one can find you

[@Sveta7]

I mean in most useful AAs at that br range you'll manually guide the missile and easily get it, no need for a lock especially because this thing is not too fast...

[@JSDFEnthusiast]

It has a tailhook, carrier certified

[@jpo7577]

Giajin can take my money now... this is gonna be so cool in sim mode

[@NotDwight-j8n]

F-117 vs pre Cold War jets is silly. Make its rcs smaller and bring it up to 12.0

[@Brando222]

Now that's a lot of gold eagles!!

[@TomPrickVixen]

Feels like most of the update's budget went in to modeling this plane...

[@abroamg]

Would be funny if in air rb the stealth makes it sit hat the Emmy doesn’t see name and vehicle marked in red, unless closer than 2km

[@hurrikane_gaming]

Noticed when you’re in Ground RB the BR on it says 10.0! That’s a huge jump from Air RB at 8.7

[@NotDwight-j8n]

If this game modeled contrails correctly this plane would be a ghost. Guess gaijin doesn’t know you can fly above the cons tho.😂

[@Konakiri581]

Having a harder time lock on. Strela:"we will see about that"

[@jeremiahwelborn5526]

Someone argued with me that the flatspin it has can't be countered. Spawned in it.. initiated on, cut thrust and countered the rotation. Came straight out of it

[@LeoThunder-mg5hb]

The b 2bis was more useful because The f 117 doesnt have much Bomb payload so ww 2 are much more useful but IT IS Save from Radar Guides missiles

[@laser986]

I could be completely wrong but the flight model is probably correct because the reason why its called the f-117 instead of the b-117 is because it flew more like a fighter rather than a bomber

[@merc741]

Same reason we have the F-111, it's a strike aircraft

[@leilanz8325]

Actually, it was because the number of the aircraft appeared in public budgets and they wanted the Soviets to think it was "just" another fighter instead of a stealth aircraft

[@generalschorch8259]

Can’t wait to use this on the night version of sani

[@MomoKawashima5]

Lol Tankenstein, those are Pitot tubes. All planes have them :)

[@SpookLord03]

It wasn't tougher to lock onto, it was impossible unless something was open on it, letting there be a radar lock.

[@theverminator8048]

this thing looks sick

[@Juel92]

I'm not surprised it flies well. It has huge ailerons and the shape looks like it should have solid aerodynamics.

[@logantondevold6311]

aerodynamics are actually really bad due to them focusing on stealth over flight characteristics, also why it is very slow. The design computers at the time didnt have the power to actually calculate more complex shapes to help with aerodynamics, now we have better computers and can make things like the b2, but back in 1980 they were pretty primitive still.

[@Juel92]

@@logantondevold6311 Yeah I was thinking of it's monowing-ish design. Usually that kind of swept wings with large wing surface can turn well. But yeah I'd imagine other parts of it's aerodynamics could be very bad.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Imagine we get B2 Spirit in the game at some point... Мой боже I would pay good money for that beauty!

[@badarmy2454]

Me: Got 89K of ge and just waiting to buy the f117 with it.

[@pinilandok]

is this really viable in air since all the planes are marked for some reason?

[@cleverlaziness]

so now i can get sniped at 30k ft during ground rb and i wont be able to use spaa to shoot it down. how fun...

[@mrfuzzerkins4170]

I like it for the novelty of it.

[@mando105e]

since they added this i cant wait for one of the big boys like the sr71 blackbird.

[@Lazor217]

The blackbird never had armament or ordinance.

[@mando105e]

@@Lazor217 well it still wpuld be nice and they wpuld probably jury eigg it to have something anyways i mean they used to not add fake vehicles into the game now we got a crap ton of em

[@weiwu1442]

@@Lazor217the YF12 did, which is the experimental interceptor variant

[@Lazor217]

@weiwu1442 well then he would have said the YF-12, not the SR-71.

[@mando105e]

@@Lazor217 well to be honest i did not know about the yf-12, so thanks for letting me know about that, but as i have stated my point still stands, there adding fake vehicles now so what is stopping them from doing this?

[@LenfredDueck]

If this thing can be added with its limited usefulness then the Mig 25 can be added too.

[@xhotdog1]

How can I test fly this? Like can I become a dev or something

[@WarDaddyUSA]

of course adding the useless F117 to the game can say " there's no Russian bias" America got a skink..... and other low tier spaa. and a useless f117 with no guns no missles. and stealth that dont work. Let's talk so I don't work. meanwhile Russia gets the most modern air to ground jet they have in their inventory with most of their modern missiles while Russia is playing in 2017 in the game America is still stuck in the early 2000s absolutely wild to me. Take for example the pantsir. that should have never been put into the game. Why does the United States not have the hellfire limas in the game? Oh because sonya wt it would be too overpowered but let's go ahead and give Russia mach 2 fire and forget missile x6...

[@Bobspineable]

I don’t know, US has been dominating Air battles for a while now, you’ll think they’ll add a strong counter of bias was true.

[@TheDanishGuy101]

@@WarDaddyUSA But to be fair, adding new US tech is too overpowered. A new SU versus an F-15 is somewhat of a fair battle... Now, the real-world test of five F-15s with good pilots versus one F-22 resulted in the F-15s getting annihilated. And the F-35 would be able to take out like four tanks, with no way of being countered. As an F-22 pilot said, "My biggest fear is to run out of ammunition

[@theallmightyego6756]

Using dates as a point for of bias is just like waving a flag that says that you barely know what’s going on in the game… Dates don’t really mean anything in game…

[@102ndsmirnov7]

Makes sense that it is posted by a moron with the name "WarDaddyUSA", Russian/Soviet air has been heavily nerfed for the past few updates and has been wildly underperforming. US has been completely dominant in air RB but is only kept in check by how bad its players are.

[@WarDaddyUSA]

@@theallmightyego6756 you're mouth keeps yappin. are you okay? Clueless kiddo.

[@fg656tgf]

I hope they add more bombers

[@SP4RT4N87]

can i get a hi?

[@ObusPerduYT]

hiiiii o)

[@Tankenstein]

Hi

[@SP4RT4N87]

@@Tankenstein

[@Samila009]

Hii

[@orbitalpotato9940]

Nighthawk-tuah!

[@subjectc7505]

Interesting

[@leisaben]

Is sim it’ll be insane

[@GabriGlider]

How do you level up this thing?

[@wheelwrightpl9429]

Still the weirdest production plane that ever flew IMHO.

[@hmodz1726]

more ways too give out freedom heck yeah.

[@ColinDuff-vx4wj]

When is it coming

[@Crabonoe]

Are those new explosion effects?

[@PhantomTechnik131]

I think so? Maybe? Can’t say for sure though.

[@grantjones177]

3:11 why does it look like it has hail damage?

[@genofgames3777]

jdams can make 20km shots so ig thats nice

[@mustangrt8866]

no AGM65 to throw at planes?

[@Pantsir-S1M]

F-117 vs Pantsir-S1 plz

[@halodude4481]

the best use for this thing would be in a ground battle at night.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Isnt this a bomber though? Could be interesting but BR will be weird

[@extraordinarytv5451]

Stealth planes in War Thunder before GTA 6

[@cpresuttis]

This is at 9.7? I could maybe be able to squeeze it into naval RB 😂😂😂😂

[@jovanni_orb5116]

Good morning

[@TheDanishGuy101]

Do u think it will be better in GB than the A4E Early?

[@OneStrangeDeer]

No, a4 gets bigger payload, same amout of guided bombs and flares/chaff.

[@Douwe02]

No, it won't, because the A-4E can carry more ordinance and has cannons

[@blitzkrieg8776]

More ordinance is generally better. Though sim battle potential seems high.

[@TheDanishGuy101]

@@blitzkrieg8776 Can you do a video about how Radars of the same BR, locks on the F-117

[@GaminguyYT]

It’s so easy to land!

[@TFBDIGESTIVE]

how do i use it on the dev server

[@wilsonsantiago-e3c]

As if CAS isn’t annoying to deal with we get this lol

[@Joeschmo776]

Bros landing gear said no

[@aa11ff]

It was later explained by Serbia that they didn't know that the nighthawk was supposed to be invisible.

[@pokesquad8352]

i was hoping it atleast gets aam like the real one

[@misat25]

How i get GE to warthunder dev

[@pita-oj6cq]

how do i get golden eagles in the dev server?

[@SquiddyKraken]

you have to buy them on the live server, only content creators get millions of ge for the dev

[@ruansteenkamp4289]

The problem here is that this is a squadron vehicle, meaning that when you get it you still need to grind the modules out, this thing is gonna be a*s to play

[@Hymid3782]

Irl it has a drag chute

[@slavcity406]

Wait wait... Its a squadron vehicle?

[@Tankenstein]

@@slavcity406 yes

[@slavcity406]

@@Tankenstein ❤️🤙

[@Barquesha_starquesha_bonquesha]

They did not put it at 8.7

[@eri4473]

first❤

[@SP4RT4N87]

i was first

[@craigwilson9946]

​@@SP4RT4N87does anyone actually care? I think not

[@OneStrangeDeer]

​@@craigwilson9946 i agree "first" comments are just annoying. And there is always 2-3 of them.

[@Misha-g7n]

I can't see it in rank 6

[@PhantomTechnik131]

I would like to confirm that the cockpit is extremely accurate!

[@joeyjoejoejrshabadu]

It's a cool vehicle but I'd prefer if Gaijin would leave them out of the game, if they cannot be reasonablly implemented in a way, that such vehicles from the 80s wouldn't be fighting WW2 planes.

[@willbrigham2121]

FYI, the F-117A had Chaff, Flares and ECM. At a minimum, it should have flares in game. Additionally, it is well published that this aircraft had a drag chute to shorten roll-out upon landing.

[@frostedbutts4340]

No. Ace combat is not a source lmao. The 117A does not have countermeasures. No flares, no chaff, only very basic electronics. Aside from the stealth faceting and materials it's a surprisingly primitive aircraft.

[@TheFighterrr-1]

lowkey looks like a mod

[@AWACSROCKET]

fr

[@Testikeles]

Flying pyramid

[@bobbymfw1]

Stealth aircraft can be tracked on radar. They cannot be locked for targeting. Putting current American aircraft in the game is bs because they will either have to nerf them completely or buff every other aircraft or aa. Take the F22,which has taken out F15s in combat training in a 1v5 scenario. What the fck is a Su whatever gonna do except die?😂😂😂

[@TheDanishGuy101]

Russian Bias... maby it will get a damage bar, like on the mobile vertion, and gets 5X hp😂

[@DummyAc-ep7cb]

Well they introduced stealth now I'll bet Russia is going to be more broken

[@briartousley9806]

Russian air hasnt been broken for a good long while now

[@robertsmith4681]

I do wonder if they will be able to carry Sparrows, which they are known to have been able to, I assume link-launch sort off deal.

[@skslchd7664]

doesn't even have a radar

[@robertsmith4681]

@@skslchd7664 I know, was still able to carry and launch missiles targeted by somebody else.

[@brodykloster2102]

That’s just not true at all, there were plans to give it sidewinders and some even said give it the aim 120, but nothing ever happened

[@skslchd7664]

@@brodykloster2102 if nothing ever happened then it isn't coming smartass

[@Aximand]

Link launch anything would be sick

[@jacobtaylor6315]

Plane seems dope asf, and it is but cmon man... 2 bombs????

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Its the only thing it could carry. But if you want 2 aim9l`s and higher BR that much...

[@AlRizz187]

@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 it could theoretically carry them and it was proposed but never made it. they could add them to it as other aircraft get missiles that were proposed but never added for example the p16 never had aim9b

[@soundesrexgaming9169]

Adding bombers but no cockpit models for the old ones. Pointless update

[@ThePlecoPal]

Cyberplane

[@mohamedachref259]

Hi

[@jameslivingstone7428]

so as always instead of fixing the hacks and aim cheats as well as the spawn camping and bombing they bring another update, great

[@Kenworth-by8wb]

I wish that the stealth part would work (you couldn't be locked on by any radar at any angle)

[@dentist-chan]

It's the first stealth aircraft and f117 itself irl can be locked. It's absolutely invisible only if you're travelling towards the radar source. F22 is much more advanced in that range and could be much better.

[@hex10550]

​​@@dentist-chan it being the first does not change that at certain angles it has smaller rcs than f22

[@skslchd7664]

your assumption is wrong

[@hex10550]

@@skslchd7664 ok, elaborate

[@arcade185]

​@@hex10550 source?

[@ncsteampunk]

literally useless as a stealth aircraft, since it basically doesnt see radar missiles, which it is supposed to evade with radarstealth + no dedicated night modes = no actual use

[@caffeineoverload7773]

02:36 They are not pilot probes, they're pitot probes (pronounced pee-toe)

[@airborne719]

Not gonna lie, but this thing is a massive disappointment to me. Unless it get's tweak I am pretty sure I will be passing on this plane for the foreseeable future.

[@CEOofBreadd]

Tired of seeing people say things about the takeoff, its a BOMBER of course its going to have a slower takeoff than what msot of these war thunder players fighter jets lmao.

[@ThePlecoPal]

This game needs to burn in the fires of a nuclear meltdown.

[@drewolson3873]

Yet no F/A 18 ? don’t get it confused the F117 is cool af but there is a lot of aircraft we don’t have !

[@Shawn-c5q]

Sheer garbage, flats spins out of control and crashes when you try to use the rudder.

[@mr.d8469]

God bless you all and Jesus loves you. He died for our sins, and wants you to repent and spend time with Jesus.

[@omen1784]

God I hate Gaijin. Fix the shit game before adding new stuff

[@fiamo91]

my God this thing sucks 😂😂