VERY situational - it can give thermal vision without the targeting pod, which could make it useful for finding things to attack with dumb bombs in CAS, or for spotting aircraft from a distance against a clear sky in air battles (since it has no radar).
I love that you also explain the history, makes the videos so much more in-depth, and give an understanding of why these aircraft have certain equipment.
A lot of 10.7 and 11.0 players bring in the Q-5L to top tier. I usually bring an F4E with rockets and 4 aim7e's to also knock down drones.. The Q-5L with no RWR and flares is such a juicy target if you can identify it, easier to kill than the drones because they are larger.
Please no more bs missiles at 10.3, maybe a worse Missile. I think if it gets PL5's it will just become a tech tree a5c, and just be played in air RB as a fighter.
this thing really needs flares and aams, the fact this sits at 9.7 and only cannons stock (far as i know) is insane, either it needs to go down or they add these
That was the Q-5B, originaly it was even planned to carry YJ-8 variants but it was eventually scrapped in 1979 for the JH-7 carrying the same weapon for ASuW warfare - since it was pretty much the same thing, wouldnt be surprised that it gets to the game being an event plane Edit: okay I was wrong - the Q-5B was meant to come with a redesigned nose using a PD radar and a monodoppler FC radar, as well as navigation updates, the replacement of the bomb bay to a comformal tank, as well as avionics to comply the Yu-2 jet-powered torpedoes
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 It is similar to the ASROC yet as an ASuW torpedo as far as things were concerned, it uses largely the same ideas of being an underwater weapon to attack ships but powered by a turbojet engine I think
when you are in cockpit view, there are some controls that say "MFD" in the weapon key binds. they change the function of some cockpit instruments like changing the radar screen in the F-4 into the guided bomb/maverick screen. maybe one of these changes the guided bomb screen into RWR in the Q-5L
I think they should just make any TV or FLIR pod the bombardiers sight in the options to make it possible to directly switch to it. And with two sights on one plane, like here with equipped pod, the superior one should just overwrite the other on as a quick fix. Then introduce a 'alternative bombardier sight' keybind option. I mean I can select the amount of ordonance I wanna release with a single press of a button (great for CCRP bombing in ARB) but I can't select between two sights?
G'day Tim, Nine months on and still shafted while soon getting even further shafted... The 250 & 500 kilograms bombs are getting a filler nerf so gone are the days of being able to destroy a point further making the A-5C the only Q-5 that can destroy a base making it even more P2W. But the cannon ballistic are far better nowadays so that's a plus ntm there's another cool twitch colour scheme. Nine months on and still no CM even with pictures on the forum and still no PL-2 or PL-7's for this aircraft or the other two TT aircraft. I hope the Q-5D that eventually comes isn't plagued like this but hopefully the Q-5B comes for the lolz.
I absolutely hate how you have the cycle through the FLIR to reach the targeting pod. It straight up messes up your rhythm so much and feels extremely clunky to use.
@@TimsVariety Yeah, glad that bug was fixed and the Q-5A and A-5C got CCIP but the fact that the L is missing countermeasures and both the L and the A are missing AAMs is infuriating.
@@TimsVariety It really is annoying seeing as China really needs these planes in order to be effective. Instead all we get is half of a plane. Better then nothing I guess. I do wish the Q-5s got the solid green operational camo.
what do you use to lock laser guided bombs? I can lock ATGMs on helis, and AGMs like mavericks and bullpups on planes, but it wont let me lock hellfires on drones, or laser guided bombs on planes. Side note, I can lock the ground, just not tanks
Just got mine and was spooked to see this plane sit at 10.7 on Sim. Like what am I going to do against mig23 and phantoms 2 as the standard aircraft to engage at that br.
*video sugestion* Have you tought about a tier list type video. To compare diffrent aircraft or tanks, based on how well they fly/drive, and fight, In your opinion. Pros and cons would also be helpful. (:
One of them was me. I watch all my vids once after uploading to make sure youtube's "processing" didn't screw anything up. About one in twenty times, there will be some weird visual problems that didn't exist in my original render, and I have to re-upload it. One of my Skyrim episodes (uploaded but not yet published) got glitched out in multiple/different ways each time I uploaded it, and I had to re-up the same frickin vid about six times before it came out ok after youtube's "processing". Pretty annoying to have to re-up a 40gb video multiple times, but such is life I guess.
@@TimsVariety I have another small 3D printing channel, and I regularly upload videos with no audio all the time lol. At least the first 10 views of every video I release is me!
@@tooshmart6669 Yeah its an issue - I wish there was more transparency into what the "processing" does. The fact that I get different results uploading the exact same file multiple times is rather bothersome ... I could get if like, switching codecs caused problems, but the same damned file getting different problems-or-not is beyond annoying. #UA-camrProblems
@@FirstDagger I know I just see that because they just buff the r60 because Russian planes are alredy op so make this jets almost unplayable because you had to worry about r60m missile they where good now they just buff them even more
R-60 hasn’t been overpowered in a year or more. AIM-9J+ is better, even arguably the 9D and 9G are better. If you have flares and know how to use them R-60s are useless against you
Does the FLIR have any use?
VERY situational - it can give thermal vision without the targeting pod, which could make it useful for finding things to attack with dumb bombs in CAS, or for spotting aircraft from a distance against a clear sky in air battles (since it has no radar).
Pinning OP because its a great question.
"The upgraded Q-5Lflys out for China in War Thunder, now with bug fixes!"
Sounds straight out of an advertisement, I like it.
Gaijin logic:
A5c= flares
Q5L=no flares
A5c=Q5L
A lot of the later Q-5s are kinda gimped because they can actually have AAMs as well and STILL do not.
The Snail did the Q-5L dirty, there is literally a picture of it with countermeasures on it but they're saying it's 'too blurry', pathetic!
I love that you also explain the history, makes the videos so much more in-depth, and give an understanding of why these aircraft have certain equipment.
A lot of 10.7 and 11.0 players bring in the Q-5L to top tier. I usually bring an F4E with rockets and 4 aim7e's to also knock down drones.. The Q-5L with no RWR and flares is such a juicy target if you can identify it, easier to kill than the drones because they are larger.
No flares it's just painful. It doesn't belong on 9.7 at all.
@@theus663 fly the French crusader and then you can tell me something about painful planes
It has RWR.
really hope this thing gets pl5b and flares and go to 10.3 it can becimes china's jaguar A
Please no more bs missiles at 10.3, maybe a worse Missile.
I think if it gets PL5's it will just become a tech tree a5c, and just be played in air RB as a fighter.
@@IanNuke but china needs a competent striker at the higher tiers
What the fuck no
10.7, the PL-5B is just Magics but with much better range. The A-5C should be 10.3 too though.
>A-5C
this thing really needs flares and aams, the fact this sits at 9.7 and only cannons stock (far as i know) is insane, either it needs to go down or they add these
You are my go to for any warthunder jet reviews! Love the content
A TORPEDO BOMBER?!??!?!?!? I need the torpedo bomber! I don't care that it's impractical that's just so insane I need it!
That was the Q-5B, originaly it was even planned to carry YJ-8 variants but it was eventually scrapped in 1979 for the JH-7 carrying the same weapon for ASuW warfare - since it was pretty much the same thing, wouldnt be surprised that it gets to the game being an event plane
Edit: okay I was wrong - the Q-5B was meant to come with a redesigned nose using a PD radar and a monodoppler FC radar, as well as navigation updates, the replacement of the bomb bay to a comformal tank, as well as avionics to comply the Yu-2 jet-powered torpedoes
@@tianhaoju4634 jet powered torpedoes? so an air launched pseudo equivalent to ASROC? That's actually the coolest shit ever
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 It is similar to the ASROC yet as an ASuW torpedo as far as things were concerned, it uses largely the same ideas of being an underwater weapon to attack ships but powered by a turbojet engine I think
Nice video, i'd like to see your review on the Z-10, it changed quite a bit since it came out 2months ago
Its on the short/medium term list, probably my next helicopter review.
@@TimsVariety ma guy
I mean this is the same stunt they pulled with the F8E's rwr
when you are in cockpit view, there are some controls that say "MFD" in the weapon key binds. they change the function of some cockpit instruments like changing the radar screen in the F-4 into the guided bomb/maverick screen. maybe one of these changes the guided bomb screen into RWR in the Q-5L
I thought I read they patched the weapons system on these planes. I wouldn't know, I'm still stuck in 1943.
I think they should just make any TV or FLIR pod the bombardiers sight in the options to make it possible to directly switch to it.
And with two sights on one plane, like here with equipped pod, the superior one should just overwrite the other on as a quick fix.
Then introduce a 'alternative bombardier sight' keybind option.
I mean I can select the amount of ordonance I wanna release with a single press of a button (great for CCRP bombing in ARB) but I can't select between two sights?
Just what I needed
G'day Tim,
Nine months on and still shafted while soon getting even further shafted...
The 250 & 500 kilograms bombs are getting a filler nerf so gone are the days of being able to destroy a point further making the A-5C the only Q-5 that can destroy a base making it even more P2W.
But the cannon ballistic are far better nowadays so that's a plus ntm there's another cool twitch colour scheme.
Nine months on and still no CM even with pictures on the forum and still no PL-2 or PL-7's for this aircraft or the other two TT aircraft.
I hope the Q-5D that eventually comes isn't plagued like this but hopefully the Q-5B comes for the lolz.
I absolutely hate how you have the cycle through the FLIR to reach the targeting pod. It straight up messes up your rhythm so much and feels extremely clunky to use.
Q-5a now have computer and flare why i need to grind q5l 😊
The LGBs are the big selling point, as it makes it significantly better at CAS.
Still no countermeasures
yup ... at least they fixed the damned targeting pod, finally .... but no countermeasures :-\ ....
@@TimsVariety Yeah, glad that bug was fixed and the Q-5A and A-5C got CCIP but the fact that the L is missing countermeasures and both the L and the A are missing AAMs is infuriating.
@@majorpark The snail just REALLY can't seem to get the Q-5 family done right.
@@TimsVariety It really is annoying seeing as China really needs these planes in order to be effective. Instead all we get is half of a plane. Better then nothing I guess. I do wish the Q-5s got the solid green operational camo.
who needs countermeasures, actually
Do you plan to make a video on the F-100D? (Sry if you have already, I can’t find it)
I'll get to it eventually :-)
what do you use to lock laser guided bombs? I can lock ATGMs on helis, and AGMs like mavericks and bullpups on planes, but it wont let me lock hellfires on drones, or laser guided bombs on planes. Side note, I can lock the ground, just not tanks
Sorry for commenting on such an old video but the q5l got so many changes its video should be revamped
I've considered it. The entire Q-5 series is in need of updated reviews at some point, probably in the medium term.
Have you done a video on the Hunter f.6? If not would you be able to possibly do one on it? thanks
Just got mine and was spooked to see this plane sit at 10.7 on Sim. Like what am I going to do against mig23 and phantoms 2 as the standard aircraft to engage at that br.
What skin is that, looks pretty cool.
*video sugestion*
Have you tought about a tier list type video.
To compare diffrent aircraft or tanks, based on how well they fly/drive, and fight,
In your opinion. Pros and cons would also be helpful. (:
Without spoiling anything - I have, yes.
Please review the p40
I'll get to the P-40 eventually 🙂
Why don't you fly with a keyboard? I see you looking behind by mouse turning which causes your plane to wobble.
I use both, but I prefer the mouse for camera controls.
bugewr
After 21 seconds, there are already two views?
One of them was me. I watch all my vids once after uploading to make sure youtube's "processing" didn't screw anything up. About one in twenty times, there will be some weird visual problems that didn't exist in my original render, and I have to re-upload it.
One of my Skyrim episodes (uploaded but not yet published) got glitched out in multiple/different ways each time I uploaded it, and I had to re-up the same frickin vid about six times before it came out ok after youtube's "processing". Pretty annoying to have to re-up a 40gb video multiple times, but such is life I guess.
@@TimsVariety I have another small 3D printing channel, and I regularly upload videos with no audio all the time lol. At least the first 10 views of every video I release is me!
@@tooshmart6669 Yeah its an issue - I wish there was more transparency into what the "processing" does. The fact that I get different results uploading the exact same file multiple times is rather bothersome ... I could get if like, switching codecs caused problems, but the same damned file getting different problems-or-not is beyond annoying.
#UA-camrProblems
I really wanna see this in sim, the cockpit is dope
I haven't flown it in sim, but flying RB in VR mode the little FLIR/Laser display was actually pretty useful for targeting.
Yes more and op r60 go deam buff just what with need it Russian bais
This is a Chinese jet and never had R-60s.
@@FirstDagger I know I just see that because they just buff the r60 because Russian planes are alredy op so make this jets almost unplayable because you had to worry about r60m missile they where good now they just buff them even more
@@elcangry855 ; And? That isn't related to the video.
@@FirstDagger still u wan to leve coment cuz more and more Russian keeb getting everything op
R-60 hasn’t been overpowered in a year or more. AIM-9J+ is better, even arguably the 9D and 9G are better. If you have flares and know how to use them R-60s are useless against you