Correct, which means my wingtip fuel pods would be important.
Yeah, but we dont have ECM
Because we should have the proper aircraft, and be able to loadout properly. I should be able to mount 8 - 10 missiles if I want. Even if only the dual pylons were modeled correctly that would still allow for 2 Fox 3 or Fox 2, and 6 Fox 1. A proper loadout. So it matters.
It means that when the Aim-120s arrive I could carry 2 Aim-120s and 6 Aim-9M. Which is a proper loadout for the aircraft. It matters.
Yeah, you can already mount bombs there, just not a fuel tank since its simply not needed, trust me. My honest question, with the 3 external tanks you would have an hour of fuel, what would you do with that? I fly the F16 in game myself and the center tank is more than enough.
Same with the F16C
So idk what your problem is
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But I cannot mount my missiles, and someone in another post commented about it limited to fuel tanks a while back which was wrong so I wanted to make sure with a real photo.
Let us use it for anything we want. If that’s more missiles so be it. Let us mount 6 per wing in the double rails. Or let us use the triple rails.
The point is, let us use it. Right now it is too limited and we aren’t even able to equip the proper loadout. Even on the F16A.
My problem is we are missing proper hardpoints, like I pointed out in the original post. I should be able to load 8 - 10 AAM.
Because this pylon can only carry bombs or a fuel tank. What I meant at the beginning is that the fuel tank is the only thing that’s missing on this pylon
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The triple rack is still only a concept render so no you cant carry 10 AAM
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And sorry to crush your dream, I don’t even think the F16 can carry the LAU-115 (dual rack for AAM) like the F18 can.
Here is the complete picture of the picture you sent, 6 AAM max
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The triple rack has functioned just fine in testing, and works on other aircraft as well. The double rack is also just fine. You can see it clearly in the diagram I pointed out above.
Again, I have posted the hardpoint diagram.
8 in the diagram as you can see it has 7 & 7A and 3 & 3A. You can clearly see the double missile rack in the image.
Which triple rack? The one for AAM most certainly not because that’s only a render unless you can show me a REAL picture. Triple racks like LAU-88 and TER exists and are used in real life, but these are NOT used for AAM
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Which image? BRU55 is a double rack, sure, but for bombs
Also the inboard pylons have been successful tested with AIM-120 missiles, and you can find pilot reports of this.
Also here is one example of an old model F16 from PAF with twin AIM-120 launchers:
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two < three
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I was waiting for that picture because I see no space to mount another missile on the wing except the wingtip pylon, so still only 6 AAM
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Im not gonna search for reports, you have to show me them, you are trying to prove something here
It is also an F16A model, and I have already shown a photo with a triple rack that has 8 Aim-120s and 2 Aim-9s. So you now have both.
Allow proper use of the inboard pylon and we can load 8 x AIM-120s on the F16A.
But yes, mixed loadouts are more common IRL than just all Aim-9s like we get in the furball:
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Left one is a TER with GBU-12 and the right one is a BRU55 with GBU-54.
You yet have to show me the triple rack
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BROTHER IN CHRIST. How many times do I have to tell you that this is a Concept render
How many times do I have to tell you, it exists and has been successfully tested. That image is directly from Lockheed.
If you can’t grasp that, go troll somewhere else.
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