At supersonic speeds, the inlets are in the up position at most, but move with the change in AoA. At subsonic speeds the movements are more noticeable.
They don’t do that in WT, it’s a big mistake.
If you can, it’s modeled well in DCS.
They were moving in the video you linked.
I don’t think so, it would need a better video, it must be moving all the time.
I would be surprised if the inlet movement is anything more than just an animation.
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I fly the f-15 often the inlets do move.
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i use the same camo :)
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They are moving, slower than they should, but they are moving. What about at speeds above 1M?
I found that the first F-15s were armed with the AIM-7E because the F was not available.
I don’t know why you are so concerned with an animation on a plane you don’t even have. It’s a nice touch for the model, but the fact that they added it at all is a bonus, not some necessity.
In real world if the F-15 didn’t have variable intake geometry, not only would it not have proper air access to the engine, but it would also have more trim drag and worse fuselage flow. Variable geometry is the key to the performance and characteristics of the F-15. That’s why it’s important that visually it’s there, albeit with a bit of slow adjustment.
? Where
Where what? AIM-7E or inlet?
The 7E. F-15 doesn’t have a CW illuminator nor there’s any mention of it in the -34.
I found that the first planes had AIM-7E, because they were not available /introduced AIM-7F. AIM-7E was not a major expansion on F-15 probably only in training
Yes but where?
7F got introduced with the F15 in USAF in 76(mass production by 75) and I don’t believe supply was an issue as they were getting sent overseas(israel) aswell.
Not even for training, you have CATMs for that.
As a matter of fact, the ability to carry(guide) sparrow Es was discarded from the requirements before production
So non, don’t think so. As a dummy, perhaps and that is a far stretch statement
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Most detailed article on the early F-15, published in the June 1975 issue of International Defense Review, only mentions the AIM-7F. AIM-7E-2 was only a requirements early in development.
I would like to point out that the Soviet guidebooks to Western aircraft did not only consist of intelligence material. They also quoted from publicly published military magazines and books to produce their manuals.
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I just love the dark eagle look
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I don’t think they move above Mach 1, and if they do it is barely at all.
I found this in the F-15 book by Gething/Crickmore, page 38 I quote :
The more agile AIM-7E2 which was part of the armament of the first series of the F-15… end of quote.
The first introduction of the Eagle was on November 14, 1974 with the 555th TFS “Triple Nickel”. I think these few F-15s had the AIM-7E because the AIM-7F was not available.
These first F-15s were intended for familiarization with the aircraft and initial training
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