F-15EX Dev Discussion Thread

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Pretty identical, & I cut the beginning of the live footage later than I should’ve, the end was spot on tho.

So far, there is still zero evidence that F-15EX is missing maneuverability.
It maneuvers better than F-15E.
It does all the air show stuff.

Edit: Do not mistake my posts critiquing things as my opinion or my take.
None of this is my take.
All of this is investigation & information finding.

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dont worry, we all know.

i will never forget when they mixed the mig29 9.31 and 9.41

aim-4A/D being “inferior” to aim-4F/G despite being completely different (and not even fitting in the weapons bay of the f-102), they are incompetent. I feel like gaijin should do some internal evaluations on these people considering how bad they are at their job.

It appears in what little I can see of the image that part where you cut the in game example the F-15 has not pulled to as steep of an angle as it did in the airshow. Upon looking into it more it seems the change in nose angle is ~70 degrees (~60 degrees per second) from beginning to end (a noticeable but in the same ball park difference from my initial 78 degrees total and 66 degrees per second estimate) which took just over a second. The in game example video is kinda hard to measure angle in so Im downloading the dev again to get a more accurate reference at a more favorable speed of ~700kph.

Will update with findings

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The real-life pilot did not pitch up to 60 degrees. That is not a 60 degree angle, let alone more than 60.
That’s closer to 45 degrees than 60.

Thanks. I was way too lazy to do that.

ok what about without the instructor, i dont get how you are all forgetting that

i tried it in full real but i was eating chips so i wasnt paying any attention


This is the F-15E on current live server with full real, yea idk what the other guy is talking about

  • Su-27 had 6 R-27ER’s vs. F15A w/ 4 AIM-7M’s
  • Su-30SM had 12 R-77-1’s vs F-15C GE w/ 8 AIM-120C5’s which hit the Dev Server w/o MRMLs
  • F-15EX can technically have 16 AIM-120D’s vs. Su-30SM2/J-16 w/ 12 R-77-1’s/PL-12A’s
    …but now it’s a problem for balance?
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yea we know its not an issue of weight, because it can easily handle an extra 2 120s on each wing, but this being “for balance” is just really stupid to me, especially considering the things you just listed

Maybe when 15.3 exists it can get 16 AMRAAMS.

It’s already going to be better than F-15C GE while both are 15.0 lol

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cge should be 14.7 ngl

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its just not on par with any 15.0s really

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I still don’t see why people think the F-15EX is suddenly more maneuverable than the F-15E (in game) while being heavier

The quantity of missiles alone makes it on par with 15.0s. SM2 doesn’t count because that should be even higher. Yes, by this logic 30SM should be 15.0.

Because in no world is a fat gripen with 7 regular amraams equal to an F-15 with 12 120Ds.

Better engines so it’s not just outright worse either.

The better engines allow it to sustain more turns. The F-15E pulls more AoA but weaker engines mean it pulls less many.

Think of it like J-15 vs J-16. J-16 pulls less than J-15, but has better engine, thus net positive because the energy performance is better.

This is extreme cope considering J-15T is still at 15.0 because Gaijin hates Chinese planes.

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