The F-16 can easily pull over 40 degrees of AOA and recover from it without experiencing adverse control issues.
The F-16 currently can use over 30 degrees AOA comfortably for generating high instantaneous turn rates.
This is not the case for a real one as it is limited to 25 degrees AOA and any more than that would lead to nasty deep stalls with sink rates of 10,000 to 15,000 feet per minute.
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F-16 overperforming in AOA and also ITR due to that // Gaijin.net // Issues
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As seen here 40 degrees and later 30 was used for an easy 23.5 degrees a second IRT at just 300 knots making it more like a F-18 rather than F-16.
The F-16 should be limited to 25 degrees AOA and should experience loss of lift and stalls at 29 degrees AOA.
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