Usually in such graphs it is indicated weight of the aircraft and its payload or drag index.
Can @Gunjob ask name the document from which this graph is taken?
Here we see 20 degrees per second best sustained turn in this graph with “fully armed” Hornet. The document above states 19.2 degrees per second for 4 missiles and 402 EPE engines with only 4 missles.
It’s one of the Tornado manuals iirc with comparisons to other aircrafts’ turn rate charts including M2K and some others.
19.2 deg/s is considering the 7.5G limit, which is also seen in the above document. Did you not read?
Yes. But this graph show us 20 deg/s at 7.5G with fully armed hornet
yes, bear in mind at this time hornet data is said to be “optimistic”
Slight discrepancy from the calculated F-18C performance shown with the GE-402 as highlighted by @SandMartin, clearly the aircraft in the British manual is not “fully armed”. Perhaps it is equipped with two sidewinders as that would be optimal for sustained turns and maneuvering air combat.
I think fully armed in this context is likely just two Sidewinders and two Sparrows.
If that was the case with 60% fuel the performance should not be higher than when it is equipped with two sidewinders and two amraam as the AMRAAM are lighter than sparrows. A reduction in ~700 pounds easily explains the performance gap between the documentation provided and the NAVAIR information.
@MiG_23M Do NAVAIR and TORNADO documents have the same amount of fuel for Hornet? 60%?
By the way, can you post same graphs but for F-15/M2000 from Tornado Tactics Manual? We could compare them with the flight manuals and see how accurate and correct they are.@Gunjob
And if possible, the MiG-29 graphs. =))
It’s very interesting what the British guys thought about the maneuverability of the MiG-29 before it was declassified =)
It is also possible that we will be able to understand for what payload it is given by interpolating this information onto graphs from manuals of other aircraft.
It loses energy Iif you use the excessive nose authority. Yo don’t have to pull like a maniac all the time.
18deg/s at 0,35Mach? Gaijin when?
You certainly mean the F-14A right? Not the B?
I never said A or B
It would only make sense to say that about the F-14A, which is why I asked for clarification.
Smin says F-18 can supercruise and has speed of 1.2 mach, range of 960 miles while supercruising;
No such statement has been made. Please do not mislead people.
This is an example sentence taken from the definition of supercruise. Such definitions frequently form a sentence within the context of terminology for better understanding.
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