The Block 30 Big Mouth and then the early Block 15 are considered the best dogfight versions of the F-16. Not counting the F-16N
Whereas the newer models have the necessary tools to win a modern “dogfight”. The block 30 without a HMS is not going to be winning a fight easily against an Su-30SM. Etc.
Leaving aside the avionics, the older Blocks had slightly better nose authority and low speed behaviour, the power to lift ratio remained similar, but the older models were lighter and the wing area remained the same.
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Surely lack of hms/hmd will hurt it but it could still be added with AIM-120A and AIM-9M as filler once other aircrafts receive C model AMRAAMs and top BR increases.
Also vertical ACM scan is quite handy in 1v1s when aircraft lacks HMD.
Love that there are people here claiming that the F/A-18 should be easily departing at medium AOA while the original HARV, without any actual aerodynamic changes is widely recorded to be able to sustain 70 degrees AOA easily without departing.
The only difference between the original HARV and a standard F/A-18A was the onboard data collection equipment and some minor FCS modifications. Yes the later HARV makes fit thrust vectoring to allow controlled rolling at above 35 degrees AOA, but thats the thing, up to 35 degrees AOA.
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because the manual says so
did anyone make a bug-report on the HUD?
IR seeker when it is searching on the HUD dosent line up with its actual position
the gun funnel is to low and the gun isnt actually shooting where crosshair is pointing but below that
well… guy might be just coping
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he isnt, it litteraly shows in the graphs in his post
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I mentioned it a while back considering the gun is currently set to 0° instead of the +3° it should be. Haven’t had time to do a bug report since im currently trying to fix the cockpit in the Finnish F-18 as it uses the 2000’s model despite being a early 90’s
yeah also noticed that
it should have the cockpit of the premium f-18, right?
Yes. Again just another example of how much the Finnish F-18 was a last minute thought.
MLU 1 and MLU 2 uave their own unique cockpit as Patria came in to upgrade them from their original 90’s displays, additionally they need to be able to display JHMCS and with the MLU 2, needed to display the new lightweight Avionics that were added to restore A2G capability.
did only the physical hud change or also what it displays?
The main digital display for the Hawk was more like the F-5A with a basic reticle. The upgrade brought it to a more modern design kinda like the F-16 but it was unique to Patria vehicles. The Finnish MLU’s have a slightly different version than US Hornets as Patria iirc tried to keep the layout similar for the pilot while adding their own display for A2G hud since it wasn’t set up for the new computers that were added when A2G was restored.
well gonna be intesting explaining this to gaijin unless sombody has footage of that
For the Hornets the deal iirc was to essentially buy parts from the US to update the cockpit to a more modern setting while using new LCD screens and a new display system for A2G. If i had the specifc manual for the Finnish Hornets i could go into detail. Unfortunately i didn’t spend my vacation in Finland checking out their hornets, id need to check with some friends if they could ask around.
@Pheonix_RX01
i was looking for HUD footage of the F-18 and stumbled over this video
they might have looked at the F-18 hud in dcs and copied parts of it, because it is behaving exactly the same in WT
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Great find
yeah gonna look for more and compile it into a list here
idk i gaijin will consider DCS as source
but there was one(maybe more?) reports based on dcs
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/D5gPIu14pk3b