I’m getting off topic so i’ll hide it :
I tried testing it by maintaining my altitude.
Then again, i’m not great at testing, who knows someone more competent might be able to hold 90 knots.
I don’t have a procedure to test such things, just noticed i started dropping altitude going under 190 km/h (which is around 100 knots).
Then again, maintaining a good throttle to stay at the desired speed/altitude isn’t easy.
F-18C High AOA roll performance before and after FCC OFP v10.7 upgrade:
You also get all the aerodynamic coefficients of F18 HARV here:
Including lateral-directional stability derivatives and control power of ailerons and rudders for example.
Don’t know if this’d be considered a dumb question, but this has been on my mind for a decent while: what Hornet variant do y’all think we’re gonna get first?
I was thinking we’d start off with an F/A-18A sometime in early-ish 2024, then an F/A-18C with AMRAAMs in late 2024-early 2025
More importantly, what line would it go under? I’ve seen people say it could go interspersed between all the Tomcats, as well as folks say the strike/attacker line, but I’ve always thought it could be a bit of both.
I think the f14 line would make some sense as it is the navy line. But there are more f14s to add and f18 will come soon so maybe the strike tree is where the f18s end up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Hornet actually sits in the F-16 line.
I doubt the Hornet, as big of an addition as it is, would sit in the strike line. the Super Hornet will definitely sit after the Tomcats.
F/A-18 is equal parts fight and attacker, and conceivably can be after A-7E line or Navy fighter line. Highly unlikely that it ends up after the F-16 line.
Personally, I see it going after the Tomcats or in between F-14A and F-14B with AV-8B either NA or Plus going after the A-7E
I could see Gaijin pulling a funny, and adding it like this:
F/A-18A and F/A-18C in Tomcat line
F/A-18D (specifically the night attack version) in the A-7 line
F/A-18E after the F/A-18C
F/A-18F after the F/A-18D
Legacy Hornets will likely go after the A-7s and the Super Hornets will sit after the Tomcats
That ain’t a bad idea. It’s more interesting because the A-7’s were phased out with the introduction of the F/A-18.
Has the F-14D been suggested? How would it affect the placement of hornets?
Suggested?
So the F/A-18A for the US and CF-18A (or possibly an Aussie F-18 but that’s less interesting) for Britain are pretty obvious. That’s probably 1st major update 2024.
But what would people think about the EF-18A for Germany? That’s a Spanish F/A-18A. Spain has operated predominantly German vehicles and would be nice to fill some gaps in the German tree IMO. There’s nothing in the tree at the moment, but on the topic of the F-18 it was worth bringing up.
Sorry to derail the discussion lol
I was curious if someone would have made an suggestion to anyones knowledge, it would be an interesting read. And also if they had any thoughts about the placement of that aircraft in line with other aircraft
Germany appears to be in process of buying super hornets and growlers. They approved the buying of 30 super hornets and 15 growlers. And what about the swiss F/A-18C?
Im pretty sure theres a thread about f a 18 but i have problem finding on this new forum
Same here. I find the new forum harder to navigate, when having to search for something.
Yeah navigate was the word i was looking for!
Unfortunately, none of those ever used Sparrows AFAIK, making them quite a bit better than the F/CF-18A
