Russian wave lengts in X-ray are useless, you should look at NATO bands that used in english localization.
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1)Who decided that showing russian players wavelength, but bands for eng is a good idea and won’t make a lot of confusion?
2) It is K in game. So 67V3 will detect it.
F/A-18A+ (USN) from early 2000’s upgraded avionics, radar and armaments to F/A-18C/D standard but fitted General Electric F404-GE-400 and airframe like F/A-18A ?
Personally, I think F/A-18D (2008) from USMC with AN/APG-73 RUG II radar, IR AAM x6 AIM-9M-8 & AIM-9X sidewinder, x10 ARH BVRAAM AIM-120C-5 & AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM, AN/AAQ-28(V)4 LITENING AT, JHMCS, APKWS II, AGM-154C JSOW, AGM-84E SLAM and AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER
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I just want a F18 man
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i cant even upload f18 secret documents bc it wont accept it uploading it
By any chance are any of those “secret documents” classified? Asking for a friend…
Hornet handbooks are commonly available, it’s nothing “secret”
Most are still restricted and not permissible for sharing on the forum.
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So I personally think the possibility is high but what do you guys think. Will a F/A-18 Hornet be added this year?
Holding out on releasing it may lead to people sticking around with anticipation, I have a feeling that if it’s coming, it might be an the end of the year or next summer (doubt it’s this summer major update but it’s a possibility ig)
I imagine it will be the next new high tier airframe to be added. That or the J-10A.
“Commonly available” doesn’t always mean unrestricted. For the manuals and reports that are less than 30 years old, they must be labeled as “unclassified”, “declassified” or “approved for public release”.
Please keep in mind that a document that are perfectly fine elsewhere may be problematic here.
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Absolutely
I could see the A coming in August/September, with the C being either the December patch or maybe a little before
Photos and illustrations showing the DDI stores page of F/A-18A/B.
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SP: AIM-7
SW: AIM-9
HARM: AGM-88
82B: Mk 82 (BLU-111)
82X: Mk 82 Snakeye (BLU-111 + Mk 15)
83B: Mk 83 (BLU-110)
FUEL: FPU-8
FLIR: AN/AAS-38 NITE Hawk
LST: AN/ASQ-173 LTD/SCAM
Here is what I’ve recreated based on those.
Clean / Air-to-Air / Air-to-Ground
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A two things as hyper specific points of order;
The USN doesn’t carry the regular series Mk. 8x of warheads, but use a different one from the USAF due to stowage requirements; being the BLU-109(2000lb AP bomb) -110 (1000lb class), -111 (500lb class) & the reserved -112(250lb class).
These use the comparatively more insensitive PBXN-109, which is more resistant to shock and Flame in comparison to HBX H-6 (denoted by one yellow band). Which the USAF also has some use for as the warheads for some kit based penetrating munitions(allowing for the proper function of delay fusing), though the USAF variants tend to also forgo the additional insulative spray covering, and vented baseplates common to the Navy variants.
AND
Due to how much newer the Hornet is I’m pretty certain that they were probably never loaded with ordnance fitted with the Snakeye series of retarding fins, but more likely the AIR (Air Inflatable Retarder) kit as the High-Drag kit of choice. Considering it was replaced in the late '70s in USAF service due to the 200kts added release window of the HD (500kts vs 700kts, ~0.75M vs ~1.1M) mode and improved accuracy.
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Added clarification. Actually they are BLU-110/111, but the aviational ordnanceman’s manual usually refers to it simply as Mk 82/83. So my original intention was to write it down more simply.
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Because the source says the GE-402 engine improves static installed thrust by 10%. The static installed thrust of the GE-400 is 16,200 lb-f. This is after intake losses are already considered.
Thus, we add the 10% claimed (17,820) and it is slightly higher than the static uninstalled rating of the GE-402… to give it benefit of the doubt we simply tune it down to the 17,750 lb-f uninstalled static thrust rating.
Intake losses are irrelevant when installed thrust values are provided by documentation. All this means is that the engine is well fed and airflow is not restricted by the intake. Other source material confirms that the engine is not flow limited, but temperature limited.
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No it’s not? It produces 17,200lbf installed at M0.8 and its uninstalled thrust is always advertised at 16,000lbf
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