I tested. In war thunder F-18 Late accelerates from 0.8 to 1.08 at alt 5000ft = 17-18 sec with same weapon/fuel load against 21 sec from your docs
after the dev server the dynamics of the F18 did not change
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/dXPwQHEFMERe
But the community manager said that there is a error in the GAO document )))
Again. I said about F-18 with 402 engines.
Acceleration
0-1mach
F-18C 402 = 36 sec
F-18A = 40 sec
F-15C = 37 sec
F-16C blk50 = 37 sec
Mig-29A = 38 sec
If we go straight up from Sea Level flight at 1 mach to max alt with full speed loss (85 degree of pitch):
F-15C = 13800 meters
F-16C = 13200 meters
F-18C late = 13900 meters
F-18A = 13100 meters
Mig-29A = 12900 meters
All aircraft are clean with 5.30 minutes afterburner time
What is the thrust at 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, etc? We have hard data for this information and can thus determine what the issue is with the FM.
We do not need to take the tech mods word at face value, what is their reasoning for the GAO report being wrong?
The stat card’s climb rate is accurate on most jets, and that’s the case for both the F18C, F15 and all F16 except the israeli block 40s.
Well, this is Gaijin’s stupidity, the MiG-29 must have more thrust
What’s wrong with the Barack IIs?
The stat card climb rate
Here’s what they didn’t give to the F/A-18C.
AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER – long-range precision-guided cruise missile.
AGM-88 HARM – anti-radiation missile for suppressing enemy air defenses.
AGM-154 JSOW – glide bomb with GPS guidance.
And Air-to-air missiles.
AIM-120C-5/C-7 – increased range, improved jamming resistance and maneuverability.
It turns out that the G did not provide even half of the weapons that the F/A-18C has.
Not something unique to F-18
Many aircrafts don’t get many of their weapons …
Honestly suprised the F18’s didn’t get the longer range 120s. Considering how slow the F18’s are but given how gaijin said 9M would be worse than R73 then 9M became one of the best missiles then gaijin said R77-1 wouldn’t change much from R77 to warrent adding and now its one of the best Fox 3s, gaijin would probably make later 120s really strong.
GE-402
78.7kN=8022 kgf
8022x0.9=7220kgf There should be such a thrust
They said the R-73’s IRCCM is superior to the 9M’s and that is 100% true, both in-game and real life. Ironically, the 9M still over performs in-game and the R-73 / Magic 2 style both heavily (and I mean HEAVILY) underperform. What we have is an adjustment made for gameplay balance purposes.
The F-18’s don’t need to be handheld by superior missiles when they’re armed with the AIM-120A. They get 10 of them…
Fair enough was more so talking about gaijin going back on prior claims for the sake of balance.
Only in some aspects, still underperforms in others.
The areas it underperforms are issues shared by all IR missiles. This kind of makes that point moot.
The AGM-84E SLAM is more viable rn than the SLAM-ER variants. Sure, its an older missile but would be more balanced than the SLAM-ER and comparable to the Kh-38MT
In what way is it more balanced?
Y’all really gonna keep arguing about ordnance additions in the thread right now? This is the most common issue with Gaijin is not adding certain munitions. Make a suggestion thread and talk about it there.
