Shouldnt block30 be better in str? Light airframe with powerfull engine
From what i remeber there is classified(for gaijin) manual for F/A-18 with -400 engines with ghraps
Block-30 should be the best dogfighter in F-16 family.
Me waiting on my Barack Is over here still 😭
No barack for you, but here take a Sufa comrade ))))
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I’m over here still waiting for an F-16C Block 30 early (small intake) and Block 15 OCU for the US :sob:
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Not when speeds get slow, early block 30 did not have the increased size inlet. Later block 30s did, so that specific version may have better STR than a 50 series. Not much though.
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what about block 1
I think Block 1/5/10s were considered among the best production dogfighters, up until the Block 30s.
Then the only F-16 variant to out perform both was the F-16N, though a lot of that came down to how much stuff was stripped out since it was a dedicated adversary aircraft (and a little bit of fun history, but the F-20 lost out to the F-16N for the adversary contract).
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
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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.
