Why are you talking to yourself and how is that relevant to the F-18?
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Performance variance is within tolerance for Gaijin, my point was that you claimed it was overperforming in SEP. Currently acceleration is correct at 360 knots to 550 knots IAS. If you insist it is overperforming I would like to see proof, here is mine:
Don’t remember saying it overperformed in SEP just that it wasn’t know for it, wasn’t its strong suit. It was an AOA nose authority fighter not a turn rate fighter like F-16.
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We dont have best dogfighting f16 in the game, should be quite reasonable
Hornet with upgraded engines more than able to be stronger than block40/50, at least on low speeds(on higher g-force takes its role tbh)
I hope this topic doesn’t become a stage for arrogance and sarcasm.
You’re free to express any opinion, but if it’s disrespectful or even offensive to someone, it’s not acceptable. That’s the policy of this community.
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We have the model with the claimed highest sustained turn rate (F-16C-50), but not the most ‘nimble’ in regards to maneuverability… though the models we have far exceed their real world counterparts in one circle authority and stability at high AoA. F-16’s simply shouldn’t do 90 degree cartwheels and recover in a quarter turn.
In regards to the F-18, I can’t seem to find any issues with the FM with the limited testing I have done. There are also not that many good sources of data for it aside the GAO report, which Gaijin has shown to have some amount of erroneous data.
What happens in real life may not necessarily translate to the game… no one dared go nose to nose with the F-18 which could sustain a 40 degree angle of attack indefinitely for the most part… and can easily ‘cobra’ similar to the Sukhois. That’s putting yourself on their playing field. Never give em’ homefield advantage.
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Why now in the game when you create a TGT with AG radar, the TGP and other devices cannot be automatically pointed to that location.
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.