F16 and F15 share the same engine but F15's are weaker?

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The F100-PW-229 is on the F16CM PoBIT, F15E, F15I Ra’am and F16I Sufa but the F15’s engines are weaker to the F16’s

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Are all vehicles spaded? F-15 and F-16 also use different intakes so they have different channel loss percentage

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Shouldn’t F-16I and PoBIT have same intake so channel loss percentage should be same and hence same thrust?
Edit: I just saw the image agains and F-16I and PoBIT have same thrust, my bad

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Not sure, probably
But he is comparing F-15 to F-16

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The F16CM and F15E we’re spaded, my mistake but the F15’s engines are still weaker

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Channel loss

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F-16 with F-100 PW-229 make a big higher thrust at slower speeds, and the F-15 make higher thrust at high speeds.

At mach 1 at 1000m altitude, the F-15 produces 15745 kgf per engine, while the F-16 does 15247 kgf

The static trust readings while parking both jets against a building and going full power were 10415 kgf for the F-15 and 10720 kgf for the F-16

Conclusion:
If anything, the F-15 has better thrust curves

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ok

now explain why the very large intakes with out s ducting or radar blockers on the F15s incur ~20% losses compared to the 5-10% on most aircraft in game

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Zero correlation to the comment you replied to 💔

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