Gaijin dont give a single fluf about F-16I Engine or the F-16I in general…
they just released it and threw it to 14.0 to make the Rafale players have more things to kill …that’s it
the engines realistically should be more then 10530kgf but Gaijin ignore and want us to give them classified info without giving them the classified info like some Rafael Main players do… nothing happens by chance here… its all intended.
This is 100% correct. F-16I is supposed to have higher thrust than F-15I.
F-15I’s intake ducting is designed to move air from up to mach 2.8 down to <1.
F-16’s intake ducting is designed to move air from up to mach 2.2 down to <1, thus it is shorter and has less channel loss.
F-15s should always have lower thrust than F-16s when using the same engine.