The F-8C speed I listed in the table (559 kts) was a typo that I’ve now corrected. If you checked the screenshot you would see it reaches 659 kts, hence the table saying that it matched the manual. The F-8C in particular flies in the face of you assertion that aircraft are modelled to be able to achieve their operational limit speed in level flight, rather than their 1g speed, as the operational limit speed of the F-8C is 800 kts, and it sure as hell doesn’t get anywhere remotely near that in level flight in game.
Yep the F-15A is indeed underperforming compared to both it’s 1g speed and operational limit speed in game. Someone should probably report that, but once again it hardly supports your claim that aircraft are modelled to achieve their operational limit speed in level flight, not their 1g speed.
It exceeds it’s IRL 1g speed by 1.5%, which if reported Gaijin would probably reject as “within margin of error”. Unfortunately I can’t find a copy of the manual online anywhere to see how the 1g speed compares to the limit speed.
Yes and if it was modelled after the operational limit speed it would be even slower (and is currently closer to it’s 1g speed than it’s limit speed), so not exactly supporting your claim that aircraft are modelled to their limit speed rather than thier 1g speed…
You could try reporting it but as the difference is 0.4% gaijin will probably toss it out as “close enough” / “margin of error”.
In the SAC the F-16A’s level flight speed is limited by the 800 kts operating limit, not the 1g achievable speed. Therefore all we know is that the 1g achievable speed is greater than 800 kts (i.e. it physically can achieve speeds an unknown amount over 800 kts, but it is not allowed to exceed 800 kts due to the operational limit). In game the aircraft can exceed 800 kts in level flight so unless anyone knows what the 1g speed actually is then we can’t say if 813 kts is accurate or not. But again the aircraft exceeds it’s operational limit speed so doesn’t look good for your theory that aircraft are modelled to their limit speed not the 1g speed.
Same story as the F-16.
I don’t have access to the F-15E so couldn’t test it myself. However as I noted Gaijin do not model external stores drag well at all by their own admission. If the manual lists the 1g speed for an aircraft with a bunch of stores then the aircraft will very likely exceed that 1g speed with the same stores in game because Gaijin tend to consistently under-estimate stores drag. People have tried reporting over-performance with stores before and it get’s shot down as a game limitation. That said I would be interested to see the graph it supposedly blasts past.
Well here’s where I got 727 kts from. Do let me know where you got 734 kts from and we can try to work out what’s going on there
Blue line is exactly 100 px long. So we can say 100 px = 0.2 Mach.
Yellow line stretches to the middle of the F/A-18C 1g line and is 32 px long.
32 px / 100 px = 0.32
0.32 * 0.2 Mach = 0.064 Mach
1.0 Mach + 0.064 Mach = 1.064 Mach
So according to the graph the F/A-18C should have a top speed of Mach 1.064, I was being generous rounding that up to Mach 1.07. And Mach 1.07 at SL is 708 kts according to the calculator I used earlier (if you have a better calculator please share it).
And would you look at that the F/A-18C does exactly 708 kts / Mach 1.07 in game.
