well makes sense, F-15E is heavier F-15 which is already optimized for much, much higher speed. at low speeds, sure the harrier beats it, but im guessing past like mach 0.8 the F-15 wins
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But are you ok with 10.3 if its flight model gets another buff?
Kinda you have to be careful of combat endurance. For the F-15 to have the advantage it needs afterburner lol.
I think that you focussed too much on decompressing 11.0-13.0, and not enough on 7.0-10.0.
The F-86s should start at 8.7, not 8.3, and no supersonic plane with flares should be facing flareless subsonic planes in my opinion.
Yeah ik I play the higher BR’s so I know what to do with them, but not the lower which is why im asking for help. I moved the F-86’s up do I need to move them up more? I dont want to kill them.
I think that those BRs (with a bit of decompressoin) would work nicely right now. The Av-8s are currently 10.0 planes at 9.7, so they desperately need to go up to make 8.7-9.3 more bearable.
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Also there is only 1 Sabre at 8.3 and it is the earliest one, I think that should still be fine. It wont see any 7.0s so that’ll be good but at 9.3 it would still be playable.
nah, from around mach 0.78-0.82 the F-15E has acceleration advantage even without AB. it goes from 960 kph to 1100 kph 3x faster than harrier at 1000m, with afterburner
Ohhh acceleration yes absolutely
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well thats the difference between 80s light VTOL strike jet and heavy multirole interdictor lol. both have their place in a military
Yes they are two different animals and beasts in their own right
I might be a British main but the F-15 is still one of the coolest looking jets ever.
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With decompression, the first one should go to 8.7, because right now it is undertiered relative to every other 8.0-9.0 plane.
From there, the barrier for subsonic to supersonic aircraft should be moved from 9.3 to 10.0, with the best subsonic missile-less planes being 0.3 below the worst supersonic planes (Q-5 Early, Su-7, And the french F-100). After that, the better supersonics should appear at 10.3, with the F-104, F-100, and possibly the Mig-19S.
Okay, i’ll look into that thanks for the advice.
yeah, if i had to take off and land on a light carrier or LHD/LHA i would take a harrier every time lol.
its a very intersting looking jet, with the giant turbofan and VTOL nozzles. but it comes together fairly well
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The Harrier is the only jet in the world bar f35 that can land on deck in extreme weather conditions
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erm akchualy V-22 can take off and land from one, and it uses turboprop which is type of jet /s
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Fair play but a V22 can’t carry amraam
Would be interesting if it could lol
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I can see it all ready 24 amraam loadout V22
Laser turrets
The whole deal
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imagine they find a way to hook up the GAU-17 turret (actual thing it has, optional on belly of aircraft) on it to the defence suite and it just CIWS any MANPADS or AAM lol