Well that’s one glorious failure then
How did they even manage to fumble so hard
the FBW will not change the areodynamics of the jet so you shouldnt expect the FM to be drastically different from other F-15s in WT
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I just want a good dogfighter without having to grind another tt
(Legacy is good, could be better)
but it’s Heavier so it’ll be slightly worse?
Pretty sure the structure was changed to be lighter
My memory might be failing me though
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Are you certain?(I’m coping)
might be lighter compared to the F-15E
more thrust helps in sustained turnrate performance the question is if it has enough thrust to compensate for its weight
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I think you just have to give up on dogfighting for top tier US.
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helps with sustained, yes, but doesn’t help with Instant turnrate
Just have to wait on f22 ig
i think so as well
the US hyper specialized into BVR and did not hesitate to give up WVR performance for it (look at the F-15E)
meanwhile europe and russia have still been trying to keep some amount of WVR performance
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very certain
the USAF chose stealth over Manouvreability, unlike everyone else, when developing their next airframes 40 years ago
even tho having a stake in the MBB X-31 which was a german Supermanouverable testbed
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That would be weird and a first. Usually every variant of a vehicle is always heavier, can’t recall any later variant of a vehicle where it got lighter.
the F-22 is also hyper specialized for BVR
due to the s-ducts it will probably have horrible low speed thrust
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I’ll make do
Is that USA making the same mistake they paid hard in the vietnam war???
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eh they made the AMRAAM and called it a day
i think they achived it with composits and lighter avionics
dont quote me on that tho
basically