Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 1)

The F414 engines are stronger, however they are weaker than the engines on the F15, despite the Super Hornet being an F15-sized airframe, just a smidge shorter and a smidge wider wingspan

What about fixing the old over worn skins like M103, M47 or M60?

oh yeah right
same weight as F-15E empty
atleast it got 12 missiles
right?

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Yeah pretty sure it will be, and we definitely won’t be getting Aim-174Bs.

I’ve actually been comparing it more closely to the F15C, which is actually lighter than the Echo super hornet, as well as similar in size!

The weight increase was bigger than the engine power increase iirc. So it still ends up worse than the legacy hornet flight performance wise.

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would be funny if they added aim174 , r37 , pl17 but i hope we get bigger maps before that.

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unlikely

it may randomly happen but never will we know about it

even if, with those giant missiles that thing will definitely be a subsonic plane

their theoretical max range will be very limited by that

The F-2A is supposed to out-rate the F-16, that’s the point of its design.
And said wing design also makes instantaneous turns easier as well.

Welcome to the extremely complicated world of aircraft engineering [which I myself have extremely little knowledge on].

The F-18E is obese though.

Much definitely. Block I Super Hornet is actually worse than Legacy Hornet in terms of WT performances.
I wonder what Block we will be getting though.

Honestly don’t think an AESA radar can save the Super Hornet in WT. What good is a capable radar set if the airframe isn’t capable of properly employing those weapons at proper speeds etc. Missiles fired from it are just going to be less potent than if they were fired by an F15 or F16 imo.

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If put a hornet again for thirt consecutive time what other planes could to add with that ?

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Maybe one of many J15 variants or a J10B/C for China, Russia could probably get a new Fulcrum, more ‘low-end’ 4.5 gen options

Is there anything that can actually save it though? I mean the only thing I can see it being really good at is ECM , which we don’t have yet, apparently

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And Israel it needs some plane 4,5gen right?

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It most excells in ground-pounding and just ordinance employing, so probably that haha!

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Probably the Sufa! F16I is overdue imo

But if put the super hornet now what aircraft put gaijin in December who usually puts the best then?

Well if they refuse to add 5th Gens who knows? Maybe they’ll invent a few UFOs, or those tic tac things that are flying over US carriers.