The extra weight is countered and then some by flight computer and other improvements. The only thing it can’t really overcome is the higher drag when it comes to top speed which the F-16C should be faster.
Given how an F-16A runs circles around an F-16C, even T/W isn’t a good indicator of anything
But as Fireraid mentioned, this is all in theory, at the end of the day, Gaijin can model it however they want
we wont have proper Gen 4.5’s till we get F-15EX, F/A-18 super hornets, the later Eurofighters, and later Rafales
Pretty damn sure the Rafale and EFT are proper 4.5’s.
Especially Rafale since it’s an F3R
We already have the second latest Rafale standard in-game, same with EFT.
Fair, even if the difference is probably less bad outside the US where representations of other nations tech is more common and F-2 is the go-to aircraft to represent Japan as a nation.
At least here the F-2 was one of the big well-known aircraft for just the average kid. For me it’d be Eurofighter, Tornado, F-14, F-22, Rafale, MiG-29, Su-27 and F-2 as the modern aircraft I’d know before actually developing more of an interest.
Seeing the F-16 for the first time my initial thought was it might be an upgraded F-2, because the common US aircraft was either F-15 or F-22, so I connected the appearance more to the Japanese plane.
Did it fly before 1996?
Love the Scot. Marvelous engine.
Anyway, boy I sure do hope the F-2 and Richelieu will be worth the wait and aren’t going to be complete letdowns that kill my hype to play the game. Surely Gaijin wouldn’t do that, right?
Was the F-2 equipped with J/APG-1 in service in 1995?
Are you Japanese?
im pretty sure the F-2 was completed a week before the AESA carrying F-15C was
dont remember the exact date, but Japan heavily rushed the development of the F-2 in order to beat the US to have the first flying AESA radar, but that resulted in a comical amount of problems for the F-2
Even the most conservative estimates would have the first F-15 with 63v2 completed before the F-2 entered service.
With any luck, the retirement of the F-15Cs shortly will finally let us put this to bed
F-2 may have flown first with an AESA, but its adoption was mired in problems and controversy thanks to how insanely rushed it was forcing a delay in adoption since they couldnt actually produce the full order and there were several major incidents that halted production and usage till the earlier 2000’s
Was the AN/APG-63(V)2 proper service or an operational test?
There are documents of u.s-japan techonlogy exchange from the F-2s development that show that development of J/APG-1 contributed in a very limited fashion to development of the F-22s radar set.
Obviously not fully but j/apg-1 has ties to the F-22.
Well neither was in service in 1995
I’ve been waiting so long for this. Check post linked in my description
German, but Japan os a popular country and featured in any book/documentary about fighter jets I got to see as a kid.
Like I said, it’s usually fighter jets by country, with each country known for one, maybe two aircraft. F-2 was always “the Japanese jet”, while F-16 itself wasn’t as symbolic for the US.
Also i dont see why it matters who was first like does it really matter?
