even then, it will only be better in very low speed, F-16C blk50 has much worse loading than F/A-18C
possibly extreme altitude as well but F-35A TWR could still pull through
it is a bigger reduction in wing loading than F2 compared to F16, with only a slightly larger drop in T/W
so the comparison between the twos turn performance would be similar to this
F-2 could be overperforming or F-16C underperforming in some areas
forgot to account for gunpod
true, but even with the weight and drag 35C would still win in a dogfight
and thats assuming you need the gunpod and that they dont add next gen IR missiles which would work in that scenario
IR on F-35 has a stealth and drag penalty
minimally so for stealth
and possibly for drag, but less than a gunpod
and could be similar to wingtip stations on F16 where amraams effectively have no induced drag penalty
But what about the 7.5G limit on F-35C? Wouldn’t that make it worse for dogfighting as compared to F-35A which has 9G limit?
not really, because in game limits are multiplied by 1.5x
and even then you have to be over it for a while to rip
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I hope the F-111C will get its Block II Harpoons and Popeye missiles soon, especially with everything else getting its anti-ship missiles.
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F-35C only pulls 11.25g while F-35A pulls 13.5g
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bro what are these NE changes
Russia at 14.3 gets Buk M3 instead of S-300s and instead of Tunguskas have Pantsir S1s
what does nato get? nerfed they lose the SAMP/T for the Type 03 bruh 14.3 is going to be so onesides with SPAA
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with out some serious changes to ASM or the ability to jam I dont think its even going to be worth trying to sink that many ships
gives the f18 players something to do
I cant find the Ship California, is it a California Class Ship?
What can F-18 players even do?
Well, in my opinion, it is very good for SEED Missions, it got great HARMs, the Early and Late got AGM88A (C for Late) , while the Super Hornets gets AGM88C 6x, wich is amazing, so it is good, especially for NE mode
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88G
Ermm, actually, it is getting it next major update, so it has now only AGM88C ☝🤓 (Yeah, it is getting the G, but i just needed to go for a sec nerd mode ;) )
yeah its the California Class its only an AI target atm
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