Isn’t this only in 1 circle or is it in 2 circle too
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It’s in sustained and 1 circle.
The wing design of F-18 primarily [if not only] impacts its supersonic capabilities.
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depends on variants
but 18C with 402 against F-16 Block 40/50 can do smth in 2c
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Isn’t it’s AOA super good too, almost to the same extent as the F-22
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You keep talking nonsense. AL-31 weight 1520k. AL-31fp 1600k. 100k its nothing. To the benefice it provide. And in the study it even said that depend on the type of Nozzle used it can even increase the final Thrust of the engine.
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Its not surprising, the Suchoi is a huge bus with probably alot drag and weight.
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I’m always confused when you talk about TV. Are you talking about 2D and 3D? Because based off my research the best 3D TV aircraft is the X-62 VISTA. Also 2D thrust vectoring can provide some benefits on lighter airframes but it is very expensive. Like the F-22
I think the best TV test platform would’ve been F-18, but even with the F-16 test it resulted in slightly lower performance.
And with AIM-9X, there’s just no need for thrust vectoring when you can just have better aircraft design with high AOA capability from the control surfaces.
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What about the F-22? I mean doesn’t the vertical thrust vectoring help its maneuverability more than it hurts it. I saw that only when it is used right will it allow more beneficial 9x launches
It does no change really outside of low speed maneuvers.
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That makes sense, but then wouldn’t it be useful becuase most modern dogfights are slow are close to try and jam the wez of the enemy’s missiles?
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Is the SU-30 heavier than the F-15l? Because they have similar engine performance yet my F-15 accelerates so much faster than the SU-30
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Probably because the f15 is much more aerodynamic. The whole su27 airframe is pretty draggy + the insanely huge canopy on the su30 and the canards
are you really trying to site a DCS mod as a source?
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no it doesnt have one irl because it is designed to be unstable, as such it needs fly by wire to not go into an uncontrollable spin
one company made module vs community made mod in a game that has limited thrust vectoring support and highly limited tools for community developers
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might as well
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Exactly its designed to be that way.
Which makes its nerfs all the more harder to take.
When it is losing in BFM to Hornets and Su-30s
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Americans are better engine builders.
that doesnt mean anything other than its overall shape being unstable, and if anything it is still over preforming in some aspects
Then please tell me why you would design an inherently unstable airframe if it offers no advantages to a legacy design like a Su-27/30 or an F/A-18?
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