Comparison of a thrust limited f-15 to non thrust limited su-27/mig-23
They are all thrust limited in top speed.
They all are limited to drag
they are not
those two are not thrust limited
Its only overperforming by .05 at 36,000 feet so its fine.
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doesnt lose much speed in turns too
No idea if its top speed is correct its probably ok.
yeah it was slightly higher for me too but ive heard other planes have something similar
Yes and some (Harrier) are WAY too low.
Harrier gr.1 should do .98 mach at 30,000 feet with 84% throttle
does WT do throttle % the same way the harrier does IRL?
Absolutely not. So far from it its not funny.
Harrier Gr.3 can rate at over 6G and the engine will never exceed like 645-675 degreed C
so 84% IRL is not the same relative amount of power as 84% ingame?
no nor are any of the temperatures equal to their respective values.
84% throttle has the same static thrust output as 95.5% RPM (Maximum thrust rating) on the real jet
Maximum thrust rating on the harrier is equivalent to the dry non-afterburning rating on say the F-15.
can it break mach? or does it just rip itself apart even at altitude
its rated for 1.25
Bob Marston has mentioned that it was very easy to get the Gr.3 to make a sonic boom.
In Belize during that crisis they would wake up the runway by flying super low with cleaned up jets and cracking a sonic boom. Harrier 1 generates this at .98 mach so they where doing that but at like 100 feet altitude.
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so anything past 84% ingame is just pushing the engine to or past its max RPM?
also it seems like the F-15 does overperform at really high altitudes in speed but its top speed is pretty close at 36k and 37k
No they’re air frame limited
They are not.
The harrier 1 actually has no limiting airspeed as its self limiting. Its mach limited
edit i thought you meant harrier my bad
i topped out at 2.26 36,800ft in the F-15C and the IAS didnt even go red
it seems like its overperforming in lower alt but that could be because thicker air + pylon drag IRL has a bigger effect and since pylon drag isnt modeled that would explain it