There is a difference in engine power between the F-15C and the F-16ADF. Why is this? And the same problem is happening with F-15J(M) and F-16AJ
thrust losses
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What @kitsune_qq said.
Specifically subsonic losses, as F-15 is designed to go 500+kph faster than F-16, which leads to more thrust losses below the speed of sound than F-16.
The slower an aircraft is designed to go the more thrust they have available in the subsonic range.
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The answer is channel loss
But something else here is weird… Why is the F-16AJ equipped with the 220 engine?
It’s a 70s proposal that competed with the F-15J, it would’ve been put into service no later than the F-15J (1981) had it been accepted. The F100-PW-220 engine was only even introduced 5 years later in 1986.
F-16AJ should probably use the same F100-PW-200 as the Block 10.
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Agreed