No, they were deemed unpractical due to dropping of the 8in extended wing tips.
Had we continued with the role fit wingtips we would have gotten them.
6.4 and 6.2 (the tips are required for 4 amraam)
With the standard combat tips the aircraft had 0 stability margins and would have been very hard to fly straight.
With the tips the stability would have been good.
I really fancy the idea of 4 BOL 4 amraam and gun pods but we probably won’t get that.
How slowly it accelerates low speed (like takeoff) with two afterburning engines just feels wrong, it might not be but it sure looks slower than it should be.
I’ve tested its acceleration too 450 knots and it’s accurate.
Doesn’t matter much I guess, after 1min you’re well in front of everything but Starfighters anyway
I think a factor to consider is the various different variants of the Lightnings. F3 to F6 for example re-added the 30mm ADEN canon and increased the ventral fuel tank size. So the F6 is quite chonky for a lightning
What about 450-mach 2?
Doesn’t really work that way.
KCAS (Knots Calibrated airspeed) of 450 knots at 35,000 feet (lowest altitude Mach 2 is allowable due to 700 KCAS limit) is 1.23 Mach
I’d have to check the odm for supersonic acceleration
Fine
These charts give me flashbacks 😭
Good
Was a hell of a time playing Forum Thunder back then haha… checks notes… 6 years ago oh my hahah.
Yeah forum thunder back then was something else 😭 we prevailed with the lightning tho
Why couldn’t you have done the harrier too😔
lets teleport you with all your documents of today back to autumn 2020 and maybe we’d have a 50% accurate harrier by now
If only right
Well, we got BR change suggestions up again
Heres hoping this time they listen to my hopes to up arm the strikemaster.
Pleasantly surprised to see the AS90 is staying at 7.0, currently
I am completely in awe of these br changes… centauro 2 going up to 12.3 despite it being on par if not worse than most other light tanks and mbts at the br while the as 90 stays where it is despite it being rather powerful? Not to mention the f8 and c13 changes…
quick old age frag grenade. 6 years ago was 2020 :)
