Eldur Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 There's quite a bit of throttle range BEFORE the afterburner detent that can be used ;) The Tomcat has so much thrust that it can even push against the sound barrier without afterburners, and pushing against it costs a lot of fuel. And btw, Stingers LOVE afterburners. They create a big juicy heat source to lock on to ;) This ^^ Just had a flight that was 1 hour and 40 minutes approximately, and I still had 4000 left when I shut her down on the tarmac (yeah I know, shame on me, should be on the carrier deck). Had 4 PH, 2 SP and 2 SW plus the tanks that I emptied on the takeoff climb right away. Just dropped 2 PHs to help them decommission two of their aging 95s roughly half an hour after TO. Flew mostly at 36-42kft, FF around 3200 per hour on each engine. Just increased the power in turns. Speed was around .8 - .85, AoA at ~8.5 units where that little caret is at. Stingers and such are no problem if you're just fast enough. Stay above .8 or 10kft alt and they don't even shoot... I think it even works at .75 already, but I'd rather not risk that.
probad Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 why are you in range of stingers??? everything points to you doing it all wrong
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