Voyager Posted August 2, 2019 Posted August 2, 2019 This may be an artifact of my learning on warbirds, but is there a minimum acrobatic speed for the F-14B? The main one I'm looking for is the minimum entry speed for an immelman turn. My background is the P-47D, which requires a minimum indicated air speed of 250 mph at max continuous to perform an immelman, and 300 mph ias to do a full loop. Slower than that and you'd stall out. I'm figuring the F-14B has different values at Mil and at full burner, but not sure what they are, or if they are even above the stall speed. I do know if you've got the engine set to a speed that gets you a a stable 250 kt IAS, you cannot do an immelman, but wondering what the plane is supposed to be able to do on higher settings.
vadupleix Posted August 4, 2019 Posted August 4, 2019 I remember reading the figure of 180 KIAS entry speed for a loop and I tried that myself once in game (with landing flaps). Maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in.
draconus Posted August 4, 2019 Posted August 4, 2019 These depend on altitude, temperature, drag, total weight, flaps/wings and throttle settings. The flight model is mature enough to let you realistically test it at your own set up. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
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