Hornet Flare Effectiveness Study

[RocketmanAL]

Building on flare testing of the A-10C and AV-8B, I've conducted a study of the flare effectiveness of the F/A-18C.

 

TL;DR: FLAR: 8 RPT: 1 INT: N/A provides the best protection, of the tested profiles, with the minimum required flares.

 

For this study, I did a bit more testing to determine the effects of the three variables that can be programmed in the F/A-18C: Flares per cycle, cycle repeats, and cycle intervals. There were some interesting results, but overall they are consistent with the previous testing.

 

You can find the results of the F/A-18C study here:

F/A-18C Flare Effectiveness Study

 

You can find the results of the A-10C study here:

A-10C Flare Effectiveness Study

 

You can find the results of the AV-8B study here:

AV-8B Flare Effectiveness Study

 

 

[16AGR]Rocketman

Edited August 23, 2020 by RocketmanAL

[dorianR666]

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[falcon_120]

Thank you sir!

 

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[Noluck]

Thank you!

[Rorqual_eta]

Thank you very much for your quantitative study! The data are really useful.
The results and test method from V2.0 and from "DCS 2.7.1 New Flare Type Analysis, How effective are they?" are somehow different. I am confused but will try to combine both of tests.