Poll: Things you like about the F-16

[SCPanda]

Just interested in why people like about the F-16.

 

Let us know! 

 

Edit: In game F-16, not the real one. Also added SEAD capability (keep in mind we don't have HTS at the moment)

Edited June 24, 2021 by SCPanda

[TobiasA]

The real F-16, the DCS F-16 as it is now or the DCS F-16 is it is expected to be? 

[ruddy122]

Like TobiasA the real F-16 is one of my favorite planes

It could do a lot


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[Wizard_03]

Performance.

[ruddy122]

The distinctive shark mouth


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[av8orDave]

Being able to fly the SEAD mission should be one of the poll options. That's the best thing about the Viper.

[TobiasA]

So it's the real F-16 or the DCS F-16 as it will be one day, and I hooked all of them. I'm an honest man.

Edited June 23, 2021 by TobiasA

[SCPanda]

17 hours ago, TobiasA said:

The real F-16, the DCS F-16 as it is now or the DCS F-16 is it is expected to be? 

In game.

12 hours ago, ruddy122 said:

The distinctive shark mouth


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Yep. Isn't that the most sexy part of the jet?

[- Sonic -]

the glass ball canopy....awesome...

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[The Gryphon]

I really love the fact that it is in active service around the world, and I get to fly it in DCS at the same time. 

[bies]

What an irony, F-16 has been designed together with "The Fighter Mafia" as an ultimate dogfighter and the second smallest amount of people like it's BFM performance...

 

I guess we need to wait for some early lightweight F-16A with pure maneuverability to show who's the boss in a knife fight.

[Dawgboy]

2 minutes ago, bies said:

What an irony, F-16 has been designed together with "The Fighter Mafia" as an ultimate dogfighter and the second smallest amount of people like it's BFM performance...

 

I guess we need to wait for some early lightweight F-16A with pure maneuverability to show who's the boss in a knife fight.

Eh?  Er...the Viper's in Early Access and the flight model is a work-in-progress.  All Viper drivers are eagerly awaiting those mods.  

[bies]

On 8/10/2021 at 11:40 PM, Dawgboy said:

Eh?  Er...the Viper's in Early Access and the flight model is a work-in-progress.  All Viper drivers are eagerly awaiting those mods.  

 

Yes, FM will be revised. But it won't be same drastic change, more like fine tuning I guess. It's FM is already done true to the NASA wind tunnel tests report, ED is doing a great job.

 

F-16 we have right now is simply very late variant post cold war block 50 CCIP around 2007. According to DCS it weighs some 9000kg empty... It will never be as maneuverable as early F-16A in BFM which was more than 1/4th lighter with exactly the same wing and airframe.

Different era, different purpose.

Edited November 11, 2021 by bies

[panton41]

Honestly, my favorite thing about the Viper is how it's a small, highly capable fighter that just feels "cozy." I like driving small subcompact automobiles because I can grok where the rest of the car is easily, and the few times I'm driven larger vehicles I get nervous because I can't mentally judge where the rear passneger-side is intuitively.. That's how I feel in a Viper vs. the Tomcat. I also enjoy the F-5E and AV-8B for similar reasons.

 

Plus, I think the Viper is simply a pretty aircraft and is fun to fly.

[Jenson]

you forgot to put "Deluxe Vista Canopy" in the poll dude. 

[Dangerzone]

1 hour ago, Jenson said:

you forgot to put "Deluxe Vista Canopy" in the poll dude. 

 

Probably intentional... you know - to give all the other attributes a chance of getting a run on the board. 

[Ватрушка]

15 hours ago, bies said:

It will never be like an early F-16A in BFM which was more than 1/4th lighter with exactly the same wing and airframe.

And less acceleration, difference in maneuver is not great.

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by Ватрушка

[bies]

27 minutes ago, Ватрушка said:

And less acceleration, difference in maneuver is not great.

 

Block 30 - the first Big Mouth from 1980s and Desert Storm - has the best T/W, acceleration and climb rate.

 

 

Better listen real life F-16 pilots who flied all the different F-16 variants, not Forum Theorist. Pilots called F-16C "lead noses" due to heavy radar inside the nose deteriorating maneuverability, but offering better detection parameters.

 

 

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"The block 50/60 series are still very good airplanes, and lightly loaded, more than capable of holding their own in a fight. But, because of their higher weight, they just can't turn as quick as the earlier blocks could.

 

This was lamented by some of the pilots I had at Eglin- we had block 15's through block 50's there. The pilots loved the power and avionics capability of the 50's, but in a straight out visual guns 'fight', the lighter blocks held the upper hand in maneuvering."

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by bies

[Guest]

I like the looks of it and power to weight ratio is good, but thats it. If i could have the chance to try it before i bought it i would not buy it. For the rest of my 18 advanced aircraft/heli modules i don't regret buying any of them.