Can You Reproduce This?

[Rex]

1) Start mission in air, flying over Guam with 3 Wingmen at 2,000 feet, 100% fuel, jets slick (I was doing a Blue Angels routine).  All wingmen configured same as lead.

2) Set altitude hold

3) Thottle to the metal (100%)

4) You start growing the lead in front of your wingman and cruise in A/B at 730-750kts while your wingmen, also in full A/B, settle in around 640kts

Basically, my top speed is about 100kts faster than my wingmen AI.

I've reproduced this a few times.

Anybody else seeing this?

[LooseSeal]

I don't think this is Hornet specific, rather something to do with how the AI uses power, or how much power it has available to it.

I used to find, in the A-10C II, that my wingman would never keep up with me, despite having exactly the same loadout. Then in the Bf-109 my flight lead would pull away from me inexplicably, again despite having the same loadout and me using full MW-50. Fairly sure it happens in most modules. Just an AI thing maybe?

[Rex]

Very possible.  It's not really a problem, I was just curious. The F/A-18 slick is alike an entirely different plane.  I'm not sure it's even inferior to the F-16 speed-wise.

Anyway, thanks!