SomethingAncient Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 I was flying with a friend and his AV-8B was often outperforming me in the Su-33. Both of us were about equally loaded. Looking at the specs, there's no way I should have to use afterburner to beat him at mil power. The aircraft felt sluggish before but I thought it was just me, but once I had a known aircraft to compare it to live, I realized something is really off here. I'd appreciate if someone could see why this is.
bies Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 It all depends on fuel state for Su-33. With full fuel load out it is underpowered. All aircrafts in ME you set, have 100% default fuel load, but Su-27 and Su-33 default fuel load is only 59%. It is because additional 40% of fuel had been classified as "internal additional fuel tank" as aircraft couldn't meet USSR performance requirements with more than 60% fuel, having severe restrictions in G-loads during maneuvers as well. It simply had extraordinarily big fuel fraction, a design feature/compromise.
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