F-15Es Standing in for Cs

[Rex]

On 7/14/2023 at 6:34 PM, GGTharos said:

I'm using the -1.  Check my math

The empty weight without CFTs is 33500lbs.

The CFTs add 4400 lbs to this, so you get 37900lbs with CFTs.

The CFTs have a drag index of 20.1 (for reference, two bags or single centerline bag are approximately 11 on the DI, so the CFTs are just shy of the drag index of hauling 3 bags)

The lantirn and tgp add about 1100lbs, with a respective DI of 9.4 and 7.5, for a total of 16.9 and with the CFTs, 37.

Assuming you want to be as clean as possible, your basic DI is 20.1 before we add any air to air weapons, but compared to a light grey you're already configured as if you were hauling three bags and an additional 7000lbs of weight just for existing.

So yes, they're not parachutes, and you've got more thrust but none of this is trivial.

Fair enough, you know way more than I do.  Thanks for the info!

[JumpinK]

On 7/12/2023 at 1:48 AM, quailman84 said:

 

Missile ejectors are clearly visible on fuselages of these non-CFT strike eagles. Photos elsewhere do show them in place, too. The article linked in the OP also makes clear that F-15E's are being tasked with A-A duties. While not their primary role, they do train for this and, although rare, they are in fact being tasked in this. An SE without CFT should have an empty weight in the neighborhood of 33K lbs. Still some 4K heavier than a C. Weights quoted in other posts are still including CFTs.

The E without CFTs is absolutlely eyewatering!

What a beauty!

Please, Razbam, think about it at some point in the future!