Not DCS, but an F15E in the Dubai Air show, can it really do that???

[MichaelJWP15]

Here's the link:

F15 Dubai Air Show

Going to try that in DCS now, who needs vectored thrust!

 

[Hiob]

Of course you can pull excessive AoA and sacrfifice tons of energy. Why not. Just don't be too fast or you will bend the airframe.

Edit: I think the keyphrase in the description of the video was "...with its software alpha restrictions removed"

Edited November 20, 2023 by Hiob

[MichaelJWP15]

Yes, there certainly was some very high alpha going on there.. also the airframe was as clean as possible, with not even bare pylons..
Nice to see it done in the F15 though, instead of the usual suspects..

[bfr]

1 hour ago, MichaelJWP15 said:

Here's the link:

F15 Dubai Air Show

Going to try that in DCS now, who needs vectored thrust!

 

Its a QA model with full FBW, and not an E. Also no CFTs fitted by the look of it.

[Harry.R]

From youtube: The F-15QA Ababil is an advanced version of the F-15 developed for Qatar, with AESA radar, a powerful EW suite, additional thrust and new flight control software, among other improvements. It was later ordered by the USAF, where it is known as the F-15EX Eagle II. The upgrades to the aircraft, combined with the fact it is flying in a low-drag configuration with pylons and CFTs removed, make the manoeuvrability in this video possible. Most importantly, the new flight control software has no software alpha limits, enabling the abrupt pulls.

 

So it's flyby wire and has new flight control software that lets you pull like that and not bend the frame.

[draconus]

On 11/20/2023 at 1:43 PM, MichaelJWP15 said:

Going to try that in DCS now...

I guess it went like beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep

[Theodore42]

Ok you guys might be disrespecting the F-15E a little too much on the STRIKE EAGLE'S forum!!!!

It can't pull it's nose up quite so fast but the engines will still push through any beep-beep, beep-beep like it's nothing: