Black Shark´s Flight Range

[Spider76]

Hi,

 

im just wondering about Black Sharks flight range

so the flight range without loadout is 1160 km and with

rockets & vikhr loadout it´s only 450 km or so?

very dramatic drop in flight range for black shark if true :cry:

have i got this right?

[EtherealN]

I don't recall the numbers myself, but are you certain that both numbers refer to the same thing? The first may be a ferry range, and the other an action radius. That would account for the difference.

 

What was your source for those numbers?

[Distiler]

Hi,

 

im just wondering about Black Sharks flight range

so the flight range without loadout is 1160 km and with

rockets & vikhr loadout it´s only 450 km or so?

very dramatic drop in flight range for black shark if true :cry:

have i got this right?

 

Hi, I don't know if the numbers are right or wrong, but surely the longest range takes into account flying with 4 fuel tanks under the wings.

[EtherealN]

Actually, Spider76, you should see the exact wording on the stats you use on your page, they hold the answer:

 

Range: 1160km

Combat Radius: 460km

 

Range is the distance it can fly from A to B.

Combat Radius is how far away a target area can be from it's base to allow the aircraft to get there, do it's job, and get back home. So it is the distance A to B for a flight that actually involves flying A to B to A.

 

I don't know for certain if those numbers are absolutely correct and what conditions they are valid for, though. It will vary a lot with combat load and atmospheric conditions.

[goldfinger35]

Do you know what is the ideal speed for maximum fuel efficiency?

[EtherealN]

Unfortunately, no. The only number like that that I remember off the top of my head is that 130km/h IAS is the most effective climb speed for altitude per minute.

[muamshai]

I luv my fuel tanks