Engine power accuray
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Are the engine powers for different variants of the F-16 in BMS accurate? I read 25,000lb on the screen before entering the game but on the net it says block 50 could have a power close to 28,000lb. Block 60 is an amazing 32,500lbs of thrust
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The various F-16 engines used had different test bench thrust figures - e.g. the GE-129 max is given around 29,000 lbs to 29,500 lbs, the PW-220 was around 23,800 lbs.
In the actual Flight Model the thrust is variable and should be accurate to the calculated thrust curves for speed, altitude and temperature.
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Are the engine powers for different variants of the F-16 in BMS accurate? I read 25,000lb on the screen before entering the game but on the net it says block 50 could have a power close to 28,000lb. Block 60 is an amazing 32,500lbs of thrust
Read on screen ? You mean in tacref ??? Forget those values they have not been updated
FM’s are correct in game and each engine is modeled
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Pie screen, the one you sees after committing to actually fly
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Are the engine powers for different variants of the F-16 in BMS accurate? I read 25,000lb on the screen before entering the game but on the net it says block 50 could have a power close to 28,000lb. Block 60 is an amazing 32,500lbs of thrust
1. Forget the Tacref, it is totally outdated and 100% unnecessary today. It is the heritage of the pre Internet era.
2. Thrust is not a stataic thing, it depends on air density, temperature, airspeed, engine settings and even the same engine has differen thrust char. with different intake. (F100 in F-16A vs F-15A) -
I meant maximum thrust of course since thrust may be a variable. But my question is are these different max thrust capabilities modeled in BMS in accordance with the block being flown?
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yes…