The F-16 is NOT the Best Dogfighter in DCS | You won't guess which one is!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2024
- The F-16 Fighting Falcon is NOT the best rate fighter in DCS World, and it's not even in the top 3! But that's not what most DCS youtubers say about it, which leads to too many people thinking it is great at rate or '2 circle' fighting.
This video has diagrams, video examples and memes all to emphasize and prove the point that the DCS World F-16 is not the best rate fighter. I am not here to hate on the F-16, just to clear up the incorrect statements about it.
The F-16's real world performance isn't what is being discussed, just how it performs in DCS World. It's Beyond visual range, and air to ground abilities are not up for debate in this video either.
Massive thank you to the DCS Dogfighters community, its Discord and multiplayer servers have a wealth of knowledge for new DCS players looking to get into BFM and many other aspects of DCS.
DCS Dogfighters Discord link: discord.gg/dogfighters
If you want access to the diagrams I showed in the video you'll need to join the discord and find the reference material section, in there will be Contact Lights Corner. which has the diagrams in it, along with a lot of helpful data.
Lastly a shout out to DCS Dogfighters member Contact Light, Who made the diagrams using Tacview Advanced to gather data, and wrote a program in Python to analyze it! These diagrams can give you and edge in a close quarters encounter once you know how to read them
A very helpful video for understanding how to read a EM diagram can be found here: • Energy-Maneuverability...
If you still think the F-16 is the best rate fighter in DCS, I would encourage you to fly in the DCS Dogfighters server and take on any of the jets I listed in this video.
Obviously a lot comes down to the pilot, an experienced F-16 pilot would wreck a beginner in an F/A-18. when I first started in the hornet I was getting shot down by people in 70 year old aircraft because I didn't know how to fly it properly.
A final disclaimer, Don't leak secrets about the F-16 (or anything) to prove a point, you will get arrested, the War Thunder leaker was arrested by the FBI... - เกม
The F-16's ideal rate speed is more like 430 - 460 knots... in DCS! The degrees per second is the same (a bit lower technically but basically the same). I stated 500ish in the video, which isn't really possible for that long due to the pilot blacking out. Thank you to swghavoc for pointing it out in the comments!
edit: The charts in this video are the AIRCRAFTS max ability. Just because the chart says it can rate at x degrees per second at 9g does not mean it is possible due to the pilot blacking out. If you dont have G-effect turned on you will be able to achieve a higher rate speed in every aircraft.
This videos sole purpose is mythbusting the F-16's Rate turn performance. Not its ability in BVR or air to ground. The chart at 03:47 shows several jets degrees per second at specific fuel loads. You can see that if an F-16 has low fuel it will outrate anything if the opponents jet has a full tank of fuel. Unfortunately a lot of content creators freeze the fuel total low in their F-16, don't have G-effect turned on, and as a result believe the F-16 has the best rate turn performance. If you froze a Hornet's fuel at 1000 pounds and had no G-effect it would be the best 1 and 2 circle fighter by a comprehensive amount.
Growling sidewinder’s fans are gonna be mad
Probably yep 😅
Can confirm. I am absolutely furious.
I'm a big fan but I don't understand this. Why would they be mad? GS often said anything with "one of the most". I don't think I ever heard him say the "the most" clause.
Yep
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We all know the harrier is the best dogfighter in DCS... dont be silly now :)
Mig 21 :)
A-10 :)
Spitifre :)
I-16 (best would be the eagle 2 but it's got no guns XD)
The other issue is that the F-16 in DCS is NOT the best rate fighter of the F-16s. We have the Block 50, which is near 3,000lb heaver than the Block 30. Why does that matter? being more than 10% heavier means it can pull less G for the same aerodynamic condition (speed, alt, AoA) as lift and drag will be the same. So even the F-16 Block 30 would out rate the DCS Block 50 by ~10%+ even if the FM was perfect. The Hornet, however, is the BEST rating model of the hornet of all time and represents less than 9% of all US Single Seat legacy Hornets. So any "real world" story of Vipers beating up on Hornets likely references Hornets that have 12%+ less thrust than the one we have in DCS.
I had a chat with a Lockheed Martin guy about this. He stated that in clean configurations the latest blocks are equal if not slightly lighter than the earlier blocks because of airframe structure optimization. He also stated that there is confusion about the weight of the aircraft because later blocks have more thrust therefore greater maximum operational weights which gives the fighter greater operational capability but if absolute dogfighting performance is of the interest, then you load them with the same amount of fuel and missiles and then the weights are about equal and then the later blocks far outperform the earlier ones because of the higher thrust.
Can you link us some sources about the parameters of the F-16 versions, and F-18 versions? How did you find out the DCS Hornet is the best of the existing ones?
i am sure you meant the C model Hornet that have the slightly higher thrust version of the F404 engine right?? both Gonky and Wombat said the C model with "bigger" F404 are the best flying among all hornet and super hornet
@@LuqmanHM less than 20% of the C models had the stronger motors
@@MotoGreciaMariosthat’s a nice anecdote! Maybe you’d like to share it in the ED forums since most people believe the block 50 is worse in turn performance than other blocks
Now I want you to fight GS in his F16 haha ! xD We've the theory, WE NEED PRATRICE. (cool video btw)
Dude....
For real. That would be entertaining. I've been following GS since 2020.
Depends how he configs the aircraft….
I would really like to see this
Lol DCS teamdeathmatch
@@BenParkes-wz5bd No it wouldn't be, GS fakes his shit and makes the f16 win no matter what.
This has been bugging the hell out of me and i really appreciate you posting this. Ive always thought the f16 felt draggy and off and kept getting wrecked in dogfights, then i branched out to the M2000 and F18 and swore the FMs were leagues better, as was my subsequent enjoyment.
While im a military pilot IRL, id never flown any if the mentioned platforms so i was hesitant to say for sure, but the viper always just seemed wrong to me in DCS
I am glad my video is reaching the right people, and that it was helpful!
Finally someone says it. F16 is my main jet and used it to learn bfm in dcs dogfighters. Looking at other videos saying f16 is the rate king, i would try the rate fight opponents and get smashed. I came to learn that you need to fly rhe f16 fast and use the vertical if youre going to have a chance against GOOD f18, tomcats and M2ks. Good video.
M2k and hornet cheater fake aoa
@@spinningsquare1325 say what?
@@gruntlifex03x69 he said the f16 is an absolute monster in the rate fight and all you have to do is get them to the deck
@@demods1 ah ok. ill make sure to try that 😀
I believe it was the same with Spitfire vs Me109. The Spit was better above a certain speed.
Although I am a F/A-18C lover, the typical argument for the Falcon is stated at 430kts - 460kts not 500kts. The hornet's optimal speed is 330kts to 360kts. If the Falcon is moving at speeds above 460kts its circle will leave room for the hornet, traveling at optimal speed, to get inside the Falcon's circle. Conversely, the hornet pilot will have its work cut out for him if the Falcon reaches its optimal profile first. The pilot who can get into the best flight profile first gets the advantage. Go five rounds in a hornet against Growling Sidewinder to confirm. Then switch up and go five more in the Falcon. My bet is the Falcon will be challenging to keep from going ballistic in short order. In the DCS context, the plane loves to go fast, and assuming both pilots only turn the corner. No two circles offset you sneaky Hornet Pilots!
Thank you for pointing out the blacking out part! The pilot would absolutely black out at 500knots eventually, I will pin a comment thanking you! The Hornets ideal speed is 380 to 420 at the 5 minutes of afterburning fuel total. Though most players will sit at 380 to 400 i feel. Due to the smaller circle, less g-loc management and very minimal degree per second penalty compared to 420knots. The best F-16 BFM guys in DCS don't come close to matching the best F/A-18 BFM pilots though. a 3 degree per second worse rate speed, coupled with significantly worse 1 circle performance, the 16 doesn't really stand a chance against a hornet or mirage 2000C (provided both pilots are equal).
I’m cringing so hard that you’re calling it a falcon.
@@Sky_King7 why
Yep this has been the case for some time now. Wags mentioned they may put a server side penalty for F-18 drivers who use the paddle switch by causing damage to the plane. Also they mentioned more FM work on the F16 but so far it looks minimal. What kinda interesting is BMS has a great FM based on NASA data even for the various blocks so I'm not sure why ED can't come close. Also onset is still an issue when pulling 9gs. They should fix it. If they can update the F-18 there is no reason they can't fix the F16
Yeah, i have known about it for a while, but I wasn't youtube literate enough to explain it until recently. I just want more people aware of the 16s actual pperformance. I haven't seen wags video, i need to check it out!
@@Tabs_Original Yeah it was during one of the CW Lemoine yourtuve interviews. Wags knew about it. They did some slight updates to the viper and CW flew it again and said it was much better. CW is a former F-16 pilot if you're unfamiliar. I do hope they continue to refine it like they did with the F-18. I had no idea it was that much worse than the F-18. Thanks for doing the numbers
@seancummings7788 i have a few of CW's videos, i just showed the number the graphs were created by dcs dogfighters discord member called contact light. There is a link to more graphs in the description if you're interested
ED has always been more concerned with “bells and whistles” first instead of concentrating on having functions game. Look at BMS: they concentrated on the flight model first before making sure the external lights blinked at the correct interval. Also looks at Gunner Heat PC: they opted for a functional gameplay experience first instead of modeling tank interiors first.
They have updated the F-16 flight model many times, it cannot get any closer to the public data than it already is. However i don't remember the F-18 having any adjustments ever since release.
we just have to wait until the f18c gets added to warthunder and actual documents get leaked
Or just look at the documents online right now
@@RW-zn8vy Uhm, where?
@@Youda00008 google it, its public information
Owning the Hornet just increased even more in the feel good department.
Thank you 😁
Nice video as well ✌️
Thank you! It is a great all around jet!
The Viper in DCS has the nose authority of a semi-truck making a u-turn. It should be quick and snappy. The Viper is notorious for gloc'ing its pilots if theyre not careful on the initial pull.
Facts we all need to accept:
Viper and hornet have identical thrust/weight with the same load out and internal fuel
F-16 rates well in real life because it can pull 9 g’s without “pulling the paddle”
Hornet pulls less aoa in a rate fight at 9g’s than the viper because of its active trailing edge flaps thus less total drag fighting thrust.
This last point is the difference maker since both planes can really only do around 10 g’s in dcs world with the same thrust to weight ratios.
In all intents and purposes the constant lack of understanding or first hand experience from users in comments sections across multiple content creators is the most frustrating thing. When making a comment that simply states the lack of performance of the f16 in regards to more superior aircraft in dcs you always get a response that is truly just entirely based on completely false information. Hopefully this gives some an insight into how people should give things a crack themselves before believing entirely what someone has designed for the purpose of online content.
Well said!
I just figured I couldn't fly the 16 right. That is still likely the case.
@tacticaltoolbox7046 their are people that are great in the F-16! It just requires more skill and patience to be effective compared to the F/A-18
There is a video out there that compares the performance of the f16 in DCS, BMS and real world HUD footage. No surprise the BMS implementation is way closer
I want to watch this video!
iirc that vid is very old and shows the initial dcs f16. If you compare them now theyre like identical
@@mrpawno4955 It is about 5 months old
@@Tabs_Original th-cam.com/video/tV6kiJUZJKU/w-d-xo.html
@@Tabs_Original I think i can't just post actual links but you can look for them under the channel Aviation Plus in youtube. There are two videos, one from 5 months ago and one from 7 months ago. One is a rudder test and the other is a knife edge test
Thanks, I'm flying DCS F-16 such a long time and couldn't figure out why I'm mostly lose against a F-18 in a rate fight without much maneuvering. I know rate isn't all but i always thought I'm to stupid to be on the right speed. Exactly that chat massage could be mine. Nice Video
If your DCS name ends in doo. It's your chat message.
@@Tabs_Original Then it isnt mine.
Great video , also have you noticed the bugged jumping gun pipper. They really need to give the F16 some love.
The story is a little different depending on the configuration. A dirty and heavy Viper has a better chance against a dirty and heavy Hornet in DCS. But yea, a slick and light Hornet dominates.
Would be interesting to see data for wingtip aim 9's and empty pylons on each jet (in order to emulate jettisonning unwanted stores and tanks upon a merge). Both with 5mins of ab fuel.
@@Tabs_Original Arena 13 is the great equalizer in the DCS Dogfighters server.
@ef2111 I have never tried it! Are the loadouts similar? Or does it exist to nerf to hornet?
@@Tabs_Original the only difference is fuel. I believe that arena has an 80% fuel state. Much different story for Viper vs. Hornet.
@ef2111 oh right, Thats sounds interesting!
as an f16 main i can tell you your absolutely correct
plz buff my bird
Y'know, I actually kind of expected this. I saw the video title about how the f-16 wasn't the best and I was like, "Mhmm Ima take that with a grain of salt but if I really had to choose besides the f-16, I would say the hornet"
The F18 wins again. It is the bestest and sexiest plane still in use.
If I may ask is the turn rate for the f 14 in your graphs with or without the flaps deployed?
There are graphs for the F-14 with and without the flaps. The data was compiled and graphed by Contact Light. The graphs are available on the dcs dogfighters discord 🙂
it's important to know the F-16 is one of the better rate fighters... at 25k ft... and at mission fuel loads... so it's not all doom and gloom for it
even if you superimpose a flight deck of 10kft the ranking switches up and that's mainly due to how different jets handle higher mach numbers and thinner air. And if you're able to win the first energy fight up at altitude, then you will often transition to lower altitudes in an advantage
this is knowledge a level above what's in this video and won't help you on DCS dogfighters, but will help you in many other cases, so cheers!
Excellent video! Was nice to see someone pointing facts with data and knowledges!
Epic! (I don't even play DCS but great vid none the less)
Thank you that means a lot 🙂
@@Tabs_Original No prob. I love flight and milsims, just don't have the time to play 'em anymore.
Very interesting info. I've struggling to rate well in the F-18 and this was very helpful. Time to play around with the paddle switch and higher speeds than I've been doing!
It's a game and thats all there is to it. I was disappointed in the F-16 myself for a while but whe I jumped into the Hornet it became obvious how nerfed the Viper is compared to the Hornet in the game. I started listening to real world fighter pilots and how they had fought other airplanes, F-16 included, and airforces in exercises around the world and the F-16 took the win in almost every dog fight scenario. There's ONE key difference though. The F-16A was unbeatable. The F-16C is not because it was built much more for multirole as opposed to air superiority and maneuverability.
when you hear fighter pilots testiment, that can easily be scewed. one example, have you ever heard in any of these real world fighter pilots interviews any discussion on what the parameters are for their testimony? its almost always "me fight in f16 me win, the end" never any mention of what the circumstances were. for example most of these stories from f16 pilots are during weapons school where, when they set up dogfight training with hornets, due to f16 low fuel capacity hornets have to carry bags drastically for the f16 advantage since they meet the hornet almost clean while hornet is far from clean. this has a massive impact on jet performance number one, number two the drag incured by additional loadout on the hornet punishes the hornet far more than if you did the same for the f16 due to how much thrust the f16 enjoys
im pretty sure there's wide consensus that the f16 block 30 (wide mouth f16 with the new engine but without the heavy avionics blocks) was the best performance wise f16 variant for BFM specifically
@@Santjo I generally agree with you that each pilot will prefer whatever they've been flying, but I will add that on the "10% True" channel, I've seen two non-Viper pilots -- one Eagle pilot and one Hornet pilot -- say that the F-16 is one of their toughest fights. The Eagle driver commented on their maneuverability, and the (Legacy) Hornet pilot said his record against it is about 50/50. I believe those were in WVR fights only - BVR is probably a different story.
@@CrashCartwright something that is super interesting though. when you fight a f16 vs f18 in the configurations of like full internal fuel with 2 wing tanks + side winders vs an f16 with centerline bag plus sidewinders with pylons on and full fuel, in that scenario f16 vs f18 (in dcs) seems a lot more in line with all these testimonies. in other words, if you sort for all kinds of "training scenario requirements" like fuel tanks, like the predetarmined hard deck, it starts to swing heavily in the f18 direction
@@Santjo read what I wrote. I don't use F-16 pilots testiment as gospel. Hence why what pilots of other models says is more interesting. I am also very non biased. You aren't.
@@kularace7351 im assuming you're not a fighter pilot yourself. You say and I quote "when I jumped into the hornet it was obvious how nerfed the viper was"
You would know this for a fact how? Do you have any data what so ever that points to the case that the viper fm is somehow tampered or altered from how it should perform?
This is the problem. Theres 0 evidence, its all based on anecdotes without parameter control with no chance to crosscheck whether what they say is what we see or if they just happen to fight some doofus who isnt at the top of the game (irl). I have mad respect for real fighter pilots but they're human too, just because you made it to be a fighter pilot doesnt mean you're suddenly the best at every single aspect and BFM is not only super theoretically challenging but also very physically challenging.
finally. a video to show to people instead of having to explain this to everyone over and over again
I just did a test flight in a clean viper with 30% fuel and was able to get about 21.5-22.5 degrees per second at around 440-470 knots at 500-1000 ft ASL sustained per Tacview. It was riding the limiter at 9.2-9.4g so I was probably a little too fast. 500+ knots is way to fast for max rate and will be g-limited. Max instantaneous was 25.5 degrees at around 350-360 knots. Not sure these EM diagrams are super accurate anymore.
Thats an insanely fast rate speed! Do you have g effect turned on? Pilots pass out at 8ish g sustained in dcs. Also the diagrams use a fuel total based on how much fuel the jet needs for 5 minutes of afterburner at sea level, which would be more than 30% the f-16 has a tiny fuel tank. 30% wouldnt be very long at all.
@@Tabs_Original G effect was not turned on for the test. It's really easy to black out in dcs above 8-8.5g so in combat with g-effects turned on I could see the f-16 being at a disadvantage. Agreed on the 30% fuel as well, that is about what would be needed to get back to base :D.
@kylewubker1127 sounds like the diagrams are very accurate then. A hornet with 30% fuel and no g effect would outrate god himself... in dcs
I dont mean to come across as rude, but the situation you have just given is exactly why people think it is the best rate fighter, people flying it with no g effect and low levels of fuel that are frozen at 20 or 30%. If it has a remotely normal amount of fuel and g effect it is very average. However. You present an interesting scenario. The f-16's seat is reclined so the pilot can sustain more g's. I wonder how it would perform if the g effect was reduced by 5 or 10% in the f-16 compared to jets with upright seats.
@@Tabs_Original I tried replicating Contact Light's test. It looks like he was running 87% fuel in the f-16 to end up at 11867kg or 26162 lbs. My results were actually pretty close. Roughly 18-19 degrees per second sustained somewhere around 500 knots. I wasn't expecting the extra fuel to make it that much worse, it went from pulling 9-9.4g at 450 knots at 30% fuel to only being able to pull 7-7.5g at 87%. One could argue that you wouldn't ever come to a merge with 87% fuel, but interesting results indeed.
Love this video! Can’t help but be that person, it wouldn’t be G in forces as g’s measure acceleration. Just acceleration in g’s. I guess the the term g-forces is ambiguous here
Glad you like it! I said G in forces to be funny as I had no idea what the measurement would actually be lol. It's just always called G-force. Acceleration makes sense.
I love how you broke it down with objective fact instead of just mocking everyone who thinks otherwise
Imagine being an f-16 pilot and getting yourself and your wingman shot down by an Mi-24 in the middle of a blizzard.
It would be very interesting to see how this perception of the F-16 being an amazing rate fighter comes from.
from the fact it's an amazing rate fighter irl. In it's day it was certainly king. Typhoon took that spot a while ago though, being literally designed to out-do the f-16.
DCS is realistic sure, but it's not accurate to irl performance. That's the point of the video.
@@SA80TAGE No, even in game there's a perception of the F-16 being an amazing rate fighter. And it doesn't help that there are videos of F-16s outrating everything in DCS, but that is likely due to energy mismanagement on the opponent of the F-16.
th-cam.com/video/RsE2fr_95CQ/w-d-xo.html
This video is awesome!, also great to see the Jeff getting some love
The ac i fly the most. Very good multiroler.
I got scared seeing the A-10 silhouette there for a sec for best rate fighter lol
I was dissapointed when I got into dcs and my favorite plane was getting shit on planes that are 1 circle fighters
To play devils advocate, the paddle switch should not be used regularly if ur doing sim stuff, as it will bend the airfame after sustained use irl.
I agree. With things bolted on the wings they will snap if you paddle and pull too much g. But even without the paddle the hornet still outrates everything except the mirage 2000c
ED is working on a FM of Hornet, no, that doesnt mean the Hornet or Viper will get better performance as they should, that means ED will make it worth AGAIN, i experienced 3 times major FM enhancement in Hornet since 2018
The Viper has better straight line acceleration, needing to reach 500 knots and pull 9G, with the latter being difficult in DCS, in BMS the pilot is more resistant to G-Load.
Well here's how you can fix the problem without going into classified documents. Watch the air shows. These shows are specifically designed to showcase insane manuverability and what the aircrafts can do which the show only looks great due to the aircraft's amazing performance needed for combat situations.
A few days ago I watched an F-16C fly in an Air Show over here on TH-cam of which the F-16 completed a full 360 degree turn in roughly 15 seconds. Doing some quick math that should be about 24°/second. Now this performance was down low, maybe 1500-1750ft (possibly even 2,000ft) so this isndown low performance. However quick easy thing to do here is see that number you can get by just watching and calculating, compare it to the game's flight performance, and then adjust it for that altitude. How to calculate for all other altitudes? Simple get a ratio for the margin of error made by the people who made the coding error and adjust the turn rate for all altitudes by the margin.
This is honestly simplistic and easy to do when ya think about it, just need a couple of research guys to go out and see these air shows to then calculate then send the notes to the coders for them to put on the right performances.
So you are 100% correct. and I say that as a DCS F-16 boi. I love the 16. and even with this reality, I still win most of my fights agains't anything else in the air. I have yet to see a single JF-17 being able to stay on my ass long enough to survive while I'm flying the 16 tho. but as you know. there are way too many variable's to take into account to say which on of these is Actually the better fighter in a BFM fight. if both apponents are equally matched in skill and both aircraft are as equal as possible to make them as nimble as they can be then these numbers come into effect more realistically I'd say. But you are correct. the F-16 Isn't as good as its IRL counterpart. we don't even have the more powerful engine of the 16 in DCS. That being said. ED has been slowly but surely fixing or improving the Flight characteristics of both the 14,15,16 & 18 over the last year or so. which is very noticable.
The War Thunder meme is true. I haven't leaked any documents though (Yet)
What was your skin at 3:47, the orange one? I quite like it.
It is my Favourite! It is the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 3 Squadron (3SQN) 100th anniversary paint scheme. You'll have to download it. Search RAAF 3SQN 100th Anniversary and it should pop up.
@@Tabs_Original (sorry for not responding) I don't mean to be rude or confrontational but the RAAF skin isn't the one there. It is pretty close but the one at the scene around 3:47 has american markings and pure white paint instead of the tan. I assume the one here is some kind of us flight school or trainer but I can't seem to find it on my own.
@zefzec4462 oh yeah my bad i thought you were referring to a different one! I would call it more red. I don't know for sure but someone in another video has called it the China lake paint scheme which is all the info i have on it unfortunately.
@@Tabs_Original Oh, yeah thats it. Thanks
As a war thunder player: imma leak shit
(For legal reason this is a joke)
What about now that the Viper got a update on G-Force as of 4-10-24?
I am yet to get results! But from what i have seen the flight model is the same, the pilot can withstand more g force. Which will mean slightly better rate performance, but still very similar.
Its also who you give the flightstick :), i've flown in a competitive DCS dogfighting group for a little while and the F-18 Is the best dogfighter, especially with the new flight model. the f18 can overpower anyone if the pilot knows what he's doing, But i still think the F16 is a absolute beauty in dcs and real life, it might not be the best dogfighter but i think its on the top 5 easy
Fantastic breakdown! Good work!
Thank you! I have recommended your controller tutorial videos to so many new players! They are great!
I don't think I've heard any big content creator make the claim that the F-16 is the best rate fighter in the game, anyone that's not a casual observer in the DCS community is aware of the underperformance of the F-16 in BFM, that's why we had a lot of reports made to ED with the hopes that they would fix it.
I get that you wanna make your video sound more exciting, but in the long run you'll probably end up like any of the other surface level DCS TH-camrs that appeal to casual observers and don't care much about the community at large. In other words, Spud and GR.
“F-16 laughs in AMRAAM”
Flanker laughs in _turning to the side_
idk why but one time i was playing in f-16 my amraam had same if not worse range than aim 9😅
.... then cries because ya hit a friendly!
"F/A 18 laughs in AMRAAM"
@@skwal5464bring double pylon amraams and laugh in spamraam :)
And people were calling me crazy for saying the Mirages rate is almost the same if not better than the F-16 in DCS. Whenever I said I keep up or even beat the F-16s in a rate fight on dogfight servers they say "the enemy was bad".
Funny enough, both Lemon and Atte said in their channels that the mirage was capable of rating the f16 in some scenarios
Because they buffed it to unrealistic levels to buff their sales.
F-16 has been making me feel a lot better about myself in the Eagle. I found myself starting to get worse at the 2C due to all these icky hornets being not nice. So I use opponents that have the F-16 to get myself back on my feet. If only I could just simply run from the hornet similar to what I’ve heard the eagles do irl and energy trap them.
guys i need to know which aircrafts i should buy for myself i already have the mig-29
What do you like doing in DCS and what is your budget? Flaming cliffs 3 is great value.
if you enjoy soviet fighters and want a full fidelity one then the codename flanker mod is pretty good, my friend always played fc3 and now went to codename flanker and he is having a lot of fun
what about the SU-27+that cobra button?(forgot the name)
I call it the cobra button, lol no idea what the actual name is. The cobra button only helps the SU-27 turn faster for a few seconds, after that it has bled too much airspeed and is at a suboptimal airspeed to continue rating around the circle.
its called Cobra manouvere
AHHH I CANT! I-IM GONNA RELEASE SECRET DOCUMENTS RN
I need to understand why flankers where doing a full circle in 13 seconds at the Paris air show and on DCS it has one of the worst accelerations and my m not able to match the 13 second 360 turn.
Thanks. Hopefully this will get seen by the people constantly saying so.
That looks like my fav server, mobettametas dogfighters!
Indeed it is!
@@Tabs_Original Only the top dogs end up there. Growling Sidewinder and the lot can keep dreaming that the Falcon is a superior dogfighter (in DCS)!
@CTANKEP1985 I am purely mythbusting, and not aiming at anyone specifically, but if people get upset by facts, then that's just too bad I guess.
Love DCS Dogfighters and F16 my name =Bulldog= .
how can i pull 20 degrees per second with a F-16 at 360 knots, im doing something wrong it seems
Less than 5 minutes of afterburning fuel is how. And / or no g effect. A hornet will rate at 26 degrees per second if its nearly out of fuel. I have pinned a comment explaining this 🙂
This is silly, everybody knows the best jet in DCS is the F-18. This is because it’s my favourite
Wouldnt the f16 do better in verticle because of twr tho?
Wait leaking data? There is a website called Public Intelligence where you can download the F-16C Block 50 flight characteristics manual, and Reload Gaming Videos made a video about how the F-18 and F-16 and that the F-18 in DCS sustains 22° while the F-16 sustains 20° and in the manual it says 21° but your saying the f18 sustains 21°.
This shit is confusing my head, like I get the f18 out rates the f16 but now the numbers are way off than what it should or is said by different dcs youtubers. -_- Head hurty
Reload isnt wrong! Degrees per second depends a lot on fuel total! The hornet will rate at 26dps when its nearly emtpy.
@@Tabs_Original oh danm
MiG-29A(9-12) beat the F-16 block 10 (i think) when ex GDR pilots faced american pilots, just so you know, they swapped places too, and western pilots who flew the mig beat their own f16s
A good deal of that was HOBS R-73s, in fairness.
MiG-29 rates better than the F-16 ironically lmao
Laughs in harrier.
Noz noz
Viff, viff.
I am not a fan of F-16CM from DCS... I was always hoping for F-16A vs MiG-29A but... Man can dream :-) As for given revelations I am extremely sceptical - first because I never needed best turn rate, to win a dogfight. Best example is MiG-19 presented in graph here. On the paper it can't win against M2000C. But everything changes when MiG-19 instead of constant turn starts to perform climb turn. M2000C fails miserably. He can't climb steep enough. He either has to stay lower - which eventually leads to loose the fight, or drop speed - what end the fight even more quickly. Same situation here is with F-16. is possess an really impressive engine, and as soon it starts to perform climb turn everything changes. Poor thrust to weight ratio of F-18C makes the difference.
So. If you fight like on the situation shown here - flat 2D - yes. You may win using rate fight. But it's just a step 1 of lvl 1 of aerial dogfight. Conclusion that some fighter is better than other only because he has better turn ratio is very... Immature approach to dogfight. It's a bit like saying, that horses are smarter than humans, because they have bigger heads.
Its about the pilot not the plane -Pete
ED needs to fix this ! (By getting sekret documents from warthunder forums)
disco said he will not take on a viper in anything unless it is BVR. IRL
500 knots is too fast, you won't get optimal turn performance there, you'll black out first.
Its possible the JF-17 can keep up with a viper in a level rate fight but if the F-16 puts a slight climb on its circle the JF-17 is left in the dust due to lack of thrust to weight.
yeah i'll need to change the video 460knots is more accurate! could maybe go to 480 occasionally but you'll be right on the limit of blacking out. i never fl;own the JF-17 but its numbers do look good
The JF-17 is the best rate fighter in the game and beats out F-16 almost every time with missiles. Guns only is challenging since the gun kind of sucks. I'm a JF-17 enjoyer and most people don't understand how dominant the plane really is IRL and in-game.@@Tabs_Original
@@Baltic_Dude i need to give it a shot!
There at the time maybe even currently are no consequences for using the paddle. Which makes it unrealistic. Therefor If your using paddle your cheating anyway. As a hornet main its embarrassing to use the paddle to win an exhibition dog fight.
If I where to add my opinion further, F16 is amazing at dog fight because of its ability to trade energy. Once the Hornet cashes in it can't regain its energy state like the 16 can.
I fly JF-17 and FCS Russian fighters + Red Helos and the JF-17 is one of the best dogfighters in the game. I'd say Mirage 2K and JF-17 are the closest match and almost tied. JF-17 rates better than the Mirage, turns just as well BFM but is slightly underpowered. I beat Mirage players all the time even guns only. F-16s always lose but its a draw in guns-only only due to the JF-17s gun being sucky and the rate being too fast for the gun to catch up to the F-16.
Odd. I always remembered beating the hornet in my viper.
Pilot skill is a massive part of any fight. So is the amount of fuel in each jet.
i´m a tomcat guy and i never have problems with Hornets. Falcons on the other hand are a way more difficult task.
You’ve fought the wrong Hornet Driver. DCS Dogfighters, go test em.
@@Freediver_72Growling Sidewinder always gets F-18 in a two circle fight in a F-14 Tomcat both in a vertical or horizontal plane. Tomcat due to thrust advantage, will bleed the Dragy Hornet out of energy. It matches what pilots in real life said. Where F-18 gets the other teen fighters is in a slow speed, high alpha one circle fight where nose pointing is the most important thing. It is very tough to beat it the fight gets slow and turns into a slow speed rolling flat scissors.
@@2ZZGE100 nah…. Depends on configuration. GS always stacks the fight in his favor. It I’ve seen really good virtual Tomcat guys taken down by average Hornet guys. And this is DCS not real life. There are A LOT of factors real life pilots don’t talk about that handcuff them. DCS Dogfighters…. Look forward to seeing you there to show everyone your skills
@@Freediver_72 I agree there are a lot of variables that can influence a fight. I am just saying F-14 all things being equal, apples to apples Tomcat due to thrust advantage and less dragy airframe, would always bleed the Hornet out of energy if they kept going nose-to-tail round in a circle. Everything has its strength and weaknesses and EM diagrams show that. The real strength of F-18 Hornet is in a slow speed, high alpha, one circle fight for nose position. It is supported by the EM diagram where the F-18 Hornet bleeds energy in a two-cricle fight. That is something that is well known fact supported by real world pilots who flew BOTH like Oral, Nasty etc.
@@2ZZGE100 again, DCS Dogfighters. Falcons are the easiest jet to beat. Hornet, M2K, SU 27 then the 14. The 14 ONLY because it’s FM is flawed in DCS. There is little to no drag penalty for the flaps. To beat a Hornet the 14 must use flaps and maybe even differential thrust. Even the SU27 relies on differential thrusting and only has the scissors.
Friday night fights on DCS Dogfighters, come join, come show everyone how mighty the 14 is in a BFM gun fight. All are welcome!
I mean anything more accurate is some actual military software sim or related documents(legality questionable) or actual real life
Amm, what do you think about F-22?
So in a test (dcs) the only plane that could kill the f16 was the f22
The Growling Sidewinder watching this!
Of the modules I fly regularly, the Tomcat is the best 'guns only' jet dogfighter. I have lots of gun kills under my belt with the Tomcat and speed management is not bad at all. I like being able to pull targets effortlessly into the HUD with the F/A-18, but then it loses speed too fast. Trying to stay in the fight in the Hornet at 130 kts kind of sucks. I have the F-16, but I haven't flown it much yet, so I can't argue with you. I know that my speed can run away from me pretty fast in a dogfight when flying the Viper, but having that kind of power should to be a good thing. I don't fly any non-DCS, third-party modules like the F-22, but so much about latest-gen fighters is classified that those modules can't be considered very realistic anyway. I have Flaming Cliffs, but I avoid flying Russian fighters for personal reasons.
A well flown tomcat is very hard to fight!
"personal reasons" bruh
Who said it was...?? All i hear is all the su 27 variants and the f22...
you are 100% my guy the f18 in RL has a slightly better turn and AOA pull than f16a block 10 {not the 1ton heavier f16c} so f16c has no chance vs f18 not only that but also in RL f18 has a better low-speed turn and stall and way better Control as the f18 who was vs f16 block10 said at high speed the f16 seems to match or stay close to the f18 performance but as sone, as we get to that 400kn the f18 start to take lead and the slower we got the clear f18 advantage to start to shine through and at stall speeds the f18 can point its nose whatever I want and the f16 start to Struggle a bit so yeah sry f16 {not really } but f18 is just the rate king
Out rating an F16 and killing it with only a 60 rounds in a Hornet vun in the GR server is a crime....! GR the F16 lover😂 will be disapointed... Wich i am also😅
I'm not trying to hate on the F-16. More the flight model in DCS I guess. I have been shot down many times by F-16's 🙂
It looks like the Viper is bad at rating compared to reality but the Eagle too.
they goon too much with F-16 picture in E-621.
Su33/27 oooo funny button go woosh
Never liked the F16, nor when I was a kid nor now near my fifties. The F-18 always was the superior fighter imo, and the F16 a cheaper counterpart one made to export. Being single engine was also another nope for me, which means less survival chances compared to the F18.., too.
In real life, the f 16 is better than the MIrage 2000 at sea level. This scenario is seen in the Aegean Sea, between Greece and Turkey.
So in other words, these computer game dog fights are
Bullshite😂
there are many other turns rather than just following a tail
Mirage 2000c have better sustain turn rate than F-16 lol
And to be clear: th-cam.com/video/Yb-PXpj0tP8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ip_Wj0QUAu4dMsxw&t=126
Your Hornet v Viper example is paddle-engaged: Which is cheating and going beyond real world data. The video admits that the Hornet is only achieving 18 Deg per sec. without the paddle switch (as intended). The DCS Hornet flown without the paddle is pretty close to spot on. Do your Hornet v Viper example again for everyone, WITHOUT the paddle.
I am not trying hide the use of paddle 🙂 whether it's cheating or not is up to the individual. This videos sole purpose is to show that the F-16 is not the best rate fighter. If you have too much airspeed or stuff bolted under the wings, they will snap if you paddle. Unfortunately, there is no way you can stop someone paddling in a hornet.
@Tabs_Original - That's fair... but my point is this: The F-16 DOES outrate the F-18 in DCS when the Hornet is flown realistically and as intended. I've lobbied for ED to add a MP option to disable the Paddle in servers if they wish. ED is using real world data that does not account for G-limiter-override flight. After the recent Hornet FM update, the max STR is around 18-19 deg. per sec... which matches real-world SME feedback for the -402 EPE motored Legacy Charlie.
@airupthere-vu9sg the F-16 can rate at 18 DPS. A tiny bit higher if gloc is managed very well. If the hornet rates at 18-19 it sounds like the hornet either matches or outrates the F-16.
Cmon raptor wants to play but hes too good for the competition
imagine a full fidelity raptor
Just like GS said, just because your aircraft can outrate the enemy or outperform him in some way doesn’t mean you always will.
That is correct! Different fuel totals at the merge, and pilot ability massively influence a dogfight. But if i was in a hornet, I'd rather merge with an F-16 than a mirage 2000c. In a guns only situation.
@@Tabs_Original I totally agree!
aw man
Interesting
For me its F14 :)
multirole fighters are not great at any one thing.. just good at everything...
Bruh so I just wasted my money on flaming cliffs 3
SU-27 is a great dogfighter in DCS! very good 1 circle and decent 2 circle, just a shame it feels sluggish at moderate to low speeds
DCS F-16 FM is so inaccurate, just landing the thing is so atrocious for the pilot it feels like an F-104 shitfighter
BMS probably does it better, but I only seen videos of it and have no right to say on that
I dont think you can comment on DCS either if you dont have real flight hours in the F-16
Using the paddle-switch will piss-off maintenance. Just saying...
1. F-16 corner is actually 430 knots.
So you were only off by 70 knots.
2. My HMCS+AIM-9X, your nose hose, You Lose.
This is true for every jet out there and no jet in service, excepting the Su-57, has DIRCM to counter. Most don't even have MAWS. AIM-120D is an AIM-9X with about 4 miles more range and a better seeker:shooter handoff. Literally no one goes into a merge if they have missiles on board. They unload and ramp out with HOB shots and then they tell their wingmant to position and shoot the bastard off.
3. When flying with tanks and any kind of, you know, _go to war stuff_ underwing, the FLCS derates the F-16 to Cat-II and you are a 4-5G strafe rag. See #2. You are describing what is technically known as AN AIRSHOW LOAD which is utterly irrelevant to the point of stupid-ludicrous.
The F-16, clean, is super slick and probably comes closest to being what John Boyd considered the ideal 'acceleration fighter' in that it will be energy additive in a lot of scenarios where the slug-bug is barely positive Ps. This is particularly true with the IPE engine which _vastly_ (VASTLY) out thrust-trusts the C.50 weight difference, especially at low level.
The result is that the F-16 is, indeed, a better dogfighter than the Mirage 2000, F/A-18 or A-10 because it can sustain energy and boop the nose to limiter or roll and gain altitude to control the offset before slicing back in to recommit. Due to this, it is, effectively, a 22-23dps airframe.
Comparatively, loaded roll on the Hornet is not just abysmal, it's placarded because of centerbarrel and assymetrics (to clear the pod in smart bomber configurations) issues. You get into a horizontal plane tail chase and you had better believe you are going to win it within 30-40` because you're locked there, even with the -402 engine.
Nobody wants to play Oswald Boelcke games over enemy territory. You clean the wings and you're a mission kill. You play heavyweight and you're a cessna with burner. You commit from a flight profile matched to your mission load and you're a target because speed counts for pole as the difference between true BVR and Radar Merge to Visual Merge fighting.
And then the S-400 turns on and your wife gets the insurance payout.
The F-35 wins here because it has 360` global SAIRST out to about 18nm and simple refuses the closure phases. Nobody is shooting radar weapons at it. And so it is effectively an ISR picture schlepper for other shooters.
I believe you have missed the point of this video. I am simply trying to clear up the fact that a lot of DCS content creators state that the F-16 is the best rate fighter. Those claims often refer to a clean F-16. I am mythbusting, not offering advice on what loadout to take into a fight or what tactics to use 🙂
EF is a better rate fighter than f-16 irl. lol
100% the f16 isn't close to the best rate fighter..and is a terrible radius figjter...but the spitfire decimates the hornet
It would be fun to fight the spitfire! I have never flown it. I guess i should of mentioned the hornet is the best 4th gen rate fighter in DCS.
@@Tabs_Original Yeah - best 4th gen and glad to see someone else calling out the it's definitely not the Viper...certain YT channels literally talk bollocks thinking it's the same in DCS as IRL. Hornet vs Spitfire....the Hornet has literally no chance in a flat 1 or 2C fight.....but a wise Hornet pilot will extend/go vertical where the Spit cannot follow and do a high speed slashing attack. The Spit will be pointing are you shooting...but the Hornet has 20mm cannon and radar assisted gun pipper so has a massive advantage. A sidewinder armed spitfire...OMG that would be lethal!!!! :-)