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F-16C Block 40 - US Air Force

18.9k plane634  1.9 years ago

So after some time creating and building 70% scale planes I've decided to try 1:1 scale planes and it turned out pretty well.

Description

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft, it is highly maneuverable and can carry a wide range of air-to-air and air-to-ground armaments.

The Block 40 modification improves the F-16s strike capability with the integration of the LANTIRN pod, this made the F-16 more capable in all-weather and day-night strike operations, to accommodate these upgrades the undercarriage is lengthened and strengthened, this modification also saw extensive upgrades to the radar and the introduction of a GPS receiver.

In this SimplePlanes version, this plane is now built in 1:1 scale, it also features a mostly detailed cockpit, a working HUD and radar screen (credits to striderxxl) as well as some form of fly-by-wire, as for the armaments, well it's a bit of an unusual loadout, the plane is armed with 2x AiM-7M, 2x AiM-9L, and 2x 370 Gal Droptank, it uses the AiM-7 as I was making that cinematic at the time and since the Fox code used in the audio were Fox-1s, I decided to arm the plane with AiM-7s, even though F-16s mostly used AiM-120s, it's not too far off historically though, as the Block 40 did have the ability to fire AiM-7s, it's just not used as much. Oh yeah also the engine nozzle is fully actuated so to say.

Controls :

VTOL : flaps
AG2 : drop fuel tank
AG3 : jettison weapons
AG4 : open canopy
AG5 : formation lights
AG6 : landing lights
AG7 : lights

Note :

Landing and taking off on this plane is a bit difficult, as the plane just likes to veer off to the side of the runway for some reason and the landing gear was so sensitive that it'll just roll over and explode if you overturn it even by just a little bit, so I advise you to just immediately pitch up once the plane gains speed and try to not overcorrect the plane, and while landing don't let the front wheels touch the ground until you're less than 150km/h (93 mph / 80 knots), also brake slowly as well, the plane likes to smack itself into the ground if you brake too hard.

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Simplified version

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 32.6ft (9.9m)
  • Length 50.7ft (15.5m)
  • Height 17.1ft (5.2m)
  • Empty Weight 23,764lbs (10,779kg)
  • Loaded Weight 29,675lbs (13,460kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.044
  • Wing Loading 40.5lbs/ft2 (197.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 733.3ft2 (68.1m2)
  • Drag Points 6766

Parts

  • Number of Parts 347
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,029
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    Zamn That F-16 Can R A T E

    1.4 years ago
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    18.9k plane634

    @StugnaATGM yeah sure man!

    +1 1.6 years ago
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    Um, can i have a permission to make a maywar force version of this plane? Its going to have diffrent camo, a new logo on its tail, and diffrent loadouts, can i? About credit dont worry about it!

    +1 1.6 years ago
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    vipor

    +3 1.9 years ago