Just fighting live on my server: 2:21 .... F-4E vs Mirage F-1 16:25 ... F-5E vs Mirage F-1 24:50 ... F-4E vs MiG-21 (flameout) 27:42 ... F-4E vs MiG-21 42:00 ... Crippled landing
GVad, you are really using the vertical well. When I asked my father how he would have fought the MIGs in Vietnam he said the following; "I would take advantage of the Phantoms massive fuel load (21,000lbs). I would drag the MIGs out to sea and when they RTB due to low fuel, I would turn around and hunt/run them down. The drag distance between me and the MIGs would be 3-5 miles to give the MIG pilots "hope" of catching and shooting me down. CGI would give me the radio calls to maintain this safe 3-5 mile distance. As soon as they break off to RTB, I drop tanks if they are empty, turn 180 degrees, and get into burner." I see you are regularly checking your fuel state. The J79 on the deck and in MAX AB uses 1000lbs per minute or, 2,000lbs per minute in the Phantom. Dad said if you have full internal fuel at the merge, you have about 3-4 minutes of burner time, always good to set a "soft" BINGO at 6000-6500 lbs. Internal is 12,000 lbs. He also said when using the vertical, you consume less fuel because you are in burner "only half the time" as you are in military power on the way down and, the higher you go the less fuel us burned even for a few seconds at 10K to 30K ft when flying The Egg. Meanwhile the MIG stays in burner if he stay horizontal. Just some things to think about when MAX performing the F-4.
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GVad, you are really using the vertical well. When I asked my father how he would have fought the MIGs in Vietnam he said the following; "I would take advantage of the Phantoms massive fuel load (21,000lbs). I would drag the MIGs out to sea and when they RTB due to low fuel, I would turn around and hunt/run them down. The drag distance between me and the MIGs would be 3-5 miles to give the MIG pilots "hope" of catching and shooting me down. CGI would give me the radio calls to maintain this safe 3-5 mile distance. As soon as they break off to RTB, I drop tanks if they are empty, turn 180 degrees, and get into burner."
I see you are regularly checking your fuel state. The J79 on the deck and in MAX AB uses 1000lbs per minute or, 2,000lbs per minute in the Phantom. Dad said if you have full internal fuel at the merge, you have about 3-4 minutes of burner time, always good to set a "soft" BINGO at 6000-6500 lbs. Internal is 12,000 lbs. He also said when using the vertical, you consume less fuel because you are in burner "only half the time" as you are in military power on the way down and, the higher you go the less fuel us burned even for a few seconds at 10K to 30K ft when flying The Egg. Meanwhile the MIG stays in burner if he stay horizontal.
Just some things to think about when MAX performing the F-4.
Amazing stuff to share ❤️❤️
Great watching you fight the energy fight!
thanks, yeah, but got it slow at one point, went horizontal scissors in the F-4 at around 11:00 lol
Appreciate ya