F-16 Block 1 vs F-15A climb and acceleration
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I'm curious as to which aircraft had better climb and acceleration performance, particularly at low speeds and low altitude. While the block 1 and 5 F-16s were pretty underpowered, they were also quite a bit lighter and possibly lower drag because of the smaller intake. I'm wondering which of the planes would have better acceleration and climb right after takeoff.
The F-15 held the world time-to-climb records until they were taken by a souped up Flanker (P42 with over driven engines). There was an article in Code One magazine about some study/prep work done to take some of those records back (along with the F-104 Red Baron Starfighter low altitude record) with the F-16 but the USAF squashed the idea.
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True, but those time to climb records were taken by a stripped down Streak Eagle. I'm talking about a plain, vanilla F-16 block 1/5 against a plain, vanilla F-15A without all those souped up engines and whatever. And this is mainly concerning low speed, low altitude, like right after takeoff.
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