A2597 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 So looking at the throttle and engine gauge, I tend to cruise with the RPMs around 85-95. I'm guessing that RPMs at 100% is full military power, and from what I can find, you would not stay at full military power for periods longer than ~20 minutes before backing down a little. But where do you back down to? Where is best practice to keep the throttle for flight in a non-combat / patrol scenario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldur Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 IIRC you'd back down to around 30 FF each for max range and 22 for max endurance... not going by RPM at all. Actually, you'd go for having 4.2° or 5.6° AoA respectively in level flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonFox Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I know this is off-topic but I noticed that the Hornet can't super-cruise like it could before when you ran a very clean configuration. At max military thrust after running AB, I could hold the speed at about Mach 1.02 at around 20,000 ft. Now it can't go past Mach .98 under the same conditions. F/A-18C; A-10C; F-14B; Mirage 2000C; A-4E; F-16C; Flaming Cliffs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strikeeagle345 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The hornet shouldn't be able to super cruise... Strike USLANTCOM.com i7-9700K OC 5GHz| MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON | 32GB DDR4 3200 | GTX 3090 | Samsung SSD | HP Reverb G2 | VIRPIL Alpha | VIRPIL Blackhawk | HOTAS Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenkom Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The hornet shouldn't be able to super cruise... I read an interview of a pilot who had flown the f18 as well as the 16 and 15. He claimed that the f18 and f16 could, in a clean configuration at altitude, supercruise. On the other hand I believe the definition of supercruise requires that you carry a useful amount of cargo/weapons. So simply going supersonic in a clean configuration would not qualify as supercruise. I wanted to link to the article but I could not find it. I believe it was called something along the line “F15 vs F16 vs F18: A fighter pilots perspective” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldur Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The hornet shouldn't be able to super cruise... This isn't even supercruise, just because it exceeds M 1.0. Most sources state supercruise begins somwhere around 1.2 - 1.3, after the transsonic. I remember reading up from SMEs just on these forums that speeds in MIL up to 1.1 are not unrealistic for the 18C. Just can't find it without wasting lots of time. The F-15C also does some 1.06 - 1.07ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrz Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) According to the -1 the F/A-18C cruises at M1.015 at 30000lbs between FL300-350. (DI=0) Edited July 17, 2019 by bbrz i7-7700K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 1070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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