Description
The MLU, or Mid-Life Update, was a modernization program dedicated to upgrading the F-16s used by several European air forces. These upgrades raise the technological level of the planes to that of more modern Block-50 and Block-52 F-16s.
The Airframe
E-190, serial number 78-0190, started its service with the Royal Danish Air Force in 1981 as a Block-10 airframe, serving in multiple Eskadroner (squadrons). It suffered a bird strike in 1996, but it was repaired and put back into service. At some point between the bird strike and 2000, it was upgraded to a Block-20 MLU. Throughout the 2010s, the plane took part in the Air Policing of the Baltic States, and in has continued serving as of 2020.
Equipment
- AIM-9 Sidewinder x2
- Drop Tank x1
Specifications
Spotlights
- IDK0 4 months ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Length 50.4ft (15.4m)
- Height 18.0ft (5.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 16,027lbs (7,269kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.103
- Wing Loading 14.8lbs/ft2 (72.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,082.7ft2 (100.6m2)
- Drag Points 4044
Parts
- Number of Parts 55
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 402
@Gabriel747 If this is you telling me what happened, then RIP our fallen pilot, they will be missed. If this is you asking me, then as I said, I don’t know anything regarding them, only that they deleted their SP page.
@CaptHorizon He died?
@Gabriel747 They are all actually based on Tsuchiisan’s F-16C, with some modifications such as landing gear and ventral fins. Sadly though, since Tsuchiisan left (DISCLAIMER: I do not know about their whereabouts of why they left), all their planes were taken down. I had saved their planes before their departure, though. A few months ago, I decided to make all these F-16s for myself, primarily with some other modifications such as the RWR length and the intake size, as well as ones made for prototypes such as the F-16XL or F-16 CCV. After my Project Wingman ACG-01 Chimera was released, I decided I’d give it a shot with the F-16s, and so, here we are today. In the first F-16 post, I also explain the Tsuchiisan Plane story there as well.
Very good, looks like a ReinMCDeer plane