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General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon Block 10

1,183 ColdWarAircraft  3.2 years ago

Block 10 was an early service life upgrade to F-16A's in service in the early 1980s.

Features a detailed cockpit, custom FT landing gear and custom flight control surfaces

This is my first post on the site with this account and first post in a few years (used to be @closeairsupport but deleted my account at 16k). This is essentially a rebuild of my F-16 from 4 years ago. Tried to incorporate Funky Trees with this build but come to find out, this will take some getting used to

Controls:

96%+ Throttle: Afterburner

VTOL Up: Flaps

Trim Up/Down: Control Trim

AG1: Lights

AG2: Jettison Stores

AG3: Tailhook Down

Armament:

M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon

2X AIM-9L Sidewinder Heat-seeking missiles

2X GBU-15 Laser Guided Bombs

AN/ALQ-184 ECM Pod

Excerpt from Wiki:

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,600 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are being built for export customers. In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft manufacturing business to the Lockheed Corporation, which in turn became part of Lockheed Martin after a 1995 merger with Martin Marietta.

The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. The F-16 has an internal M61 Vulcan cannon and 11 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment. The F-16's official name is "Fighting Falcon", but "Viper" is commonly used by its pilots and crews, due to a perceived resemblance to a viper snake as well as the Colonial Viper starfighter on Battlestar Galactica which aired at the time the F-16 entered service.

In addition to active duty in the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, and Air National Guard units, the aircraft is also used by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, and as an adversary/aggressor aircraft by the United States Navy. The F-16 has also been procured to serve in the air forces of 25 other nations. As of 2015, it was the world's most numerous fixed-wing aircraft in military service.


An F-16A Block 10B from the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 38.8ft (11.8m)
  • Length 57.7ft (17.6m)
  • Height 18.5ft (5.6m)
  • Empty Weight 19,653lbs (8,914kg)
  • Loaded Weight 31,032lbs (14,076kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 5.793
  • Wing Loading 86.5lbs/ft2 (422.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 358.6ft2 (33.3m2)
  • Drag Points 7492

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1093
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 3,899
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    2,180 Stephen22

    Here is wiki if you want all f-16 info wiki link

    1.1 years ago
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    4,268 Lake

    Mobile friendly version- yeah I downloaded a very low part count, but give me the cockpit. Great build though.

    2.3 years ago
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    465 MRX01

    you can fix landing gears because so weak

    2.7 years ago
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    0 Orcy

    Its dcs in simple planes lol

    3.1 years ago
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    33.5k tsampoy

    @CASDynamics No problem

    3.2 years ago
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    @tsampoy thanks

    3.2 years ago
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    33.5k tsampoy

    This is amazing

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    6,516 WingsOfSteel

    @CASDynamics you're welcome!

    3.2 years ago
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    @WingsOfSteel thanks

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    6,516 WingsOfSteel

    Great for a first aircraft!

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    @TatsuTheOtaku Good to be back

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    @CASDynamics oof, good to have you back

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    @TatsuTheOtaku lol used to have a gold account but deleted it a while back, wish I never did

    +4 3.2 years ago
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    Get this guy gold

    +3 3.2 years ago
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    Nice

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    @IceCraftGaming thanks

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    36.1k Icey21

    The thumbnail looks great

    +1 3.2 years ago