Taygibay
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Really guys? Again?
By logic, Mach 1,01 is supercruise, however ...
below M 1.2, it is a fight against the conditions.
From roughly M 0,85 to 1,2 the airflow is turbulent.
You want to be below or above hence supercruise.
1.4 or 1.5 is the practical threshold.
Classified of course but in an internal USAF exercise, the Raptor did
show us some colors so : 1.5+ Mach for over 200 nm.
This said, in a mission setting, going for much longer than 100 Nm
already has drawbacks, especially a potential fuel bingo w/o tanker.
Do remember that if supercruise beats afterburners on fuel consumed
which makes it desirable, it still guzzles it a lot more than subsonic ...
a whole big lot and that thus reduces the mission radius.
As always, a single fit all number is not to be had. Understand the above
and find out what your / your target AF_aircraft combo tactic book says.
Then it will be useful?
Great day both, Tay.
All depend of what means "supercruise".
mach 1,01 without PC ?
mach 1.1?
mach 1.2?
mach 1.5 ?
By logic, Mach 1,01 is supercruise, however ...
below M 1.2, it is a fight against the conditions.
From roughly M 0,85 to 1,2 the airflow is turbulent.
You want to be below or above hence supercruise.
1.4 or 1.5 is the practical threshold.
What is the number of F-22?
Classified of course but in an internal USAF exercise, the Raptor did
show us some colors so : 1.5+ Mach for over 200 nm.
This said, in a mission setting, going for much longer than 100 Nm
already has drawbacks, especially a potential fuel bingo w/o tanker.
Do remember that if supercruise beats afterburners on fuel consumed
which makes it desirable, it still guzzles it a lot more than subsonic ...
a whole big lot and that thus reduces the mission radius.
As always, a single fit all number is not to be had. Understand the above
and find out what your / your target AF_aircraft combo tactic book says.
Then it will be useful?
Great day both, Tay.
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