F-18's L/D ratio (Rookie's question)

Chris66 · Oct 16th 2021

Hi,

How long can an F18 keep its straight and level when the throttle is at 0%?

I cut it at 50,000 feet and was surprised that the plane stayed S&L for so long.

Thanks in advance. A rookie's question indeed.

Jet-Pack (IPACS) · Oct 16th 2021

How fast were you going? Because when you used full afterburner above a certain speed the engine doesn't actually throttle down to idle, it keeps full military thrust until below mach 1 (or something like that - long time since I implemented this)

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