F-16C OR F/A-18 Hornet?

[SOLOTURK]

I got enough money for one of them. Which one should i get, what are the pros and ♥♥♥♥? Which one would you get? :)

[stingray87]

Although the F16 is my favorite aircraft, i would say go for the F/A-18 if you can only afford one of them. The F18 feels a bit more modern overall, has two engines, and can be used to land and start off the aircraft carrier if you get that DLCt later or already have it.

Also in my opinion nothing beats the sound of the F404 engines as used in the hornet.

[SSerponi76]

ATM Hornet is the best pick. Viper is a nice plane but still missing lot of features.

[Barra74]

The easiest question is do you want to do carrier take offs and landings? I love both but I'm a sucker for the whole carrier ops thing. Note my F16 experience was with F4 BMS but you get the picture.

[Richardus]

F/A 18
Pros:
- Can do anything
- More complete than the viper
- Carrier ops
- More options in ordnance than viper
- Almost everyone has it, no trouble finding wingman/teacher/tutorials

♥♥♥♥:
- Not any that I can think of

F-16
Pros:
- Better in A2A according to some
- Can carry more maverick missiles

♥♥♥♥:
- No carrier ops
- Not complete. Useable, but there are still plenty of placeholders and stuff

Personally I went with the Viper simply because (1) I didn't really care about carrier ops (2) I watched a couple of videos and decided I liked the idea of the F-16 more

If I had to choose again I would probably go with the Hornet because the few things that are missing on the F-16 break my immersion during startup and system tests on the ground, although it is getting more attention in terms of updates now

[van Leeuwenhoek's mustache]

Richardus a écrit :

F-18
♥♥♥♥:
- Not any that I can think of

- Lower top speed and acceleration than the other modern fighters in the game
- Countermeasure capacity isn't that great when compared to tomcat, flanker, eagle or viper

Richardus a écrit :

F-16
Pros:
- Better in A2A according to some

I'd say that hornet is more dangerous in WVR, but viper is clearly superior in BVR.

Hornet will struggle to reach mach 1.2 with a combat loadout, viper, on the other hand, can do mach 1.4 while carrying 2 external fuel tanks... if the tanks are dropped, it can do mach 1.7+.

At those speeds, the viper's killing zone extends farther than the hornet's, plus defeating incoming amraams becomes much easier.

Viper also has higher acceleration, which enables it to transition between transonic and supersonic flight in a heartbeat, unlike the hornet, which struggles.

Also, nothing beats the viper's cockpit visibility, HUD is the only object obstructing your view.

Richardus a écrit :

F-16
♥♥♥♥:
- No carrier ops
- Not complete. Useable, but there are still plenty of placeholders and stuff

- Low internal fuel capacity (only ~7140 lbs), which makes external fuel tanks a necessity and gives it shorter range

- Crazy high fuel consumption when afterburner is enabled, unlike the hornet

[van Leeuwenhoek's mustache]

Tурк a écrit :

I got enough money for one of them. Which one should i get, what are the pros and ♥♥♥♥?

Depends on which one you like the most and your preferred role.

If you're going to focus on A/A (BVR, that is), viper will give you the edge, thanks to its high speed and acceleration.
Note that the viper is also a pretty capable A/G platform, but it's still not as good as the hornet in that regard.

If you're more interested in A/G (while retaining A/A capability), carrier ops, etc. , then pick the hornet.

[dan]

Go the middle number. Try JF-17

[Gunfreak]

I have both, can bearly use them,as I'm dumb and gets confused by all the menus and subsystems.

While I love the F16 partly for silly patriotic reasons, I'm now mostly flying the F18 as I got the winwing HOATAS syste systems, with long stick between my legs, that doesn't really match the F16 stick and it breaks immersion in VR.