They look like shit and they're dumb, if you wanted extra fuel permanently attached to your plane why didn't you just design a bigger plane? At least externals have the "what if I need to jettison them" excuse.
Have you seen the size difference between an F-18 and F-16? The F-16 is a smol girl so having the conformal tanks carry the same fuel will make it look bulky while the F-18 can look sleeker since it had more size to spread it out
one look forward one look aft
idk I made that up based on my dcs experience
google LANTIRN
>LANTIRN
ok so that's a good targeting pod
still doesn't explain why you would carry another one besides that
this one uses 2 too
lantirn is split into 2 pods
thx, indeed I didn't read properly
wrong, makes it look more bulky and menacing
>bulky and menacing
i can say the same about your chin
You clearly didn't read, LANTIRN contains both the AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod and the AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod.
those conformal tanks look like shite
Getting scared Ivan?
If it makes you feel better USAF F-16's don't have ctf's installed.
They look like shit and they're dumb, if you wanted extra fuel permanently attached to your plane why didn't you just design a bigger plane? At least externals have the "what if I need to jettison them" excuse.
cat ears for the waifu.
>called Viper
>has a hood
It's kino
LANTIRN isn’t used anymore
>t. used to work on LANTIRN
god conformal fuel tanks look awful
really ruins the falcon
No skins!
couldn't they at least have made them more like the F-18 CFTs? those aren't as ugly. not pretty, but not as bad as the F-16's
Have you seen the size difference between an F-18 and F-16? The F-16 is a smol girl so having the conformal tanks carry the same fuel will make it look bulky while the F-18 can look sleeker since it had more size to spread it out
>9.96m wingspan
>Roughly 8.6 ton empty weight
IMAGINE.
A sight the Vatniks need to get used to.
It's mom let it have two LANTIRN pods.
Gee.
I wouldn't worry about it
the J-10 in comparison, first flight 24 years after the F-16, can only carry 4 missiles max.
Does it let it track and shoot double the targets or something?
Actually, with two pods it can shoot at n squared targets.
FAT!
I like to say it as 'bottom heavy' instead. She a thicc shortstack now
Why do you have two eyeballs?