Aviation
F-16XL
VIII
Rank
AB
13.0
RB
13.0
SB
13.0
AB
—
RB
12.3
SB
12.3
AB
13.0
RB
13.0
SB
—
Battle rating
USA
Research country
Fighter
Main role
General information
Flight performance
Max speed
at 10,973 m
2,1562,0712,2112,102 km/h
Rate of Climb
190141.6229.8153.3 m/s
Turn time
2527.123.926.2 s
Max altitude
15,240 m
Takeoff Run
850 m
Landing
flaps
flaps
Take-off
flaps
flaps
Combat
flaps
flaps
Air
brake
brake
General characteristics
Crew
1 person
Engine
Length
16.7 m
Wingspan
10.7 m
Wing Loading
258 kg/m²
Weight:
Base weight
8.799.088.569.03 t
Fuel in main tanks
5.11 t (1h 3m)
Fuel in drop tanks
2.27 t (28m)
Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS)
1,555 km/h
Mach Number Limit
2.2 M
G limit
≈ -6/12 G
Gear Speed Limit (IAS)
482 km/h
Offensive armament
20 mm M61A1 cannon
Ammunition
512 rounds
Fire rate
6,000 shots/min
One-second Burst Mass
10.02 kg
| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| HEF-I/API-T/AP-I/SAPHEI | 40 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| HEF-I/HEF-I/API-T/HEF-I/HEF-I/AP-I | 40 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| SAPHEI | 37 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | |
| HEF-I/AP-I/AP-I/SAPHEI | 40 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
Suspended armament
Max weight
6,804 kg
Wing loading
left / right
Maximum
3,000 kg
Max. difference
2,000 kg
| Name | Weight | Slot | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.5 kg |  | | ||||||||||||
| 240.9 kg |  | | | | | | | | ||||||
| 210.5 kg |  | | | | | | ||||||||
| 893.6 kg |  | | | | ||||||||||
| Drop tank (370 gal.) | 100 kg |  | | |||||||||||
| 4 × | 963.6 kg |  | | |||||||||||
| 2 × | 295.7 kg |  | ||||||||||||
| 4 × | 591.5 kg |  | ||||||||||||
Economy
Repair cost
Basic → Reference
AB
3,201 → 4,462 
RB
9,208 → 12,836
SB
10,852 → 15,128
Crew training
270,000
Experts
940,000
Aces
3,700 
Research Aces
1,380,000 
Reward multiplier
AB / RB / SB
100 / 320 / 500 %
262 %
Total cost of modifications
301,000
465,000
Talisman cost
3,300
Research order:
F-16XL
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