Let me first just start by saying this is not how we normally would do timing during the demo (since it's not based on how much time it takes for a maneuver to be flown, but rather from a specific point to another given point in the next maneuver).
Now, that being said...
I fired up our practice track from tonight's sortie (3rd High Show of the training season), and here are some numbers:
Diamond Roll: 397 KCAS, 2,400ft AGL apex......... 29.4 seconds from Smoke On till Smoke Off.
Diamond 360: 415 KCAS, 3.77Gs......................... 42.4 seconds from Overhead till Smoke Off.
(I dug up a YouTube video from the USAF Thunderbirds at Aviation Nation 2010 to benchmark and their numbers for the aformentioned maneuvers were 28.8 and 42.9 seconds, respectively).
Not only does this affirm that using
actual parameters works in the sim, but I had no idea it would be
that close!!!
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