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Old 24th Aug 2013, 16:28
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Courtney Mil
 
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I would imagine it would be a bit like trying to loop a Phantom in cold power. Start with as much speed as you like, it's so heavy and draggy (especially when pulling g up into the vertical) that it's going to slow down VERY fast. The top of the "loop" would most likely become a nasty slow speed tumbling recovery.

She was built to be beautifully stable and fast at low level, not an aerobatic display jet. Buc aeros - an undignified dance for a very powerful and magnificent war fighter.
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