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Old 2nd Mar 2015, 14:19
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melmothtw
 
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The reclined seat has not been tried by anyone else since the F-16. That may tell you something, or it may not.
It tells me that no other fighter has been designed with a cockpit as small as the F-16s. My understanding is that the reclining seat was more about fitting it into the limited cockpit space than with increased g-tolerances for the pilot (something of a marketing gimmick).

Maybe the Iranians might choose to adopt it for their new 'stealth' fighter...

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