F-15QA at Qatar Air Show
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F-15QA at Qatar Air Show
As I read the article that this came from, on the Drive, I was interested to learn that the Eagle (In this iteration) is fly by wire.
Nice airshow bit.
https://youtu.be/Ar6f4Pw3UHs
As I read the article that this came from, on the Drive, I was interested to learn that the Eagle (In this iteration) is fly by wire.
Nice airshow bit.
As I read the article that this came from, on the Drive, I was interested to learn that the Eagle (In this iteration) is fly by wire.
Nice airshow bit.
By returning to "straight" it might clean the stabilizer from turbulent air to get back the maximum effect it can get flying that slow?
Food for thought in that video. If performance of that standard can be wrung from an airframe approaching 50 years old, there must be hope for other fighters of this vintage.
Hmm, not sure about that. McDonnell got the fundamentals right with F15 - the original 'flying tennis court' with low wing loading, twin tails and significant excess power all foreshadowing the design approach taken by Sukhoi with the Flanker. It would take more than a modern flight control system to wring that kind of performance out of a Tornado or a Mirage!!
Any modern fighter is going to be pretty sporty with no weapons and only enough fuel to do a 5 minute show. How zippy is it with a full weapons loadout and enough fuel to get to enemy territory ?
True, but the only place most will ever see an aircraft performing like this is at an airshow & everything performing there is light load, short duration, so some comparison can be made.
https://youtu.be/Ar6f4Pw3UHs
As I read the article that this came from, on the Drive, I was interested to learn that the Eagle (In this iteration) is fly by wire.
Nice airshow bit.
As I read the article that this came from, on the Drive, I was interested to learn that the Eagle (In this iteration) is fly by wire.
Nice airshow bit.
Pretty impressive, then again, ones used to going down to RAF Lakenheath on friday morning to see the Panthers and Bolars do unrestricted climbs along with their F-35A cohorts of the Grim Reapers and Valkyries
cheers
Still quite an impressive show by this good old and big bird.
Just not ideal combustion regime so you get more soot by product
In this configuration the QA must be approaching a T/W = 1, and it shows in the vertical 8 imo.
The amount of movement on the HStabs is interesting - its usually lower amplitude higher frequency on truly unstable aircraft, so I tend to agree that this might be more to do with re-attaching flow and keeping control surface power up.
I think the Singaporeans have internal AMRAAM bays in their CFTs (permanently attached?).
In this configuration the QA must be approaching a T/W = 1, and it shows in the vertical 8 imo.
The amount of movement on the HStabs is interesting - its usually lower amplitude higher frequency on truly unstable aircraft, so I tend to agree that this might be more to do with re-attaching flow and keeping control surface power up.
I think the Singaporeans have internal AMRAAM bays in their CFTs (permanently attached?).
Just not ideal combustion regime so you get more soot by product
In this configuration the QA must be approaching a T/W = 1, and it shows in the vertical 8 imo.
The amount of movement on the HStabs is interesting - its usually lower amplitude higher frequency on truly unstable aircraft, so I tend to agree that this might be more to do with re-attaching flow and keeping control surface power up.
I think the Singaporeans have internal AMRAAM bays in their CFTs (permanently attached?).
In this configuration the QA must be approaching a T/W = 1, and it shows in the vertical 8 imo.
The amount of movement on the HStabs is interesting - its usually lower amplitude higher frequency on truly unstable aircraft, so I tend to agree that this might be more to do with re-attaching flow and keeping control surface power up.
I think the Singaporeans have internal AMRAAM bays in their CFTs (permanently attached?).
https://secure.boeingimages.com/arch...3XC5HU08Z.html