*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** [Hi Kim, I would have to agree with you there it probabably is difficult to manuver in close dogfights, it does look a bit cumbersome. With the technological steps taken in the advancement of air-air weapons do you think pilots rely too much on these weapons Kim? Do you think that the SU's were developed/designed ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Kim, I would have to agree with you there it probabably is difficult to manuver in close dogfights, it does look a bit cumbersome. With the technological steps taken in the advancement of air-air weapons do you think pilots rely too much on these weapons Kim? Do you think that the SU's were developed/designed to ...

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** [Hi Kim, With regards to the SU, it is a big plane compared to some fighters but it looks very nice but I'm not sure about the manuverability of this Fighter. It certianly fly's very nice and is highly manuverable as I saw one performing at an airshow. Most of the people who had never seen the SU perform in real ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Kim, With regards to the SU, it is a big plane compared to some fighters but it looks very nice but I'm not sure about the manuverability of this Fighter. It certianly fly's very nice and is highly manuverable as I saw one performing at an airshow. Most of the people who had never seen the SU perform in real life ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Kim, I think the difference between rockets and missles is that they are similar but rockets are primarily used for ground attacks and missles for Air-Air combat like the AMRAMM and AIM missles. Rockets can very damaging to artillery etc as they carry high explosive (armour piercing in some cases like the apache ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Tuck, Yes thanks for letting us know about the grill, you could be right, It would'nt be right if the F-16 flew with this grill, I just think it's like you said about stopping people from getting sucked in (nasty) to the air intake. Regards Rapier [a screen is used on the ground when the engine is being run by ...

*** Posted by Tuck *** I read the archived messages about this. I know of no F-16 that flies with a grill. As the other responses indicated, a screen is used on the ground when the engine is being run by maintainers. Its sole purpose is to keep people from being ingested into the engine. It's fairly large (fits over entire intake lip), & ...

*** Posted by Hagon *** [So thats why pilots wear baggy pants? ]

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** To the debate: I'm not knowing about the MIG's, but for the SU's its a fact that they are really HUGE (a tradition wich I recon the late versions to follow!). And with that in mind I would'nt concider a SU as a plane wich outmanouveres a F 16!? Kim

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** I haven't dropped any cluster bombs, but I've .... shot rockets (FFAR & CRV7) ....and fired a couple of missiles. RUN] Just for the reference: Where lies the difference between rockets and missiles? Kim