*** Posted by TIGER *** Hi Rapier In about 3 years I'll have to choose 2 aircraft(military and civilian) for my project. I picked up already F16 and Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. TIGER [Hi John, let me ask you something. Do you have any questions for me? I'll be very happy if you do. Tiger Tiger, Did you say that you study fluid dynamics and ...

*** Posted by TIGER *** MPO button Hi Rapier You said that the MPO button is a G limiter. Actually this is wrong. Why? The MPO button is used only for restabilish the F16 due an uncontrolled situation. In the real F16 you can't override the limiters I mean you cannot pull more than 9.5 Gs and more than 25' AoA. How MPO works ? In an ...

*** Posted by RUN *** [SNIP By the way RUN, how do you post an image. Do you have to send images by e-mail or some other method? Regards Rapier.] Just send it by email, and write inside the message where you want the picture. RUN

*** Posted by RUN *** Just a course RUN [I've been away for a couple of weeks ;-) RUN John, are you there? Is everything ok? Hi RUN, Anywhere interesting? Did you enjoy yourself? Rapier]

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Please tell me what is the role of the second pilot in two seat F16?] Hi Tiger, The second seat is for taking people like me and you for joy rides. No, only joking. Seriously though 2 seated aircraft are used for a number of reasons. They could be used to give wanabee pilots a chance to take the controls with an ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** [How do you deny an enemy which just locked the radar on you? Beaming the radar waves?] Hi, Use chaff, but I will occassionaly drop a couple of flare at the same time as this can confuse the enemy's IR system into thinking that the area where the chaff was ejcted is where the aircraft actually is because it's picking up

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Can you tell me how this works?] Hi Tiger, I will tell you what I know. Modern jet's use the fly-by-wire system for many reasons, it has a number of advantages. Firstly remember the old planes with levers to control the surfaces, well as planes got faster you needed a stronger arm. Imagine going at Mach 1.5 and ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Hi John, let me ask you something. Do you have any questions for me? I'll be very happy if you do. Tiger] Tiger, Did you say that you study fluid dynamics and aerodynamics? If so are you doing a project about the F-16? Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Hi John, I mean engines off, gear damage. Have you ever been in this situation? Thank you John Tiger ] Hi Tiger, I've had a flame out on final approach in F4 and it's not very nice. It can leave you short of the runway but if this happens still try to land at your base as close as possible because if you declare an ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** [Hi Rapier Thanks for answering. You shouldn't try to keep constant speed at max G. What you said 450-500 kts is the speed where the F16 can keep the speed constant. Remember the Ps curves of the F16 show that you have to keep the speed between 2 limits that are found on the top of the diagram. Study very carefully the