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Can F-15s making 9G turns with payload?
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September 18th 03, 02:47 PM
Ed Rasimus
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(Walt BJ) wrote:
We used 4G as a standard pull-out in the F4, 5g if we were pressing
for greater accuracy. I managed to pull 8 once in an extremity (we
were getting hosed) and nothing fell off.
Got this among a list of quotes from a reasonably erudite fighter
pilot:
"The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight
by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear
likely, there are no G-limits."
Makes a lot of sense to me.
Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
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*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
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Ed Rasimus