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Re:f-16 vs. f-18

  •  04-09-2001, 3:29 PM

    Re:f-16 vs. f-18

    *** Posted by run ***
    I know how the F-16 rolls at high AOA (since I have flown the sucker) and it is kind of unique, but not something I would rely on completely as a guns defense.

    RUN

    [I've seen this menuever done but only at Edwards AFB and it was an AFFTC F-16B. Wide rolls but far from perfect. Looked like the aircraft was at a high AoA.




    I think he was pulling your leg ;o)

    Run

    i have talked to a USAF 16 pilot and he say's that the f-16 can do 3 perfect rolling monuevers. i dont know what it is called but it looks as though he pulls up and at same time puts stick to the right/left and makes the plane roll in a funny way so that it rolls up and down. He said that even modern fighters such as rafale couldnt do it, and that it could be a useful monuever in a dogfight as others wouldnt be able to follow.]
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