On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:39:55 -0700, Hobo wrote:



If low wing loading is so important to a fighters maneaverability why
don't all fighters have big wings and thus low wing loading? What are
the drawbacks to big wings which make low wing loadings rare?

TIA

Also, high aspect wings generate huge bending moments under high G.
The weight of the necessary structure would kill any performance
gains.

Ross "Roscoe" Dillon
USAF Flight Tester
(B-2, F-16, F-15, F-5, T-37, T-38, C-5, QF-106)