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The F4 wingtips cracked from vibration, not G. However, G set up the
vibration. Flying close when when lead was doing acro one could see the wing tip vibrating as the tip vortices did their 'Karmann trail" thing. The 110v 'thin filament' tip lights used to fail in a jiffy until they rewired then for 28vDC 'heavy filament' bulbs. We had an F4 at low altitude peg the G meter both ways when the tip of the 600gal centerline came off as the pilot (Stormy FAC) dodged a SAM coming right in from 12:00. Later a second F4 had the tip shot off his centerline tank and the Gs piled on the same way. Turns out the blunt nosed tank sets up severely disturbed airflow over the horizontal stabilizers. Both aircraft checked out okay except lots of 'bubble gum' was needed to reseal the bottom of the internal wing tanks. Walt BJ |
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