Best Fighter For It's Time

It certainly wasn't offering CCIP bombing
to the standard already well established by the F-16.

If I recall correctly,the F-20 had a CEP of 6 mils in CCIP bombing(I think 8
mils in CCRP,but don't hold me to that),which is pretty comparable to an F-16..

the lack of AIM-7F
(and AIM-120) capability meant it was quick to the fight but without
credible weapons.

The F-20 fired both AIM-7M and AIM-120 during weapons trials,I have a vid
showing both.

On 24 Jul 2003 05:50:46 GMT, (EB Jet) wrote:



It certainly wasn't offering CCIP bombing
to the standard already well established by the F-16.

If I recall correctly,the F-20 had a CEP of 6 mils in CCIP bombing(I think 8
mils in CCRP,but don't hold me to that),which is pretty comparable to an F-16..

the lack of AIM-7F
(and AIM-120) capability meant it was quick to the fight but without
credible weapons.

The F-20 fired both AIM-7M and AIM-120 during weapons trials,I have a vid
showing both.
so did the F-16, but you know what they say, puting a Sparrow on a
F-20/F-16 would be like puting a anchor on it. The F-16XL fixed this
by haveing the missles conformal. it could carry 4 Sparrows or Amraams
on the underside of the fusulage with very little drag. This is one of
the reasons why they carry the amraams on the wingtips.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:57:06 -0700, Lyle wrote:

The F-16XL fixed this
by haveing the missles conformal. it could carry 4 Sparrows or Amraams
on the underside of the fusulage with very little drag.

Would a single seat XL been available in time as an alternative to rolling
out the 'C' model I wonder ? The increase in capability over the standard
planform makes for an interesting 'what if'.


greg


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