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Pechs1,
I have read a statement by an F14 RIO that in the 90's that the F14 was known as the "world's fastest or quickest aircraft" this may have changed since some of the aircraft had their engines changed. Mind you, he was saying this when he was in the Bravo version. jd (Pechs1) wrote in message ... bjm- A couple of night ago the History Channel aired a program about the F-14. During the promo it was stated that the Tomcat is the world's fastest fighter. I dunno, every aviation book in my house puts it clearly behind the F-15 and the MiG 25. BRBR Must've been written by Grumman... P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Actually, the wings were programmed for best cruise which targets least drag
for current speed. A level acceleration closely hits those airspeed check points ... there's no advantage to sweeping the wings on a level accel because induced drag and trim drag will initially (at the starting speed of the accel) increase significantly with the wing sweep. Unloaded (and following optimum flight path for max PsubS) there's an advantage to sweeping the wings. There are times when an unload is practical. There are others when it is not. Pete's right. airsource off helps. R / John "Pechs1" wrote in message ... JD- Actually if you were to compare the F14 with the F110 engines to the F15, the acceleration at SL would be even from M0.5 to M0.9. This is with the F14 wings set to "Auto". If the F14 wings were set to manual and the wings set fully aft, the F14 would be a lot faster. BRBR 'A lot'??-manual aft, airsource off type acceleration? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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John Carrier wrote:
Actually, the wings were programmed for best cruise which targets least drag for current speed. Was it keyed off of airspeed, or AOA? |
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jdata- I have read a statement by an F14 RIO that in the 90's that the F14
was known as the "world's fastest or quickest aircraft" this may have changed since some of the aircraft had their engines changed. Mind you, he was saying this when he was in the Bravo version. BRBR -110 engines did make a HUGE difference...but rmember the RIO was looking at perhaps the last tactical seat available in the F-14 for NFOs, so I am sure a lot of them really talked up the A/C..Good thing the F-18F came along or these guys would be SOL...and may be 'soon' anyway, Isn't the USN JSF single seat?? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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Yep - RIO (running into obsolesce). 2 pair of eyes was always better
than one. Woody Pechs1 wrote: jdata- I have read a statement by an F14 RIO that in the 90's that the F14 was known as the "world's fastest or quickest aircraft" this may have changed since some of the aircraft had their engines changed. Mind you, he was saying this when he was in the Bravo version. BRBR -110 engines did make a HUGE difference...but rmember the RIO was looking at perhaps the last tactical seat available in the F-14 for NFOs, so I am sure a lot of them really talked up the A/C..Good thing the F-18F came along or these guys would be SOL...and may be 'soon' anyway, Isn't the USN JSF single seat?? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer |
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You have a very good point. Yes, the F35 is only a single seater
although LM does have a 2 seater "mockup". Looking at what an F/A-22 (single seater) and a B-2 (twin-seater) can do, I find it harder and harder to justify a thing like an F/A-18F.... _____________ José Herculano |
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IIRC mach # and altitude.
R / John "nafod40" wrote in message ... John Carrier wrote: Actually, the wings were programmed for best cruise which targets least drag for current speed. Was it keyed off of airspeed, or AOA? |
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"José Herculano" wrote in message
... You have a very good point. Yes, the F35 is only a single seater although LM does have a 2 seater "mockup". Looking at what an F/A-22 (single seater) and a B-2 (twin-seater) can do, I find it harder and harder to justify a thing like an F/A-18F.... Well for one thing, the US Navy can actuallly afford the F/A-18F. While it doesn't really add any more capability than the F-14D has, it is far easier to maintain :-) __!_!__ Gizmo |
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On 11/4/03 12:37 PM, in article
, "James Woody" wrote: Yep - RIO (running into obsolesce). 2 pair of eyes was always better than one. Woody Woody, In the air-to-air arena, I've never found the two sets of eyes in the Tomcat (or the Strike Eagle for that matter) to be an advantage against single-seat fighters at the merge. Been there many times against Tomcats when the Toms are tally 0 (red or blue) and the Hornets are tally all (blue or red). In fact, I see "no joy's" out of Tomcats way more than out of Hornets. Don't take that as NFO bashing. I've got a lot of respect for B/N's, WSO's, and RIO's in the systems weapons and sensor supported weapons roles. It's great to have one guy totally focused on target acq and weapons support leaving the pilot to flying form and avoiding the threat. I just think that their additional utility (given current technology) in the air-to-air arena is limited. I'm sure I'm going to get many responses from this one. Seriously, folks, not a troll. --Woody |
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