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Old March 17th 04, 06:43 PM
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lol nice pic, but lets not go crazy here, the Viggen is older than F-15.

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Boomer wrote:
I see that F-15 is limited to about 12º rotation on takeoff to avoid
scraping the tail or weapons. Is this fairly typicle of modern fighters?


More typically for older fighter-generations. Modern fighters like SAAB
Viggen (see: http://hem.passagen.se/weasle/images/lel/aj37fc.jpg ) has
higher limits..



 




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