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Can F-15s making 9G turns with payload?
In message , Hobo
writes At http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapo...craft/f-15i/F- 15I.html I found this quote: "Among other elements tested were the plane's performance at speeds greater than Mach 2, and at maximum maneuver load at 9g." I thought that F-15s can only make 7G turns and that they can only make 3G turns with a bomb load or the bombs tear off the mounts. What is the correct information on these subjects? Classified, so I don't know. Open-source suggest a ~7.5G limit on clean Eagles armed air/air (that's a _lot_ of turn for a big-winged big-engined fighter like the F-15). Strike loads will be a lot lower and 3G is low but not incredible (if you have to yank-and-bank you jettison your bombs: it's a relatively recent idea that you fight through and press on) -- When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. W S Churchill Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:45:35 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote: In message , Hobo writes At http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapo...craft/f-15i/F- 15I.html I found this quote: "Among other elements tested were the plane's performance at speeds greater than Mach 2, and at maximum maneuver load at 9g." I thought that F-15s can only make 7G turns and that they can only make 3G turns with a bomb load or the bombs tear off the mounts. What is the correct information on these subjects? Classified, so I don't know. Open-source suggest a ~7.5G limit on clean Eagles armed air/air (that's a _lot_ of turn for a big-winged big-engined fighter like the F-15). Strike loads will be a lot lower and 3G is low but not incredible (if you have to yank-and-bank you jettison your bombs: it's a relatively recent idea that you fight through and press on) I've read in several places that the Es are stressed for 9gs, not the previous 7.5. |
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IIRC that is for a clean E.
Scott Ferrin wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:45:35 +0100, "Paul J. Adam" wrote: I've read in several places that the Es are stressed for 9gs, not the previous 7.5. -- AL New anti-terrorism tool, "Fly naked" http://www.alfredivy.per.sg |
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Info sounds odd to me. 7.5 G is a standard operating limit for USAF
fighters. The F16's 9G in non-standard. Both limits offer a 1.5 safety factor. Again, standard. 3G limit for carrying bombs is awfully low. We used 4G as a standard pull-out in the F4, 5g if we were pressing for greater accuracy. I managed to pull 8 once in an extremity (we were getting hosed) and nothing fell off. Continued with the mission and the rest of the bombs came off as designed. As for the 15 sustaining 9G, I shouldn't wonder, considering the excess power the aircraft has and also that no altitude was mentioned. I do know from personal experience that at sea level the F104A and the F4 would sustain 7G at 500KIAS as long as the fuel lasted (or the crew). The F15 has a lot more excess power than either of those aircraft. Walt BJ |
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Walt BJ wrote:
Info sounds odd to me. 7.5 G is a standard operating limit for USAF fighters. The F16's 9G in non-standard. Both limits offer a 1.5 safety factor. The F-15A/B had a +7.33G limit. The F-15C/D was given an overload warning system that allows it to "maneuver safely to the 9G limit of the airframe at all design gross weights", or so Dennis Jenkins writes in the Warbirds Tech Manual for the F-15. At least some F-15As were modified to allow them to do the same; ISTR this may have involved some minor airframe strengthening. Again, standard. 3G limit for carrying bombs is awfully low. We used 4G as a standard pull-out in the F4, 5g if we were pressing for greater accuracy. ISTR that the F-15's MER-200s were designed for +7.33G max., while the previous generation's (i.e. your F-4) were designed for 5G. I couldn't say what the CFTs were rated at. Guy |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:47:22 GMT, Ed Rasimus
wrote: (Walt BJ) wrote: We used 4G as a standard pull-out in the F4, 5g if we were pressing for greater accuracy. I managed to pull 8 once in an extremity (we were getting hosed) and nothing fell off. Got this among a list of quotes from a reasonably erudite fighter pilot: "The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits." Makes a lot of sense to me. REad of a Skyray pulling 12 Gs and wrinked the wing. Don't know if it ever flew again. And also of a Tomcat that did a NEGATIVE 8+ (they didn't have a choice). I think the Tomcat flew again. |
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In article ,
"José Herculano" wrote: Maximum I read regarding the Phantom was a guy in Vietnam pulling 14 G to get an ass-SAM divergence. The bird held and landed. I know there were a couple of cases in Vietnam where F-4s made hard enough turns to rip the ECM pods off... -- Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:03:03 +0100, "José Herculano"
wrote: "The aircraft G-limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular airplane. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no G-limits." Maximum I read regarding the Phantom was a guy in Vietnam pulling 14 G to get an ass-SAM divergence. The bird held and landed. An Argentinian 707 shadowing the British fleet pulled 7 G to avoid a couple of Sea Dart missiles. She too landed. The second claim is incorrect. No Sea Dart missiles were ever launched at the shadowing aircraft. by a British vessel, although at one point they nearly did, before identifying the aircraft as (IIRC) a Brazilian charter flight. Peter Kemp |
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