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[1] https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2076617/adapting-to-disruption-aerial-combat-over-north-vietnam/
[2] hhttps://www.archives.gov/files/declassification/iscap/pdf/2011-052-doc1.pdf
[3]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19790019972/downloads/19790019972.pdf
[4] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA067122
[5] https://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article5.html
[6] https://www.gd-ots.com/armaments/aircraft-guns-gun-systems/f-16/
[7]https://blueaero.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Moog-F16-LEFSD-1.pdf
[8] https://www.moog.com/content/dam/moog/literature/Aircraft/military_aftermarket/Moog-F16-Brochure.pdf
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I was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB in the late 70's while the F16 was still in development. One of the design issues was that they canopy with a heads-up display, had a spec that it had to withstand a bird strike at 400 knots. The lab where it was being worked on was at Wright-Patt and I knew the guy who was testing the canopy. He had a pneumatic cannon that he'd fire a "4 pound mil-spec chicken" at the canopy.
I had this vision of him grabbing a chicken by the neck, squawking, feathers flying, stuffing it in the breach, slamming it shut, pulling a cord, a burst of feathers out the end of the cannon, more noise and boomp! Of course what he really worked with were 4 pound chickens he bought at the grocery store.
The first canopy was 1/2 inch thick and a 4 pound chicken at 400 knots poked a hole in the top, which would be fatal to a pilot. That's why they went to a 1 inch thick canopy.
Great Video.
Usual American JUNK.These planes like all other American equipment only work in Hollywood movies.Just ask the over 1 million dead Ukrainians
Really top notch visuals. Love it.
At about 38:50, why is that rocket at the tip of the F-16's wing so wobbling?
This is incredibly well done.
Those aren't Mig-21s at 1:48, they're Su-17s.
I wonder what the Wright brothers would think of today’s aeroplanes? Probably think they were dreaming.
I'm surprised that it took so long between the first non experimental aircraft to have fly-by-wire the pre-cancelation 1958 Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow and the first actually mass produced model as the F-16 Falcon was indroduced in 1978.
But the technology and raison-d'être are much different between both and both had the same "lack of feeling" complaints.
awesome
1:49 those are the Sukhoj`s Su-7
This video made me feel like I was watching an explanation of a plumbus
the Su-30 or 33 was probably a better example than the Su-34 since the Su-34 is more of a bomber with fighter capability while Su-30 and 33 are fighters
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I think it’s important to learn about the F15 before the F16. While many lobbied for a daytime fighter that relied on maneuverability the F16 has really thrived as a multirole righter.
Great material and presentation. Thank you. And thank you for remembering about and mentioning the war in Ukraine, very kind of you.
F-16 is a supreme mechanical sculpture. Its proportions and lines are just sublime and perfect. Most beautiful airplane ever made
At 1:48 an d several times after that, those are not MiG-21, but some variant of Su-17 ground attack plane.
The f16 is a very good aircraft in capable hands sadly I do not think Ukraine will be able to train pilots well enough with only max 6 months of training