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Bjørnar
I'm about to wrap the next post up, and I'm seeing pretty much what you did. They may start out as slightly lower performers in the sustained turn category, but bigger planes handle payload variation with less adverse impact. It's all about weight fractions if you have enough power. While I'm not tackling T/W ratios, you can see the same for that category as well. After a couple of excursions where I lighten up the F-35, I'm doing one where I load up the F-16A with fuel to replicate what its condition would be on an intercept- right after dropping fuel tanks. Looking at the T/W ratios, I can see indications why some pilots flying the F-35 rate its 'kinematics' highly.
Jun 10, 2013, 11:22:35 PM
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