Deacon 2 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I know this is off topic, but you really have to see it to believe it. I certainly have never seen anything like it!! http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?...amp;ESRC=dod.nl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickNL 0 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 yeah ive seen this one before its amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB 11 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yes, great "show and tell". The Eagle has a great lifting body fuselage that McD "forgot" to factor into the performance figures. Add the conformal fuel tanks and those things will fly straight and level and stalled OTOH I have seen an F15 whose pilot decided to do some instrument flying in Cumulus Granitus. Straight on into a vertical cliff face. The wreckage was small bits - very small bits... There are limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron.Eagle 0 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 damn :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: incredible!... but when I consider the shape of the engine intake - a little wing-like shaped, isn't it? Probably that's enough lift at over 260 for a stable flight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae_timmy 3 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It's not so much the generation of enough lift that is amazing, but the fact that the aircraft remained stable and was still controllable (up to a point) which is truly miraculous. I'd love to see the aerodynamic and stability analysis done by McD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted June 16, 2007 Aerosoft Share Posted June 16, 2007 It's not so much the generation of enough lift that is amazing, but the fact that the aircraft remained stable and was still controllable (up to a point) which is truly miraculous. I'd love to see the aerodynamic and stability analysis done by McD. Doesn't the F15 have the ability to control the two horizontal tail surfaces independent? That would certainly help in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Dre_ 0 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Incredible indeed. I doubt activating afterburners with fuel spraying all about was a good idea though. The A-10 is probably the only other aircraft that could pull that off (I've seen one land with 2/3 of the wing missing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris B. 120 Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Doesn't the F15 have the ability to control the two horizontal tail surfaces independent? That would certainly help in this situation. Yes, as a matter of fact they do. The Eagle is the only aircraft, that I have flown, that I would take into a fray! :!: Of course The F-15 has been eclipsed by newer aircraft. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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