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Offline Wolfala

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« on: February 11, 2006, 06:08:56 PM »
Does anyone know where I can go for a detailed description of why the F4 is the shape it is? Still an impressive machine now, but, some features do not seem to have been repeated on other military fast jets.
1) Extremely anhedral tail plane, with the aerofoil section seemingly upside down!
2) Dihedral wing tips
3) Elongated, low tail fin
4) The engine thrust line is noticeably angled downwards
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2006, 06:27:42 PM »
Google is your friend. F-4 Phantom
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2006, 06:38:58 PM »
Ha, you send me the operations manual to an F-14 Tomcat a few weeks ago and you cant find those answers for a Phantom??  :furious
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Offline JTs

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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2006, 06:56:38 PM »
F-4 Phantom proof that given a big enough engine a brick will fly.
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Offline StarOfAfrica2

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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2006, 12:21:04 AM »
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F-4 Phantom proof that given a big enough engine a brick will fly.


And your statement is proof that people exist who can string together coherent sentences without having a clue what they are talking about.
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Offline Shaky

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« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2006, 12:38:41 AM »
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And your statement is proof that people exist who can string together coherent sentences without having a clue what they are talking about.


Well Star, I guess you better look in the mirror. That statement is an old saying about the Phantom...been around for years.

Now go away.
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Offline Suave

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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2006, 01:39:16 AM »
You should try the internet. It's great, it's like the worlds biggest encyclopedia yet more convenient.
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Offline Replicant

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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2006, 03:49:06 AM »
The SEPECAT Jaguar has a similar tail section to the Phantom:

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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2006, 03:58:53 AM »
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F-4 Phantom proof that given a big enough engine a brick will fly.



JT meet the A-10
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Offline J_A_B

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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2006, 04:16:37 AM »
The A-10 makes bricks seem aerodynamic.  

Also, it doesn't fly.  The A-10 is so ugly that the ground pushes it away.


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Offline RAIDER14

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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2006, 10:55:00 AM »
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Offline eagl

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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2006, 11:10:24 AM »
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F-4 Phantom proof that given a big enough engine a brick will fly.
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And your statement is proof that people exist who can string together coherent sentences without having a clue what they are talking about.


Little twitchy there SoA?  :)
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Offline StarOfAfrica2

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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2006, 11:41:41 AM »
Little.  

People bad mouthed the F-4 from the day it hit the lines, but it won over the guys that flew them.  First airshow I ever got to go to I saw the Thunderbirds in their F-4 Phantoms.  I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast yesterday, but I can still see those birds in my mind.  I think they are one of the most distinctive and most attractive jet fighters ever built.  

Altho I have to admit the Blue Angels made em look better.  :)
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Offline StarOfAfrica2

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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2006, 11:44:31 AM »
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Well Star, I guess you better look in the mirror. That statement is an old saying about the Phantom...been around for years.

Now go away.


Age doesnt make it more true.  

I dont have to look in the mirror.  I'm quite aware of what an prettythang I can be, I dont have to remind myself of it.  Just one of the perks of being me.
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Offline Shaky

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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2006, 12:25:50 PM »
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Age doesnt make it more true.  

I dont have to look in the mirror.  I'm quite aware of what an prettythang I can be, I dont have to remind myself of it.  Just one of the perks of being me.


:rofl OK..I changed my mind about ya.

Seriously, thats an old pilots saying about the Rhino, ya know, one of them things people who are aviation enthusiasts are supposed to like ;)
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