Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Pfunk on May 22, 2003, 07:57:18 PM
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My girlfriends father has a friend that just got back from Iraq and he is an F-16 pilot, I was wondering if anyone had any questions they would like me to ask him. I plan on picking his brain for a few minutes this weekend.
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How much oil did he steal? :)
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Ask him if he's ever done it in his jet...you know mile high club?
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Typical if this board I ask a serious question for some folks who might want to find out things and all I get is two friggin retards, with typical assclown responses.
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Originally posted by Pfunk
Typical if this board I ask a serious question for some folks who might want to find out things and all I get is two friggin retards, with typical assclown responses.
We know that Grun is a retard but who is the other one you speak of?
Are you calling yourself a retard? :p
My questions are hardly "assclown" type material...they are more idiotic postings by a rambling fool.
Retard...as if :D
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Ask him what he thinks about the Mig29. See if they (F16 pilots) prefer to engage Mig29s BVR or try to get in close and dogfight them.
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Ask him if he knows any CIA viper pilots.
MiniD
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Originally posted by Mini D
Ask him if he knows any CIA viper pilots.
MiniD
LOL!
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pfunk, this is prolly classified, but try for me anyway...
If he's at sea level going full out including max military war power, and he points it straight up, what alt will he reach before that F-16 falls out?
Also ask him if that bird is capable of structurally safe manuvers that exceed the human capacity to endure...
Thanks and
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Originally posted by Gunthr
Also ask him if that bird is capable of structurally safe manuvers that exceed the human capacity to endure...
I can answer that one... yup, those planes can safely maintain several more Gs than a human.
The only aircraft I'm aware of that couldn't surpass human limitations were early WWI (1915) aircraft and before.
-SW
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Originally posted by davidpt40
Ask him what he thinks about the Mig29. See if they (F16 pilots) prefer to engage Mig29s BVR or try to get in close and dogfight them.
If he/she fires "Slammers" (AIM-120A) BVR missiles to MiG-29, its like being in a HO (head-on shots) situation and many AH players hates it.
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Originally posted by Gunthr
pfunk, this is prolly classified, but try for me anyway...
If he's at sea level going full out including max military war power, and he points it straight up, what alt will he reach before that F-16 falls out?
Also ask him if that bird is capable of structurally safe manuvers that exceed the human capacity to endure...
Thanks and
F-16s are made out of "Composite" materials and (in my opinion) they will never break in super high G manuvers.
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Originally posted by Pfunk
My girlfriends father has a friend that just got back from Iraq and he is an F-16 pilot, I was wondering if anyone had any questions they would like me to ask him. I plan on picking his brain for a few minutes this weekend.
My question is......... Which systems would replace the F-16?, the F-35 or the UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle).
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F-16N's here at Miramar (lighter than other F-16 and better dogfighting 'cause they removed a lot of stuff that wasn't needed for an aggressor which just added unnecessary weight) started producing some cracks in the wings.
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Originally posted by Pfunk
Typical if this board I ask a serious question for some folks who might want to find out things and all I get is two friggin retards, with typical assclown responses.
Ask him why he's talking to such a whiney little tardling.
SOB
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I was gonna say "ask him if he knows what kind of dip**** his daughter is dating" but I didn't want to take all the good material for myself... hardly any FDBs had posted here yet.
MiniD
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Originally posted by GScholz
Mig-29A or C has a soft limit at 9 G's, but can be overridden up to 12 G's (by pulling harder on the stick). Mig-29 is made of mostly aluminum and some composites (10-20%?).
Pulling 12Gs with MiG-29s A/B/C/UB/SMT can shorten the MiG-29's structural lifespan. MiGs are also cheap, you can buy 2 Refurbished MiG-29 SMTs for the cost of 1 F/A-18 E/F Hornet. MiG-29 posseses great performance (but MiG-29 aerial victories were dampen by poorly-trained Iraqi pilots) for a cheap MSRP price and many South-East Asian countries and South American coutries are attracted to MiG-29.
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Since most of their action was A2G, you might ask him about how the tasking assignments were determined and how much ground support was provided in taking out enemy troop positions vs. hard targets like comm centers and gov't buildings.
On a lighter note, you might also ask him what the most commonly sought-after item was back at the base (I'm guessing DVDs and magazines) and what recreational opportunities were available.
You might also ask him about sortie rates (twice a day?) and flight time per sortie (2 hours, I think?) and what the biggest threat was to the aircraft (I'm guessing radar-guided artillery rather than SAM systems).