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To: Hulka
“Dead stick” is not possible. Flame out and you have no hydraulics and you are toast. If you have altitude and time and the engines are windmilling, then you can attempt a re-start.

So, NO, you don’t get dead stick training because you CAN’T dead stick the jet. Same with other jets.

You couldn't be more wrong.

http://youtu.be/A0DdpC7GV3A

52 posted on 04/20/2013 11:59:55 AM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: SunTzuWu

I should have been more clear: That was an F-16 with a windmilling engine producing residue hydraulic pressure.

Lose an engine, meaning it stops, means you have NO hydraulic pressure and can’t dead-stick anything. If you have no RAT then you really are toast. NO cable and pulleys for modern jets.

(The A-10 has a “manual reversion” capability if it loses its triple-redundant hydraulic system. It is the only fighter to have that capability)

I couldn’t be more right.


66 posted on 04/22/2013 3:34:48 PM PDT by Hulka
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