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To: dila813

The original F-16 prototype would turn so quickly that no human being could possibly survive the turns it was capable of, they basically nerfed it to make a human pilot possible.

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9 G’s max, hard-wired into the fly-by-wire computers. If you need 9.5 Gs to avoid hitting the ground you ride the rocket. Worked on ‘em.


18 posted on 03/30/2023 9:53:39 AM PDT by dagunk (Gravity Always Wins)
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To: dagunk

Original wings were flexible and they would change shape based on how quickly you were traveling, also when you started to take a turn the wings would actually Flex to allow you to turn at a tighter angle of attack, it didn’t work out because they figured out no human could possibly survive the Gs that were involved. It was an insane amount, I want to say 14 G’s


20 posted on 03/30/2023 10:35:35 AM PDT by dila813
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