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How do you even get a super hornet to 10.2G's? Shouldn't the fly by wire prevent that?
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Fight's On! The origins of TOPGUN and dogfights back in the day/future prospects
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Roger that! It had been a couple of years since I'd read it, mistakenly got the F-14 part wrong. I do like the Milk Duds part, too.
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As was mentioned above, looks like there's an override.
My flight instructors Uncle flew F4's in Vietnam. He once told me a story about them pulling 12G's. Pretty sure he said there was some significant damage and the NFO had to be 'helped' out the jet.
jesus people, if you don?t know, don't pull shit from your ass or regurgitate hand-me-down info without looking it up... you only lose credibility ... nice pic Flash.
The G limits on the Navy/Marine Hornets have nothing to do with seat angles or folding wings...
..and you can overstress a Hornet without overriding the G-limiter ... again, don't comment if you don't know. If you are a handfist, speed dependent, you can beat the Hornets G-limiter and pull more that 7.5 G's.
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My cousin's 1st grade teacher's son's girlfriend's little brother flies Hornets and apparently pulled 14 G's in the break at Lemoore. He broke the wings off and landed with stubs. Though it sounds like 10 G's is an overstress, I'd say this evidence certainly tells us the real load limit of the Hornet
The "weak link" on most jets are the engine mounts. That's what tends to get hurt when you pull hard.
I've personally pulled 10.2 in the F-15E, and I know of someone who did 12 to keep from hitting the dirt. Both times, the Overload Warning System tripped a category called "Mass Items", which in the Strike Eagle includes the engine mounts. IIRC, the tail booms had to be inspected on my over-G.
I've personally pulled 10.2 in the F-15E, and I know of someone who did 12 to keep from hitting the dirt. Both times, the Overload Warning System tripped a category called "Mass Items", which in the Strike Eagle includes the engine mounts. IIRC, the tail booms had to be inspected on my over-G.
Like the NFO?
Watch it now. There have been cases in which the pilot was "broken" and NFO flew the next day.
What? You mean people don't know what they are talking about on the internet!!
By 'broken' ... do you mean 'hung over' ... ??? :icon_zbee
As in broke his neck when catapult fired with way too much end speed. Aircraft and RIO were flying again the next day. he was told he couldn't do cats and traps again so he became a career Adversary guy. He's still flying.
Buckethead?
Bingo. We had beers last week at VFW Post. He's getting qualled to fly Hornet again.