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I wouldn't imagine it needs to pull very much at all. There are no more dogfights anymore, it's just electronic countermeasures vs electronic detection, jamming
by joeguilmette 14y ago
I wouldn't imagine it needs to pull very much at all. There are no more dogfights anymore, it's just electronic countermeasures vs electronic detection, jamming and spoofing.
- Dove 14y agoI would imagine it's designed to take a lot of g's. Not for dogfighting, but for carrier landings, which can be pretty rough. I know that involves completely different stresses on the airframe than maneuvering, but Google up some of the drop tests they put other aircraft through. Intense stuff!
- antidoh 14y agoDodging SAMs could involve a lot of Gs.
- angstrom 14y agoThat's more along the lines I was thinking. Don't fighters still do evasive maneuvers? Of course, the SR-71 Blackbirds had one of the most effective solutions. Fly fast and unpredictable vectors. Anything on an interception vector would be miles off by the time it reached it's predicted location.