--- Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Major A wrote: > >>Ignore the previous replay. 100 kt is about right. It definately > >>shouldn't be much higher. But the lack of flaps makes it a bit > difficult > >>at this time. > > > > Really? Are you saying the F-16 can really approach that slowly? > I'm > > not a pilot, but with FGFS, an 100kt approach in a 747 or A4 or > TSR.2 > > is pretty much impossible, in my experience. I would be very > surprised > > if the F-16 allowed a much slower approach than all other jets. > > I just got conformation the F-16 landingspeed is minimum 115 kt. > I think the reason for this is the fact that the fan of the engine > conbtributes the most to the drag! I presume an idling fan has a > lowwer > drag coefficient.
Fighters, especially those that are supersonic, have relatively small wings. That's the biggest reason. > > Erik > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
