It just has to be comforting to fly into battle, and be shot at, while piloting an inherently unstable aircraft, built of parts made by the lowest bidder, controlled by microchips, while doing violent maneuvers which exceed the human bodies ability to survive and remain mentally functional...
Yep... On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That started with the F-16 back in the 70s I believe. Somewhere I have > some photos of the YF-12A (I think that is what it was called), the F-16 > prototype, doing some maneuvers at Langley AFB. I was working at NASA > Langley as an intern in the Flight Research group where there were various > aircraft (airplanes and helicopters) that were being tested with that sort > of control system. Having a statically-unstable aircraft enhances its > maneuverability as it really really wants to do those crazy things a > fighter pilot sometimes wants it to do! > > --FT > > > On 8/11/16 2:39 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:29:27 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >>> It is comforting, at least, to know the guys who fly the B-52s >>>> actually fly them, and other than auto pilot, no software can fly the >>>> beasts. >>>> >>> Unfortunately, the newer fighters are flown by digits, with minor >>> inputs allowed by the human. (but only until they are completely >>> robotic) >>> >> For improved performance -- particularly in roll, the center of gravity on >> the newer fighters is moved backward so the plane is right on, or even a >> little over the edge of instability. With this arrangement, it's almost >> impossible for a person to fly the plane successfully -- it just takes >> too much sensitive controlling of the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. >> >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
