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Bigcat
11-27-2007, 04:54 PM
Wow, this thing can really maneuver. :btu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q6Vb9xJM0
danno1
11-27-2007, 07:08 PM
Man, I love that. Always loved the F14 that it replaced.
teezer
11-28-2007, 08:54 AM
Sooo coool!!:jump::shocked:
Slammer223
12-06-2007, 06:12 PM
Geez,do you think it can out-turn all the potential enemy jets or what?And it has the radar signature of a golf ball!
Backbeach Jake
12-06-2007, 06:56 PM
Holy mackeral!! Most birds can't maneuver like that!
taJon
12-07-2007, 09:37 AM
defy's gravity! amazing.

danno. The raptor is the replacement for the F15
JohnR
12-07-2007, 03:43 PM
Geez,do you think it can out-turn all the potential enemy jets or what?And it has the radar signature of a golf ball!

Nope, it can't out turn all of them but it can sneak up on almost all of them. Problem is that the 180 some odd Raptors are supposed to replace 700 something F15s (of which 2/3rds are currently grounded for a SERIOUS issue) and they are also supposed to replace the F177 which is being retired. As expensive as those Raptors are there are far too few of them for the missions they are assigned.
striperman36
12-07-2007, 04:38 PM
How many G's you think they pull when the pull up vertical 10+
That's gotta hurt.
JohnR
12-08-2007, 09:33 AM
How many G's you think they pull when the pull up vertical 10+
That's gotta hurt.

Less - human body just can't take it :whackin::lossinit:- that much also can wreck the airframe - part of what has grounded the F15 A-D models, repeated stressing and a probable design/metallurgy issue