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johnyrottin
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APR 15, 01:23 PM
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While I like your list this one is factually untrue:
6) Jet Fighters; Power is everything!> > > >ROLL rate is more important
I might have experience with this one...
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cvxjet
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APR 15, 03:31 PM
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I am not saying that power is not important- just that roll rate in a dogfight is the ultimate advantage........A-4s beating the crap out of F-14s at Miramar and China Lake.......the A-4 has a roll rate of around 720 degrees/Second...Only other military plane that matches that is the T-38/F-5.......And the F-16, although artificially limited because of....Pilot disorientation!
The F-14 pilots would go to the fighter school (full of themselves) and the Instructors are in old, antiquated A-4s.....A-4s in a dogfight can kick azz. F-14 on your tail- Snap left pull a half second, snap right pull, snap left pull....While the A-4 has zigzagged and slowed the F-14 has only wobbled his wings.....so now the A-4 is behind the F-14....
I probably should qualify that original statement with "In a dogfight"......By the way, I was on the USS Coral Sea and happened to read about Cunningham(F-4) vs Tomb(MIG-17) in Vietnam in a Air Classics magazine....and then found out that Randy Cunningham was aboard in charge of the Black knights squadron...Got to meet him....(Obviously this was before his political career/scandal.....)
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Australian
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APR 16, 04:24 AM
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Just prove author has interest in other brands and he is up for deformation. Must have overlooked safety checks to come up with it.
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Kitskaboodle
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APR 18, 11:51 PM
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I’m amazed the early model Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan didn’t even make the list. It was on 60 Minutes years ago because the problem was so bad! I heard quite a few children were ejected out of the rear hatch when bumped from behind. Turned out the electric door popper would click open when jarred with a bump or light impact, sending the kids out the back of the van onto the highway.
Does anyone remember this?? Kit
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