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  1. Well, at one point we had 200+ F-16s, half of them now remain. These are to be replaced with the JSF.
  2. IIRC somewhere between 60 and 80. edit: just read 85.
  3. For the tailhook, check the data.ini. Find the tailhook entry and check the spelling of the line: SystemType=ARRESTER_HOOK IIRC it changed with one of the patches.
  4. Still, I prefer the Sidewinder over the Falcon.
  5. I found this pic in the Squadron Signal Walk Around.

  6. Happy Birthday, BABY!

    bwild replied to DWCAce's topic in Military and General Aviation

  7. FYI there is an expanded/updated version of this book from 2002, http://www.aviationmegastore.com/?shopid=L...0&art=42152
  8. The game calculates CL with alpha and Mach number, and then lift with: L=Cl*1/2*rho*V^2*S
  9. Cl is coefficient if lift, lift is a function of Cl density speed and wing area.
  10. Just to make it more confusing, CL is a function of alpha, Mach and Reymolds number. Cl in itself is a dimensionless number, but windtunnel results for the lift of a certain airfoil can only be compared to flight test results if Mach number and Reynolds number are the same, and this is why flight test still exist.
  11. If i recall it correctly from class, the Cla of an ideal infinite wing is 2Pi per radial. There is a correction for a finite wing based on aspect ratio, but i can't remember it. I will see if I can find it in my books somewhere.
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