Forum: F-16 Design & Construction

vegasdave901 wrote:

Hey, johnwill. If you've got a couple hours to kill would you label all the moving surfaces of the F-14 for me Twisted Evil

I'll assume you mean control surfaces, because there are many other moving surfaces that do not control flight (intake ramps, glove vanes, wings, wing covers, speedbrakes, gear doors, tail hook, engine nozzles, etc.) I'll leave that job to you.

I've included the flaps and slats as control surfaces, but they really are not such. They help to provide added lift at low speeds, but do not control airplane motion.

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mitchell_ wrote:

Hi johnwill! Thanks a lot for your answer dude...could you tell me what's the LEF's maximum extension up and down?

Thanks again for the welcome john!

Mitchell, no one has called me "dude" for a very long time, probably because no one calls 70 year old f@rts "dude". Thanks!

I'll go with Raptor claw's definition of LEF full motion as 25 deg down and 2 deg up. He knows what he's talking about. But, there are two ways to define LEF rotation, streamwise and hinge line. Streamwise means you measure rotation around an axis parallel to a line drawn from wing tip to wing tip, and hinge line means, uh, rotation around the hinge line. Maybe Raptor claw can tell us which he means.

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johnwill wrote:

Mitchell, no one has called me "dude" for a very long time, probably because no one calls 70 year old f@rts "dude". Thanks!

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Thank you so much for the explanation johnwill!!

I believed that the F-16 has a nose up pitch of 3 degress while in subsonic flight... Am I mistaken?

Depends on speed, altitude, weight, external load, cg location, g, climb angle, and so on. If you are talking about 1g level flight, tip missiles only, half fuel, 400 kt, yes 3 degrees is about right. Go faster, the angle is reduced, go slower, the angle is increased.

...that's because of the center of pressure moving aft towards the center of gravity right? ... Rolling Eyes

No. In 1g level flight, pitch angle is the same as angle of attack. With increased airspeed (and dynamic pressure), less angle of attack is required to generate the required lift. You are correct that if you go fast enough into the transonic range, the center of lift does move aft, but Thecrewdog specifically said subsonic flight. Also, the center of lift moving aft does not does not result in less angle of attack being required. Conversely, as the lift moves aft, more down tail load is needed to balance the airplane, and the wing/fuselage lift must be increased to compensate for the down tail load. That means more angle of attack.

...roger that, thanks again john!

Forum: F-16 Design & Construction

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