Avitop Forums: Questions about the F-16

Do you think the F - 16 will be replaced soon?

2003-07-31T05:19:52Z

I know, yet another topic, but hey, this is somethin' else that was on my mind; I was wonderin', will the F - 16 (as in the combat, not research versions) be replaced soon. I mean, of course like not within a few weeks or months, but within maybe a few years. Currently, there are 2 planes that seem to be very capable of filling the role the F - 16 takes on: the F - 22 and the JSF. Even though the F - 22 was originally intended to replace the F - 15, I seriously doubt that Congress would be willing to spend billions of dollars on just an air - superiority fighter, would they? From what I know, the F - 22 is faster, probably more agile, has a greater range, higher ceiling, is a hell of a lot stealthier, and a whole lot more. Even the new Block 60 F - 16s don't seem to match up that well! Could it replace the F - 16 in the near future, assuming it enters production in reasonable numbers? Of course, it's expensive as hell, so maybe not completely, but what about the JSF, which is meant to replace a lot of fighters, from the F - 15 to the F/A - 18 to the Jaguar, to possibly even the Tornado. It seems that a great deal of the nations are injecting all their effort into making a cheaper, yet just as capable version of the F - 22 to replace a great deal of existing aircraft. The JSF definitely seems like a greater threat than the F - 22 replacing the F - 16, so I guess my question is, is the threat real, or am I just tripping? Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Do you think if F15 better than su-37?

2007-07-18T10:41:54Z

i think su-37 have more agility.f15 have more power。

The JSF System

2002-11-30T04:11:22Z

I'm new on this forum but I'm interested in the Joint Strike Fighter System. Will it do what everyone says it will do? I'm curious because they say it may take the place of the F-16, the Harrier, and more. What all does it include?

INformation about an F16 please

2004-02-08T23:10:08Z

Hi, I'm building a 1/9th scale turbine powered F16 and I'm looking for information on a particular color scheme I saw. It was mostly two-tone grey but the tail was painted in horizontal red and white stripes. The only thing I've discovered was that it may have come from Ramstein AFB. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks Scott

Terminal velocity in a dive

2005-12-11T19:50:18Z

hi,

What is the terminal velocity for an F-16, or similar fighter jet, in an unpowered dive? Will an F-16 break the sound barrier if diving straight down with engines off? Consider a starting altitude of about 50,000 feet.

I'm developing the physics portion of a flight sim game and when I drop a fighter jet from 50,000 feet with no thrust, it reaches about 820 mph, then begins to slow down at around 20,000 feet due to the thicker atmosphere. Is this close to real-world?

I hope the pilot who can answer this question lived to tell about it :)

Thanks.

Gordon

top speed

2001-12-13T23:52:00Z

*** Posted by sdfgh *** Is the F16 the fastest Air Force warplane?

F16 project on hand. Help will be deeply appreciated.

2004-06-11T03:53:01Z

Hi guys! Just want to quote an F16 accident that happened some time ago. "In aft ejection mode, the front pilot pulls the ejection handle. The aft pilot was supposed to be ejected first, and after a short delay, the front pilot. Suprisingly, the front pilot ejected first, and the rocket blast from the ACES II seat gave the aft pilot first degree burns. The aft pilot eventually ejected and he survived the ordeal." I was told that this might have something to do with the M99 and M53 initiators. What went wrong? Something wrong with the ejection sequence? Please help. Thanks. Regards, Shane

Cloud when breaking soundbarrier

2003-08-28T16:38:17Z

I've seen a little movie where a jet breaks the soundbarrier, it creates a hughe cloud, what's the cause of this cloud forming? It's weird, you can even see the cloud bending when it's formed in front of the jet's nose just before the jet's inside the cloud. I've put the movie online: http://users.pandora.be/ellebaut/31tigersqn/soundbarrier.WMV

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2005-09-14T18:19:30Z

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Which One is better. F-16 2004 or the Mirage 29?

2005-02-01T08:10:38Z

hello everyone..

this is my first post here.. i want to know whether the latest F-16 is much better then Mig29 or Mig29 is better then F-16?

hope to hear from u guyz soon

babyee

F-16 Canopy

2006-01-12T03:26:17Z

hey
I'm looking for the part number for a canopy of a lockheed F-16
Can anybody help?

F-16 Info

2005-07-30T16:24:09Z

GENERAL DYNAMICS F-16 FIGHTING FALCON

ROLE: Multi-role fighter
BUILDER: Lockheed Martin (originally General Dynamics)
VARIANTS: F-16A, F-16B (two-seater), F-16C, F-16D (two seat), F-16XL (F-16E), F- 16N
OPERATORS: USAF, US Navy, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, light-weight, highly maneuverable, multi-role fighter. Key features of the design include a very high power/weight ratio fro good performance in climbing and turning flight, a fly-by-wire control system for maximum agility, a semi-reclinig pilots seat to increase pilot comfort and gravity force tolerance, a clear-view canopy offering unexcelled fields of vision, advanced avionics for long-range targeting and accurate weapon delivery. This combined with the low production and maintenance cost, the all-weather capability and long combat radius makes the F-16 a valuable asset to all of the air arms operating it.

The Technical Data About F-16 Fighting Falcon Is Given Below:-

ORIGIN: LOCKHEED MARTIN, USA

TYPE: FIGHTER, BOMBER, INTERCEPTOR

CREW: 1 OR 2

WINGSPAN: 9.45 meters

HEIGHT: 4.5 meters

MAXIMUM SPEED: MACH 2.0

COMBAT RANGE: 2200 miles

RATE OF CLIMB: 15240 m/min

COMBAT RADIUS: 1370 km

ARMAMENT: AIM-9, AIM-120, AIM-7B, MAVERICKS, LGB’s, CLUSTER BOMBS, ECM PODS, EXTRA FUEL TANKS

Which is better: The F-16XL or the F/A-18E/F

2003-07-31T05:13:29Z

Hello everyone, I'm new to the site, and since it appears as if a great deal of intelligent and knowledgable people are in the forum, I just have a little question or two to ask: Which is the better plane, the F-16XL or the F/A-18E/F. That question has been on my mind for a while now, and even though I've looked on the web a great deal, I can't find any good comparisons between the two, probably because now the F-16XL is just a research plane. But if it were to go into production being upgraded to a combat - capable aircraft with an avionics suite on - par with the new Block 60s and a similarly powerful engine to match, I wonder which would be better, in terms of top speed, maneuverability, range, payload / payload diversity, avionics, the whole nine. I would just like to know, and your thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanx.

Block 50/52

2005-02-28T19:05:38Z

I just wanted some information on the new Block 50/52. I saw a picture of it in a magazine and it looked very different from all of the other production types. I was wondering about avionics upgrades, engine upgrades etc... I was also wondering about changes to the airframe because that's what made it look different from the other types.

Becoming a USAF Pilot

2003-03-11T17:15:42Z

I am currently a USAF communications officer. I am preparing to submit a package for UPT in 2004. I am curious to know is there any advice you can give me? I was also curious to know what the likelihood of flying the B1-B out of UPT? I heard that a lot of pilots are going heavies instead of bomber/fighter.

Have you seen Taiwanese AF F-16 ?!

2004-08-08T15:25:49Z

[img]http://myweb.hinet.net/home1/black_mafia/814-5.jpg[/img]

Flame Out Landing

2004-02-17T06:21:47Z

Hi, I got the assignment to do some presentation of the force landing and there is something that I could find anywhere in the T.O. Could anybody help me on this? I would like to know how much altitude lost if I do one complete turn with bank 30, 45, and 60 without an enging running?

F-16 video clips

2003-03-02T20:16:15Z

I want to F-16 video clips. Anyone tell me where I get the great F-16 video.. I just found curious video clips in this site.It's very funny BGM http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/5913/english_index.html But I want more!

Pilot Cockpit Decal ???

2003-09-06T10:26:23Z

Can somebody please tell me what this is called? http://dynamic3.gamespy.com/~rocketcrowbar/21cw/airshow/airshow10.JPG The Decal/Logo on the side showing what pilots are flying a certain aircraft. It can very from many different designs, this one is on an F-15 for example, but I am trying to find some online, but cant seem to find anything probably because I do not know the correct name for it. Please help, any help or information is greatly appreciated.

Belgian Airforce and Nato Airforces 1945-today

2000-09-17T16:00:00Z

*** Posted by Christof *** I'm looking for photo's off all aircraft flying with the Belgian Airforce and other NATO Airforces from 1945 onwards. List of serials en crashdates (reports) are welcome. Further on I'm looking for areal photographs of major airbases troughout NATO - Europe. The best pictures will be published in a book coming out in 2006. Spotters all over Europe may send me their reports. Thanks for your coorperation.

F-16AM

2001-10-02T19:19:00Z

*** Posted by SKY *** Can any1 help what diff ve F-16AM?? and what 4 block is it?

F-16AM flght manual

2002-07-10T11:51:00Z

*** Posted by Benoit *** I look for the F-16 flightmanual (T.O. 1F-16AM). Someone can help me ? Regards

F-16 canopy

2002-02-01T15:17:00Z

*** Posted by Luke *** The question is about canopy. As you know, the canopy of F-16 Fighting Falcon is coated with gold. I have found some variants of canopy as follows; 1: All glass area is coated 2: Only front canopy is coated. Rear part is normal glass. 3: All glass area is not coated (normal glass) Are these variants caused by different product-blocks ? Or no concerned ?

Has the popularity of the F-16 gone down in this site?

2003-08-17T18:35:51Z

I was just wondering, is there any particular reason that no one seems to respond to anything on this site. Has the F-16 honestly gotten so boring, cuz dang, it's been a while since someone responded to / discussed anything. And I'm not just talkin' about my threads, but others as well. I'm also talkin' about the fact that no new threads have been created since mine, what's up with that?! The forum at F-16.net (http://www.f-16.net/), which I'm also a member of, always has a lot of activity, so I guess I'm wondering why this forum can't as well. This forum just seems dead, and God only knows why. Anyone care to enlighten me, assuming that this thread is even read?

Which F-16 version is the best?

2003-07-31T06:14:52Z

Hey everyone, well, I know that a similar thread was already created, but that thread dealt only with operational F-16s, not all the research variants or concepts, so I decided to creat a new thread to see which one out of the entire F-16 famiily people think is the best. So which version of the F-16 is the best, taking everything into account, such as speed, agility, payload, mission - capability, everything. I really don't know, which is why I ask everyone's opinion on the matter. My favorite F-16 variant still remains the F - 16XL, but it never entered production (thus wasn't truly made combat - ready, being without a radar and such), much less went into combat, so I guess it can't be it, though I'll bet all I have that if it were given an avionics suite like the Block 60s, please believe it would be a force to be reckoned with. Shoot, who needs conformal tanks when it already has a range of nearly 3,000 miles (2,850 to be exact). Anyways, logical choice would of course be the last block to date, the Block 60 F - 16, which needless to say seems pretty impressive, but I'm still not sure, so feel free to state your opinions on the matter.