Posted on 09/16/2014 12:48:19 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
They are able to withstand arrested landings. I’ve personally witnessed many of these on the approach end of the runway, some in excess of 160 knots. They will use the approach end cable which is usually about 1500’ from the runway threshold when they have in-flight problem such as hydraulic failure or an unsafe landing gear indication.
If I remember correctly, an F-15 has a thrust ratio greater than the force of gravity, meaning it can accelerate straight up like a rocket.
Thrust/weight = 1.02
More important for this incident is that the large body generates substantial lift.
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No, it’s part of the standard package in case of damaged runway (or, in this case, damaged plane).
I didn’t know Air Force planes had them, I thought just navy planes did
I thought it was just navy planes, now I know. I guess I learned something today
Me too.
They can. I used to live about three miles from Lambert Field in St. Louis where McD built them. My friend was an engineer on the F-15s and would call me up to come out to the flight line to watch them test the aircraft. One day watching a pair of 15’s, they didn’t even get halfway down the runway and went vertical, straight up until you couldn’t see them anymore. Greatest fighter the US ever built (along with the F-18).
The D model F105s had tailhooks. Later F 100s also got them and F 111 s were designed from the beginning with them.
F101/F102/F106 fighters also had hooks but I don’t know if they were added after original design or not.
Better to snag the plane on the concrete and keep them out of the over run barrier———or the trees.
I wonder what he did to piss off the colonel.
Is the F-15 one of the last of the slide-rule fighters?
I vividly recall changing planes at Lambert... TWA was still in business... and I went out to have a smoke and heard a roar and then witnessed an F-15 takeoff, pitch to vertical and just head to the moon... what an awesome, awesome aircraft.
Yup. When he lit the ‘burners, he basically went into ‘rocket mode’. The thrust pretty much allowed him to make it to base (along with piloting skills and b*lls of titanium) .
Great pic, looks like a Vulcan in the background? That plane was the definition of “wing area”.
Now, the F-18 Super Hornet is a different animal, what the F-18 should have been all along. The engines were probably not available though.
It is an eye opener to see a Super Hornet take off without afterburner faster than the original F-18 with AB. Amazing acceleration.
Cool story. F15 has twin tails, so 2 rudders for directional control. If he can get out of the spin using the remaining aileron I guess in this situation there was enough lift from the remaining wing and fuselage, elevators & thrusters to keep flying for a bit. Not sure if it lost wing and tailwing? Still, probably a fluke that I doubt could be replicated if you could try 10,000 times.
You should search for videos about the reaction of the main landing gear of the TSR-2 during landing - awful!
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