[Hulka]

Ahhhh. . . .not really. Have no idea who your friend is, but the nonsense about flying the jet when the pilot is G-LOC, that tells me your friend isn't too much aware of the actual aircraft or its performance. . . and definately never was a fighter pilot, or a pilot of any sort in a modern jet.

This 15+ G's for the F-15, and 22+ G's for the Raptor is also nonsense. F-15 rated to 9 Gs, and if you factor a 1.5 G-limit for over-engineering, you end up with 13.5 G's. And anything over 9 G's in a straight pull in an F-15 is an over-G and requires detailed post flight inspections. I won't even go into the 22 G stuff.

The F-22 is a great jet but we don't need to make up stuff about G-loading and automatic maneuvers.

[Mase]

That’s fine. It was a broadcast email and I don’t know if he even read it before forwarding. He’s been retired for a long time. I just copied and pasted it since I know nothing about G loading. The pictures are pretty awesome though. If the simulation test is true, and the Raptor can make those kind of kill ratios, then I still can’t believe dear leader wants to stop production. G forces notwithstanding, I hope you can still enjoy the photos. They look real.

[LasVegasMac]

I saw an early F-16 (Block 10) where the flight control computers apparently had some sort of fight for control.

The pilot G-LOC'd several times but eventually got things under control and landed.

When you got up close to the jet you could see very defined ripples down the backbone. Scratch one Falcon from the inventory.