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To: El Gato
The next generation will be able to do those things.

I would even say that the human pilot was a weak spot in the last generation of fighters. I think the F-16 had limits in its computerized flight controls to protect the pilot instead of protecting the airframe. I don't know about the F-22, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has the same problem.

61 posted on 07/15/2007 4:35:03 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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To: KarlInOhio
I think the F-16 had limits in its computerized flight controls to protect the pilot instead of protecting the airframe.

It does. I've been "into" the functional diagrams of the F-16s flight control system, in order to be able to simulate the overall aircraft control loop. It was the old analog one from the F-16A/B, but the digital was does the same, AFAIK.

69 posted on 07/15/2007 10:40:48 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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