RAMP launch F-16. F-15??
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is it possible?? maybe we our RSAF should consider it... if they havent already done so...
*Runways, *Ramps, Naval aircraft, Training aircraft, Jet fighters, Attack aircraft, WUWRDC24010701.Abstract:
The use of inclined ramps to launch aircraft from short runways isproposed as a possible solution to the runway denial problem in Europe.Past efforts to launch aircraft in this manner, including a verysuccessful program conducted by the US Navy to launch the T-2C, F-14,and F-18 aircraft, are reviewed. An analytical study was conducted forthe launch of the F-16, F-15, A-10, A-7D and F-4E from inclined ramps.The takeoff ground roll, stabilizer trim setting, landing gear loadsand flight trajectory are reported. The F-15 was selected as acandidate aircraft for a USAF flight test program to be patterned afterthe Navy program and additional studies were performed. Perturbationsin center of gravity, thrust, and ramp exit angle were investigated. Aramp contour was designed for launch of the F-15, F-16, A-7D and A-10which minimized the length and height of the ramp while maintaining thelanding gear loads below 90 percent of their design limit.
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420153
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DTIC AND NTIS
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3907
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link or name of product?
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I think it will be a case of good to have but not essential.After all we already have quite a few emergency runways in our road networks.
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all of which require 1 bomb to make unusableOriginally posted by tankee1981:I think it will be a case of good to have but not essential.After all we already have uite a few emergency runways in our road networks.