F16 Blk 60 Rare Footage

[SirHatesALot]

You honestly think I care?

You certainly care enough to mention things that are unrelated to the topic.

 

[MICA]

Retractable inflight refueling probe in CFT, Tech demonstrator for MMRCA.

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too bad they canceled this Upgrade

 

[Penguin]

No. Even we dont, it was just a tech demonstrator.

@Technogaianist are you aware of any F16 operators who have CFT based IFR probes?

AFAIK there are no others users of the Flight Refueling Limited (UK) Conformal Air Refuelling Tank System (CARTS) yet. Flight Refueling Limited (UK) is known today as Cobham PLC. The concept isn't entirely new, although the application in a conformal tank is. A similar concept (ART/S®) has been developed before by Sargent Fletcher (a Cobham subsidiary): they modified a 370-Gallon wing tank to accept a retractable probe that permitted an F-16 aircraft to receive fuel from a Probe/Drogue-equipped tanker. I don't think that saw great (if any) proliferation.

 

[Frogman]

too bad they canceled this Upgrade

It was never ordered to be cancelled. The tech demonstrator worked and I guess if there was demand for it there could be sales. It's something I want for our 16s if we eventually upgrade them.

 

[Khafee]

AFAIK there are no others users of the Flight Refueling Limited (UK) Conformal Air Refuelling Tank System (CARTS) yet. Flight Refueling Limited (UK) is known today as Cobham PLC. The concept isn't entirely new, although the application in a conformal tank is. A similar concept (ART/S®) has been developed before by Sargent Fletcher (a Cobham subsidiary): they modified a 370-Gallon wing tank to accept a retractable probe that permitted an F-16 aircraft to receive fuel from a Probe/Drogue-equipped tanker. I don't think that saw great (if any) proliferation.

Thank You, appreciate your input.

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

Wow mind blowing Awesome share brother

 

[Khafee]

 

[Khafee]

 

[The Accountant]

What

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What is tjis last picture ?

 

[graphican]

How much time does it take to fill an aircraft? Any ideas?

 

[Naif al Hilali]

Bismillah ir Rahman ar Raheem

Looks like an AESA Radar and Sniper Pod Testbed.

A Testbed is an aircraft on which new electronics, engines etc, are mounted and which has enough room for instrumentation and engineer consoles on the inside so that the new electronics, engines etc. can be tested in flight.

Boeing 757 Flying Testbed

Boeing 747 Flying Testbed for Pratt 7 Whitney Geared Turbofan

Raytheon Electronic Warfare Pod Flying Testbed

How much time does it take to fill an aircraft? Any ideas?

Bismillah ir Rahman ar Raheem

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104520/kc-10-extender.aspx

"During boom refueling operations, fuel is transferred to the receiver at a maximum rate of 1,100 gallons (4,180 liters) per minute; the hose and drogue refueling maximum rate is 470 gallons (1,786 liters) per minute."

An F-16 would probably take on up to 1,000 US Gallons at a time (you usually fill up on ferry flights when you still have half your fuel or thereabouts left, so that if something goes wrong you can still make it to an emergency field. Combat refueling will vary depending on lots of factors).

Unless you are just practicing hookups where you might sip a few seconds at a time or not at all, most operational refuelings take about two minutes or so.

 

[Khafee]

What

What is tjis last picture ?

@Naif al Hilali has already answered why the mismatched nose. Except the sensor is not Sniper, but Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-32 IFTS i.e. Internal FLIR Targeting System, developed from Litening. It was later replaced with Sniper

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

@Naif al Hilali has already answered why the mismatched nose. Except the sensor is not Sniper, but Northrop Grumman's AN/AAQ-32 IFTS i.e. Internal FLIR Targeting System, developed from Litening. It was later replaced with Sniper

How does it compare with the Mitsubishi F-2?

Although it's not for sale and partly produced in Japan.

 

[Khafee]

How does it compare with the Mitsubishi F-2?

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Although it's not for sale and partly produced in Japan.

The F2 turned out to be a dud. The Mitsubishi F2 is physically 25% larger than any other viper, it had an AESA radar as far back as 1995, but it was plagued with issues, hence making it unreliable.

1) AESA radar - J/APG-1 MTBF exceeded that of pulse Doppler radars, while the range was more or less the same.
2) Under powered engine - The engine had a max thrust with afterburners of 29,400 lbf. Given it's increased wing area, and larger tail, a higher powered engine like the GE F110-32 would have been more appropriate.

3) Cost - Due to bureaucratic mismanagement and jingoism, ended up costing as the most expensive Viper in history. More than the F16- E/F at US$125m ~ US$135m per unit.

4) Max Speed - Usually measured in a clean config. was limited to Mach 2. Whereas other blks are at Mach 2.25


The cockpit is also very unique. it's a 3 piece, unlike the one piece bubble, that pilots and enthusiasts have come to love.

In short it was a benchmark case in what a defence project ought not to be.

 

[Khafee]