Pilot ejecting, plane keeps flying straight
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Well, it happened in real life, so why not in the sim?
Although IIRC, it was a different aircraft… but still!! -
Yeah. For example, let remember that Mig-23 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash
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Yeah. For example, let remember that Mig-23 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash
I lived in Kortrijk then; it was only a few km from my home (I was only 5 years old at the time).
That was exactly what I was thinking of when it happened yesterday -
Yeah. For example, let remember that Mig-23 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash
There was also a Harrier that flew from around Salisbury out into the Atlantic south of Ireland before crashing. Here’s an article about it.
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An F-106 beats 'em all, it not only flew itself, it LANDED itself!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber
C9
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I lived in Kortrijk then; it was only a few km from my home (I was only 5 years old at the time).
That was exactly what I was thinking of when it happened yesterdayI have a flight to EBKT saturday :).
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Sometimes after eject the aircraft will even climb because it’s loosing several houndred pounds weight (Canopy + ejection seat + pilot).
In your case the force of gravity was equal the uplift, so to speak perfectly balanced & trimmed. -
Thats not quite the effect… its a conplex system due to the plane being unstable and the FLCS being a thing.
Say a cessna is climbing at constant throttle and airspeed. All 4 forces are balanced. Lift is actually lower than weight… but lift plus the vertical portion of thrust minus the vertical portion of drag equals the negative of weight.
Now say that cessna gains 100kg of mass (heavy bird flies in the window for example). Instantly upforce is no longer equal to downforce, and an acceleration downwards begins (unbalanced force is equal to mass times acceleration). In that instant, the planes forward velocity vector angles downwards towards the horizon line, increasing alpha, increasing lift, and balancing downforce with upforce. The plane might still be climbing, it could be level or it could be descending now, depending on the magnitude of that brief acceleration, i.e. the ratio of the added weight to the existing plane weight.
Essentially, the takeaway there is that even in a climb, force of gravity plus aero downforce is equal to aero upforce plus thrust upforce, assuming steadystate.
For the F-16 it is complex, as the plane has static instability and a flight computer. A flight computer that seeks 1g cockpit trim absent further trim commands. If level, it will trim to stay level. If in a dive, it will asymptotically approach level, and if in a climb, it will increase climb angle.
The ejection puts a strong downwards moment on the cockpit (newtons third law alongside the remass of a 20g rocket motor), and lightens the load significantly. The nose should pitch down appreciably, and the alpha will be much decreased. If the new pitch is still positive, operation of the FLCS and current airspeed will dictate aircraft response.
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Thanks for the cornfield bomber link. While reading the article I just found out that the air force magazine is now free to download, nice perk!
More info here:
http://www.airforcemag.com/Pages/HomePage.aspx
While I guess they’re not the most “objective” publication around, it’s nice to be able to download entire magazines in PDF format to your reading device of choice.
All the best, Uwe
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Thanks for the cornfield bomber link. While reading the article I just found out that the air force magazine is now free to download, nice perk!
More info here:
http://www.airforcemag.com/Pages/HomePage.aspx
While I guess they’re not the most “objective” publication around, it’s nice to be able to download entire magazines in PDF format to your reading device of choice.
All the best, Uwe
Not only that but they implicitly acknowledge the existence of time travel technology !
http://secure.afa.org/joinafa/AFMag2017/AFMag0217/AF_Feb2017.html