Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!apple!veritas!amdcad!amdcad!military From: tighe@convex.com (Mike Tighe) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Can the backseater in f-18's bring it home? Message-ID: <1991Apr22.072036.25607@amd.com> Date: 19 Apr 91 19:37:33 GMT References: <1991Apr18.032319.21395@amd.com> <1991Apr19.071158.14621@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas Lines: 38 Approved: military@amd.com From: tighe@convex.com (Mike Tighe) From: "Hanhwe N. Kim" > I have a question about the 2-seater planes the US navy likes: Can the guy > in the back seat bring the plane home if the pilot is incapacitated in any > way? (Two assumptions: 1) rear seater knows how to fly the plane, 2) excludes two-seat trainer versions.) Depends on the specific plane, and then even on the specific configuration of the plane. I know some versions of the F-4 allowed the back seater to fly. I don't know if they all did. The proposed F-18F will have two-seats. The rear seat can be configured with either stick & throttle, or weapons systems controllers. So this the F-18F will vary configuration to configuration. (AW&ST 25-Mar-91, p. 25) > And generalizing from there, why are 2-seaters considered more survivable? ^^^^^^^ > In the previous debates, it was argued that pilots > liked the f-18 better because of its higher survivability due to its being > a 2-seater. ^^^^^^ I think you meant 2 engines. From: Lance Franklin > My memory may be playing tricks with me, but I beleive the F16 comes in a > two-seat version as well. Confirmation? I think your memory is recalling the F-15E, which is a two seater. -- Mike Tighe, Internet: tighe@convex.com, Voice: (214) 497-4206