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From: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JET | Supra 2400 | Multi-Tasking Hard Drives
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Date: 24 Mar 88 20:39:10 GMT
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Reply-To: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth)
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In article <9280@sunybcs.UUCP> ugmiker@sunybcs.UUCP (Michael Reilly) writes:
>In article <4578@garfield.UUCP> joseph@garfield.UUCP (Joseph Dawson) writes:
>
>>BUG you CAN'T make the F16 go straight up for ever.  It should be 
>>able to do this because it has a lot of thrust. 
>>Joseph Dawson
>
>sorry, I don't think ANY airplane can go "straight up" for ever, there are just
Yeah, it's true that any airbreather going straight up for a period of
time will reach its limit - but this is fundamentatly caused by
running out of air.  If the plane has more thrust than weight and drag, then it
can accellerate vertically.  The F16 should be able to climb
vertically to an altitude of well over 100,000 feet.
>too many stress factors to control, not to mention the fact that for a pilot
>to handle/survive going straight up at mach 2+ for an extended amount of time 
>he would have to be able to withstand a very high G count.....some stunts done Well, it's a nice theory, but it won't withstand an analysis of the
physics involved.  The upward speed has no bearing on the matter -
travelling away from the earth at a fixed velocity will have the
pilot experience one G accelleration (the force of gravity).  Most
anyone can stand laying on his back.
>by the blue angels, and other flight teams, can't be done by most pilots, not
>only due to the skill needed, but because of the problem of some blacking out
>due to the G's....
Many fighter maneuvers do involve high G forces due to radial
accelleration in turns and pulling out of dives.  Modern airframes are
generally better than the pilots with regard to handling flight stress
in combat.

Mark Huth