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08-19-2010, 10:19 PM

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RE: Dragon wing failure.

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Here's a group of beautiful F-16's. Just thought people may find this interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puz7y...feature=search

These F-16’s were at Top Gun. They were all trying to perform a full-scale like high alpha landing for maximum scoring. This lower speed high alpha landing is not an easy task with the model. The speeds start getting pretty low to get the right decent rate with power on. Many times they are on verge of stalling those 40+ lbs. models. You should give it a try sometime.
I know most of the pilots in that video and I can tell you they are all top notch and if they wanted to, could land those F-16’s like a butterfly with sore feet.

Thanks for the details on this video. I realize those landings aren't easy. I wouldn't risk damaging my jets to perform at top gun, or for these high-alpha landings. I know some of those guys too... they are as good as you said.

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