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0 pointsameister1411y ago0 comments

I do, actually; he says it himself in the video. And the F15 didn't start as a multi-purpose fighter; it started as a single-purpose fighter. It was when the bureaucratic process started that the design of the plane changed and arguably ruined the design.

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greedo11y ago

Ruined? You've got to be kidding.

The motto when the Eagle was being designed was "Not a pound for air to ground." This was consistent through the A model to the C model. But a funny thing happens when you design an aircraft with incredible performance; it can often succeed in secondary roles. This was true of the F-15, and it was also true of the F-14. This isn't something new, it harkens back to WW2 with the P-47.

Considering the success of the F-15 in all of it's models, I'd love to see what you consider is ruined about its design.

hga11y ago

And as I've been reading in Fire In The Sky: The Air War In The South Pacific (http://www.amazon.com/Fire-In-The-Sky-Pacific/dp/0813338697/), also many other 2nd generation US WWII air superiority fighters (2nd generation are those after the Wildcat and P-40). Could also fire rockets, and the author says in theory (and assuming you hit the target, a bit of trick back then), a salvo of 5 inch ones would roughly equal a destroyer's broadside.

noir_lord11y ago

> it harkens back to WW2 with the P-47.

Also true of the Hawker Typhoon, built as a balls to the wall interceptor turned into a very very good light bomber.

stcredzero11y ago

Someone managed to put enough thrust on the thing, such that the design couldn't get too ruined. The F-15 has enough thrust to fly a brick! One landed safely with a wing torn off by a mid-air collision.

noir_lord11y ago

Partially it was thrust that allowed the one with no wing to land but also that the fuselage was designed as a lifting body itself creating significant lift.

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greedo11y ago

Ruined? You've got to be kidding.

Considering the success of the F-15 in all of it's models, I'd love to see what you consider is ruined about its design.

hga11y ago

noir_lord11y ago

> it harkens back to WW2 with the P-47.

Also true of the Hawker Typhoon, built as a balls to the wall interceptor turned into a very very good light bomber.

stcredzero11y ago

noir_lord11y ago

Partially it was thrust that allowed the one with no wing to land but also that the fuselage was designed as a lifting body itself creating significant lift.

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