vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) (09/13/90)
>Anybody else have some interesting things they've done with F-18?
How about shuting off your engines at around 30000 feet then once you've slowed
To around 100-150 kts go into a vertical dive. Your speed will increase to
Around 600-700 kts. You can then climb back to an altitude above the one where
you cut your engines!! You can fly forever without any fuel. How's that for a
Glide ratio.
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********************************* `----------' `-------' \_______/bernie@DIALix.UUCP (Bernd Felsche) (09/15/90)
>Anybody else have some interesting things they've done with F-18? > >How about shuting off your engines at around 30000 feet then once you've slowed >To around 100-150 kts go into a vertical dive. Your speed will increase to >Around 600-700 kts. You can then climb back to an altitude above the one where >you cut your engines!! You can fly forever without any fuel. How's that for a >Glide ratio. If you go into a long dive, when low on fuel, you can MACH-out (running afterburners) and come to a dead stop the instant you run out of fuel. This takes some practice, because if you have too much fuel, you crash. :-) I've made it as low as 300 feet before stopping. I don't think EA know much about inertia.... bernie P.S. Do not try this in a *real* F/A-18. :-)