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This is a direct PDF link "Code One Magazine Semper Viper" Article Don't Stretch the Limits, page 92

Emergencies only AFAIK. Here you can see what appears to be aircraft 90-0778 after the first USAF AIM-120 kill. If it is actually that video, you can see pilot return to base with both external wing tanks even after air combat. See video at around 3:50 ( video is set to time just hit play) Obviously this is a low quality video and it is almost impossible to verify it's validity. UKZjWT-i_Hk?start=215 SU-25 landed with tanks even after getting damage weRbjEiTmxc?start=335 same , but slight better quality fOaTEDYJmi0?start=110

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AIM-9X Missile Shot https://dod.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/Videos/?videoid=682799

No, nose covers on the AIM-9 are normally removed as soon as the aircraft starts, the landing gear pins are removed before it taxied and the lollipop and other pins from the weapons are removed the End of Runway (EOR). Not sure why this aircraft is taxing with all of that stuff still on, that is not normal, maybe back then in Shaw AFB.

This is back when Shaw AFB still had block 25, over 25 years ago.

USAF F-16C block 50 circa 2007 after CCIP can carry a 300 gallon tank or a ALQ-184 on the center line pylon, or a ALQ-131 on a center line adapter. There is not much room for anything else. Even the tanks and ECM pod do get hit bit the runway barrier/cable some times because of the low clearance. Other F-16 versions and other F-16 versions from other countries can carry several different things on the center line station, but it depends on specifics (like most other things on the F-16).

94-0046, Block 50 from Shaw AFB https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001888438/ Block 40 from Aviano AB, can't see the tail number on the first photo. https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001827211/ https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001750282/ In the past, rockets where mostly used to mark targets in the F-16. These photos seem to be laser guider rockets since the are sticking out of the pod. https://www.eglin.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/962547/new-laser-guided-rocket-capability-tested/ 2VUF9whYaqM

Is the same story for many aircraft since WWII, like: AD-4N or AD-4NL http://www.airvectors.net/ava1spad.html F-4U-4E http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html Mig-21F (item /product 65) Mig-21F-13 (item 72) Mig-21PF (Item 76) Mig-21FL (item 77) Mig-21FL ( item 77 built in India) http://www.mig-21.de/english/technicaldataversions.htm Etc, etc.

With the landing gear handle down and alt flap switch set to norm, there is a signal send to the Digital Flight Control Computer (DFLCC). The DFLCC will command the Flaperon to a maximum of 20° down (depending on speed)

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Like I posted, there cold be a dozen reasons and we don't know any of them: - It could be one is AI - It could both are AI - AI aircraft LEF not working correctly - Module LEF not working correctly - Flight controls are not finish - FBW behavior not finish - FBW not acting correctly - External model showing differences of the same FBW behavior - Animation not completed - Animation not behaving correctly - Rear aircraft just started to pull the nose up (we don't know if the Horizontal stabs are animated) - Rear aircraft could be decelerating (we don't know if speed brakes are animated) - Front aircraft just starting to accelerate ( we don't know if the engine nozzle is animated)

It could be a dozen reason why the LEF do not match.

So far, I have only found this video with a good view of the F-16 Airspeed/Mach Indicator (AMI) qzCsQsmipq0 This one is from an A model, has anyone seen other videos with a clear view of the AMI? I just saw this post on F-16.net and got me curious. http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=55822&p=423224#p423224

Not sure if it is a bug or intended behavior. The RL pods always assume "worst case scenario" for laser masking since the laser can and is very dangerous for the pilots eyes. "Worst case scenario", meaning the most the pod can be block by store or weapon. So, each pod is program for that worst case scenario depending what aircraft is loaded on to, whether you have a weapon/stores or not on the adjacent pylons, it always assume you do. If you look at you pod in the CMFD, there is an "M" for masking. If it is a bug, it should be it does not stop firing once it enters masking.

All USAF Block 50 in operational squadrons, yes. Block 50/52 in testing, Demonstration team or ANG/AFRES and other countries, I am not sure. Note that there is not USAF block 52 active operational units. Last one was from Mountain Home AFB, 389th FS, which lost its F-16C block 52 to 169th FW Swamp Foxes at around 2007 and there was no ANG/AFRES Block 50 until Spangdahlem AB 22nd and 23rd Squadron close and their aircraft where skater to the 480th FS and the 148th FW ANG at around 2010. Yes in specific squadrons within USAF, AFAIK. Block 50/52 in testing, Demonstration team or ANG/AFRES and other countries, I am not sure. Keeping in mind that the cockpit has change several time since the CCIP upgrade within the USAF, ANG and AFRES. Some panels have move, some panels have change or have been replace, etc.

This is a direct PDF link to the Accident Investigation Board report http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2013/040313_F-16C_Bagram.pdf

AB is on, the nozzle is open. If the nozzle was that open at mill power the engine would not have power. He is not landing, speed brakes aren't open, it is just the camera angle. If the F-15 photo was that far away, same camera angle, same lighting conditions, etc. it would look the same. Here is a no AB take off from a F100-PW-220 engine at Nellis AFB https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002135828/ F100-PW-220 with AB on, Nellis AB. Barely visible https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001841438/ Change the camera angle and you can see the AB no problem, F110-GE-129 at Nellis https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001783382/ Here is a F110-GE-100 at Nellis https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001591594/ My point is the AB in real life can and will look different depending on many variable. Same engine, same aircraft, same camera and lens could still get different results.

The thing with sound is very subjective. So the video on the first post have some of the sound you get, but you have to add sound like this video https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3954041&postcount=1317 That is what you hear on the head set. Not sure if the radios cause it or some other avionics, but you can hear that even with the engine off. So you have to mix both sound, additionally there is a lot in the sim we don't have the same feed back. For example the rumbling you feel when you light up the after burner, the air over the wing at some AOA make a rumbling. You can feel the landing gear come up at hit the uplock hook and feel the light bumps as the door close. It is normal for the GE engine to have a intake "buzz" at some speeds and engine RPM. There is some switch that click that you may hear or not depending of the engine noise. Sound changes if you have things around the aircraft, sound is different in a shelter as oppose to the open ramp or a trim pad or a hush house. I like the extra sound added in some DCS modules, since it provides feedback we would have in the aircraft but might not be realistic since you may or not hear it in the real thing.