karasawa Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Sometimes I bleed below 280 knots and I found out that with 6% flaps it helps turning. Do not deploy 100%. And it reduces roll and pitch rate, be aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasA Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 vor einer Stunde schrieb karasawa: Sometimes I bleed below 280 knots and I found out that with 6% flaps it helps turning. Do not deploy 100%. And it reduces roll and pitch rate, be aware. The flaps are automatic..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karasawa Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 47 minutes ago, TobiasA said: The flaps are automatic..? Can be done manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_SteelFalcon_ Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, karasawa said: Can be done manually. Flaps have 2 positions. Norm and extended. How exactly would you achieve 6%? Edited March 19, 2022 by _SteelFalcon_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalker22 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Indeed, as far as I know F-16 Block 50 has 2 positions for flaps, norm or extended (so, fully up or fully down), there is no inbetween positions possible to set manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chain_1 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 If you F2 and look at the info bar, it says flaps 6 degrees when you're flying around with the gear up, but you can't change it any way except to lower the gear or use the manual extension. But they only go to full anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karasawa Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, _SteelFalcon_ said: Flaps have 2 positions. Norm and extended. How exactly would you achieve 6%? Sorry I didn't make it clear. Put it in EXT and at low speed that amount is adjusted automatically to a percentage. In my case that is near 6% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasA Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Ah, that makes sense. Beware of the considerably higher drag though, so be sure to retract those as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chain_1 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 3 hours ago, karasawa said: Sorry I didn't make it clear. Put it in EXT and at low speed that amount is adjusted automatically to a percentage. In my case that is near 6% For everyone's SA, they're at 6 percent in NORM, and as you slow they gradually lower if in EXT. You would therefore have more lift while at a lower speed, so it makes sense that it would help turning. As you accelerate, they come back up. If you want them to stay at 6%, just leave the switch in NORM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karasawa Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Chain_1 said: For everyone's SA, they're at 6 percent in NORM, and as you slow they gradually lower if in EXT. You would therefore have more lift while at a lower speed, so it makes sense that it would help turning. As you accelerate, they come back up. If you want them to stay at 6%, just leave the switch in NORM. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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