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[WEBW] F-16A Fighting Falcon

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Hey Comrades! I Am Sorry For Long Time Study, But Anyways, I Am Going To Introduce To You All, My F-16A Falcon!

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft.

The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for good visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. The F-16 has an internal M61 Vulcan cannon and 11 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment. The F-16's official name is "Fighting Falcon", but "Viper" is commonly used by its pilots and crews, because of a perceived resemblance to a viper snake as well as to the fictional Colonial Viper starfighter from the television program Battlestar Galactica which aired at the time the F-16 entered service.

Weight: 9,207 kg
Introduced: August 17, 1978
Unit cost: 14,600,000–18,800,000 USD (1998)
Number of seats: 1
First flight: January 20, 1974
Engine types: Turbofan, General Electric F110
Designers: General Dynamics Corp, Robert H. Widmer.

General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 53.6ft (16.3m)
  • Length 86.8ft (26.5m)
  • Height 29.0ft (8.9m)
  • Empty Weight 73,585lbs (33,378kg)
  • Loaded Weight 154,473lbs (70,068kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.641
  • Wing Loading 110.5lbs/ft2 (539.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,398.0ft2 (129.9m2)
  • Drag Points 14622

Parts

  • Number of Parts 386
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,482