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F-16A Falcon Venezuela

118k Inuyasha8215  3.3 years ago

Decided to redo the nose and a few tweaks because my previous F-16 was bad.

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,600 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are being built for export customers. In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft manufacturing business to the Lockheed Corporation, which in turn became part of Lockheed Martin after a 1995 merger with Martin Marietta.

The Fighting Falcon's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better 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, due to a perceived resemblance to a viper snake as well as the Colonial Viper starfighter on Battlestar Galactica which aired at the time the F-16 entered service.

Controls:
AG1: Jettison tanks
VTOL: Flaps
Trim: Adjust Trim

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 21.1ft (6.4m)
  • Length 29.6ft (9.0m)
  • Height 10.8ft (3.3m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 11,552lbs (5,240kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.917
  • Wing Loading 45.8lbs/ft2 (223.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 252.0ft2 (23.4m2)
  • Drag Points 2417

Parts

  • Number of Parts 114
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 557