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Aerosoft F-16 Fighting Falcon 1.00 Manual
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FUTURE PLANS
As there are already unmanned aircraft, the so-called Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles (UCAV),
Lockheed Martin is researching a demonstration type of an unmanned F-16 to prove autonomous
vehicle control, up-link command technologies, and to develop operational requirements. But also there
are also studies to modify the F-16 into a remotely piloted drone: the aircraft could be piloted from the
ground.
Another idea, the F16 UCAV has a sixty-foot wingspan and 22,100 pounds of internal fuel capacity. The
configuration could maintain an un-refueled, eight-hour presence on a nominal combat air patrol
mission. A prototype could be built and flying in less than two years.
The Joint Strike Fighter of Lockheed-Martin and the EuroFighter, built by a consortium from Germany,
Italy, Spain and the UK, is chosen by most NATO countries to take over from the F-16 in the next decade.
Many feel these aircraft will be last manned fighter aircraft. In that whole history the F-16 holds a very
special place, since it’s the only aircraft that has NEVER been beaten when opposing similar numbers. It
never lost a head to head combat situation.
SPECIFICATIONS
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Fort
Worth, Texas
Wingspan: 31 feet 0 inches without tip-mounted AAMs
32 feet 9.75 inches with tip-mounted AAMs
Wing Aspect Ratio: 3.20 : 1
Fuselage Length: 49 feet 4 inches
Overall Height: 16 feet 8.5 inches
Tail plane Span: 18 feet 3.75 inches
Wheel Track: 7 feet 9 inches
Wheel Base: 13 feet 1.5 inches
Wing Gross Area: 300.0 sq feet
Flapperons (total): 31.32 sq feet
Leading Edge Flaps : 36.72 sq feet
Fin: 43.10 sq feet
Rudder: 11.65 sq feet
Tail Surfaces: 63.70 sq feet (GE Variant)
No. Engines: One
Eng Manufacturer: General Electric
Engine Designation: F110-GE-100 turbofan
Engine Power: 27,600-lbs with afterburning (P&W Variant)
OR
Engine Manufacturer: Pratt & Whitney
Engine Designation: F100-P-220 turbofan
Engine Power: 23,450-lbs with afterburning
Empty Weight: 18,238-lbs with F100-PW-200 turbofan
19,020-lbs with F110-GE-100 turbofan
Max External Load: 12,000-lbs
Max Comb Takeoff Weight: 23,765-lbs with the F110-GE-100 turbofan