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Originally Posted by dojetdriver
I thought I read somewhere that you can tell the energy state that a plane is in by where they are coming from, either the wing tip or the wing root.
Is that true?
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Yes - you can definitely tell about what the airplane is doing based somewhat on the vapes - how much - where they are coming from - etc.... in certain stages of flight. Just in the landing configuration - the Hornet often streams vapes off the wingtips that might be 40' long. The humidity was only 45% today in the central valley and I was trailing vapes off the wingtips that were about 6' long. During an BFM engagement - using the vapes can be an indication of how close the fighter is to max performing (along with a few other aircraft clues too)
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