Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
I'm first and foremost a Blue Angels fan, but that is some amazing airmanship right there.
Curious, how responsive are the engines to power changes on an F-16? Lots of throttle jockey'ing to maintain position, but I'm guessing there isn't too much lag?
Also, I have to believe that the slot pilot at the end was pretty dang close to dragging his vertical stab through the exhaust of the guy in front of him. Plausible? If so, dangerous?
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
To the contrary: there is lag in a straight turbojet, such as the F-4 or T-38.
For me, with a lot of fighter time, sandbagging quite a few rides in the F-16, and one in an Eagle, I found there was considerably more lag/spool time. Mostly spooling up, but even a little spooling down.
There's a lot more rotational inertia in an afterburning turbofan. I'd say three times the lag, at the lower power settings used for close wingwork (such as the Thunderbirds/Blues).