What do these doobywackies do?

yaw stabilization

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>>1020112
More vertical tail for when stacking it up on top of the existing structure would be stupid.

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when doing extreme high alpha manouvers the rudder can get a lot of turbulent flow from the front of the wind, loosing some control, the stabilizers on the bottom dont have that problem. im not sure if this is the case for this paricular aicraft but for some it is.

>USNavy F-16N #163571 of VF-45. This aircraft was later completely cannibalized to repair three other aircraft.

RIP in peace little falcon

>>1020112
drop bombs on village

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>>1020112
Ventral fins; their job is to help maintain stability about the vertical axis when the tail is partially or completely stalled (in high alpha situations)

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>>1022602

God damn, the Aggressor F-16s have such sick paintwork. I loved looking at them during the JBER air shows before spamming squadron stickers in their wheel wells.

>>1022610
>>1022602
fuck me m8, what sexy craft

if I had that american eagle boner gif i'd post it along with this

why do planes look like birds? or do birds look like planes? why are they so similar looking when they fly so different?

>>1022696
Birds fly, people don't. When people wanted to fly, they had to look at birds and imitate their 'technology". That is how first aircraft airfoils were invented. But birds are still far superior in almost every aspect of flying, except high speed.

>>1020112
Ventral fins provide additional directional stability.

>>1020112
Drop bombs on Putin.

>>1022491
>RIP in peace little falcon
*in pieces
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>>1022696
They work on the same principles. Nature is a great guide.

>>1022610
Looks like a Russian paint job

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>>1025997

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressor_squadron

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>>1020112
Stabilizes the craft at high aoa

>>1020112
that's a decoy model number so the enemies think they're looking at a friendly VF-45 instead of an enemy F-16