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Originally Posted by Absalom
Sorry, that is simply incorrect.
Here is a fairly famous video from 1996:
Air National Guard Capt. Chris Rose making a deadstick landing (no engine) at Elizabeth City Coast Guard Station in an F-16.
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I sit corrected. Never heard of that before and all the pilots I've talked to say it's virtually impossible. But hey, seeing is believing.
I wonder how he kept the hydraulics going? I was always under the impression they required external power or running engines to make it work. Without hydraulics, how did he get the gear down? It looks like a gear down landing.
Yes, I got my ratios backward, but the point is more power than weight. Some planes take off with a reduced fuel load and then refuel once airborne so they can carry more cargo/munitions.