Mr Matt Foley Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Crazy stuff when you account for the costs of design in the Super Hornet and then have to create unnecessary drag etc. with the damn pylons. I hope the design team that failed to account for the separation issue was fired. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I believe you misunderstood. The pylon orientation was intended to FIX a potential separation problem that was discovered while wind tunnel testing the design. Whether or not it would have been a problem on the full-size jet will never be known; no bombs were ever dropped from a straight-pylon jet, nor will any ever be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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