MarcB Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hello, Could anybody tell me the reason why some Danish F-16's are still flying with the small tailplane, even after MLU update ? TIA MarcB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Simply a choice of not upgrading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarcB Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 But most of the Danish F-16 DID receive the larger tailplanes at some point... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 The original tailplanes were originally enlarged to maintain an acceptable CP/CG relationship and pitch authority when carrying sensor pods on inlet stations 5L & 5R. All this (5L/R & stabs) was part of the Block 15 upgrade. If an F-16 was not capable of carrying those inlet pods there was no real reason to have the larger stabs. OTOH there was no real downside to the larger stabs, with or without inlet pods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 And you will see that the small stabs are only on the block 1/5/10 jets, not on the block 15's. Ie E-17x-E-19x, and ET-2xx. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEN722 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 12:58 PM, MarcB said: But most of the Danish F-16 DID receive the larger tailplanes at some point... No, they did not! All our block 1/5/10 airframes retained the smaller stabs. Also, the stab upgrade had nothing to do with MLU. Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarcB Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 14 hours ago, JEN722 said: No, they did not! All our block 1/5/10 airframes retained the smaller stabs. Ah OK didn't know that. Thanks for the explanation MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 17 hours ago, JEN722 said: No, they did not! All our block 1/5/10 airframes retained the smaller stabs. Also, the stab upgrade had nothing to do with MLU. Did any/all of your Block 1/5/10 airframes get the MLU update? It's my understanding MLU was only done to Block 15 jets - or earlier blocks that had already been upgraded to Block 15 specs. . Edited March 21, 2023 by habu2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEN722 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 38 minutes ago, habu2 said: Did any/all of your Block 1/5/10 airframes get the MLU update? It's my understanding MLU was only done to Block 15 jets - or earlier blocks that had already been upgraded to Block 15 specs. . All our (i.e. Danish) F-16A/Bs got the Mid-Life Update. Some of our F-16s are rather block 50-like now with l/e beer cans, reinforcement plates and HG-like finish. Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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