[simpits-tech] WL and FS for F-16

[Marv RR]

Welcome to the nightmare.

I have measured the floor angle of the F-16A simulator at the Dayton, Ohio
Air Force Museum and it is 45 degrees.

I have some real inside panels (the vertical ones that line the sides of the
rudder floor and seat floor) from what I think is an A model.  Measuring
those yields about a 45 degree angle, too

However, I have found the ERTL model is not always correct with regard to
some measurements.

I have also found that the side console dimensions that are floating around
the WEB are also not correct.  They are close, but not exactly accurate.  I
found that out when I tried to add some real internal plastic side walls
linings and they didn't match up.  ;-(   One day you may want to add some
real parts and you'll find dimension don't match.

The ERTL model is also an A model and the front console dimensions are not
the same as the C model at all.  The A has a 15 degree rake where as the C
has a 10 degree rake.  The front cowl and glareshields are different, too.

Looking at many different pictures of real aircraft confused me with the
seat and its proximity in the aircraft.  This had me scratching my head
until I fund out that the seat is adjustable.  ;-/

Marv
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> From: "Chris" <ccrowley@mccrowley.com>
> Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 05:32:50 -0400
> To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> Subject: [simpits-tech] WL and FS for F-16
> 
> Hello,
> I have begun work on an F-16 cockpit. I started messing around with some of
> the drawings and working with some of the instrument panels. I have reached
> a stage that has me stumped. I managed to purchase the ERTL model and have
> taken a good deal of time with the measurements. I was wondering how one
> ties the positions of things on the inside of the model to the outside. I
> was hoping to use Wombats drawing but it is unfinished and I am not
> comfortable using it. What I am looking for is the FS/WL for the point where
> the rudder floor (sorry don't know the right name) joins to the 45 degree
> ramp coming up off the lower floor (this is the lowest plane in the model).
> I have not seen the inside of the F-16 yet, and am concerned that the ERTL
> model may not match that. Two designs I have seen on the web, do not have
> the lower floor connected to the rudder floor by a 45 degree ramp. A plane
> connecting the bottom of the Ejection seat rails to the rudder floor is used
> instead.
> 
> Can anyone shed light on this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> v/r
> 
> Chris Crowley
> 
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