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Fact of the Day: The F15E (Ecojet) lands at over 900mph! To help it slow down a bag of heavy rocks is deployed from the tail compartment which is then dragged behind the warplane, this helps the F15E have a stopping distance of only 16miles! #RAFLuton #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/n8zgMeyRnp
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Nice. Ecojet? Do they make an ST / VRX type version? For the weekend /track events?
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Looks like a co-pilot emergency exit procedure to me. Especially after a particularly rough sortie :)
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Star on the rudder and the intake looks very MiG-25/31 to me.
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Not just any rocks. But engineered and sourced from John Lewis Home, Solihull. British innovation at its best.
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The finest rocks but even they need their own parachute
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Man technology is flipping brilliant, I just can’t keep up with it.
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Boeing did similar with their airbus intercity 125 stealth passenger jet
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Please stop! You’re killing me here!
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That stopping distance has really come down! On the F15A (Accelerator), stopping distance was 53 miles. Of course, with it being that particular version, a very large elastic band was needed across the runway to provide reverse thrust
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