21.10.2009, 20:31
Sneeke,
Here is one link concerning the MiG-15 auto-airbrakes. (The quote is from the 3rd paragraph under the 4th screenshot.) I have also seen it mentioned on several other sites.
"It was found the aircraft had an alarming yaw at speeds above Mach 0.9 and it also had a tendency to flip itself out of a high speed turn. This latter problem was common to most early, high speed jet fighters. The yaw problem was never satisfactorily resolved. The craft was simply fitted with speed brakes on each side of the rear fuselage which automatically opened at Mach 0.9. The Soviets were fond of simple, crude fixes such as the speed brakes.
http://www.aviation-history.com/mikoyan/mig15.html
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Here is one link concerning the MiG-15 auto-airbrakes. (The quote is from the 3rd paragraph under the 4th screenshot.) I have also seen it mentioned on several other sites.
"It was found the aircraft had an alarming yaw at speeds above Mach 0.9 and it also had a tendency to flip itself out of a high speed turn. This latter problem was common to most early, high speed jet fighters. The yaw problem was never satisfactorily resolved. The craft was simply fitted with speed brakes on each side of the rear fuselage which automatically opened at Mach 0.9. The Soviets were fond of simple, crude fixes such as the speed brakes.
http://www.aviation-history.com/mikoyan/mig15.html
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