Why the F-16 Was Built Unstable on Purpose

Why the F-16 was built unstable on purpose. The f16 unstable design: the F-16 Fighting Falcon has relaxed static stability, the center of gravity behind the lift. So why is the f16 unstable, and how does an unstable aircraft fly? F-16 relaxed stability in 3D: fighter jet stability, the tail pushing down, Harry Hillaker in Fort Worth moving the center of gravity. An unstable aircraft is a pencil on a fingertip, so the F-16 needs f16 fly by wire: fly by wire with four computers voting, the f16 side stick, the f16 epu on f16 hydrazine, the f16 9g limit. Then the f16 deep stall: deep stall at 60 degrees, the manual pitch override, the yf-22 crash at Edwards, the gripen crash over Stockholm, pilot induced oscillation, and why the F-16 is stable past Mach 1. Hangar Files takes the f16 unstable F-16 Fighting Falcon apart in 3D: relaxed static stability, center of gravity, fly by wire, deep stall, pilot induced oscillation, the f16 unstable design and the f16 fly by wire, the f16 deep stall and the manual pitch override, the yf-22 crash and the gripen crash, Harry Hillaker and the F-16 Fighting Falcon, fighter jet stability of an unstable aircraft. 0:00 Built to flip itself 0:20 What a stable airplane does 0:41 The dart rule 1:03 The tail that pushes down 1:59 Hillaker moves the weight back 2:50 A pencil on a fingertip 3:43 Fly-by-wire 4:18 Four computers vote 4:49 Fighting the jet every second 5:16 When the power dies 5:54 The stick that didn't move 6:34 9 G and 25 degrees 6:58 The deep stall 8:04 YF-22 and Gripen crashes 9:02 Stable past Mach 1 9:38 Every fighter since Watch next: Why the F-16's First Takeoff Was an Accident    • Why the F 16's First Takeoff Was an Accident   Sources: Code One magazine (Lockheed Martin), F-16 relaxed static stability and fly-by-wire NASA, F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire program 1972-1985 US Air Force, F-16 flight manual: deep stall and manual pitch override US Air Force accident report, YF-22 crash at Edwards AFB, 25 April 1992 Swedish Accident Investigation Board, JAS 39 Gripen accidents of 1989 and 1993 3D model: "F-16 Fighting Falcon" by k.botond431 on Sketchfab, CC BY 4.0 (sketchfab.com/3d-models/f4a4568d8a624026a675090852fb9546) #F16 #FighterJet #Aviation