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Narrated F-5F Franken Tiger Walkaround

The Aviationist · November 17, 2022 · 4:27 · English · Onboard

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Video from the channel The Aviationist about Northrop F-5, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:27. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.

Commander Derek "Baffle" Ashlock, VFC-111 squadron commander at Key West, Florida, walks around the F-5F nicknamed "Franken Tiger": a two-seat trainer built from two F-5Ns with a forward cockpit added.

The walkaround shows the lengthened nose, which is heavier and reduces nose authority; the muzzle of the removed cannon, replaced on some aircraft with ballast; the air intakes with the engine set well back; the long afterburner section; the emergency tailhook and the drag chute, which is the one normally used; the TCTS pod that records flights for debriefing; and the airbrakes.

The F-5F flies in clean configuration, without a centerline tank, because with it the aircraft is dynamically less stable than the F-5N. An AIM-9 training missile can be carried on the LAU rail.

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