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F-18 Rudders During Take-Off

October 25, 2009 David Cenciotti

Some visitors of this site who closely analysed the pictures I took aboard USS Nimitz, asked me why the F/A-18 Hornets (both C, E and F variants) have the rudders deflected inwards during catapult launches. […]