F-14 Automatic Wing Sweep

The wing sweep on the F-14 was continuously and automatically swept throughout the entire flight envelope by the CADC.[^1] The graph shows relative L/D ratio vs Mach number.[^1] The L/D ratio of the F-14 was around 15.[^1] This also helped to limit the wing bending moment.[^1] The wing sweep rate was variable, with a sweep rate of 7.5 deg/s at 1g and 4 deg/s at 7.5g.[^1]

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[[F-14 Flight Control System]]
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