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Where does the "bad book" reputation come from? Yes, it might not be the best idea to use it as sole source for reference material, but it seems quite good to me. Especially the chapter provided here seems quite spot on - it wasn't a Navy program so the Navy were fighting tooth and nail to make a naval F-16 variant fail.But I agree with Overscan that the YF-17 starting point was better for what the Navy wanted. PP more or less also mentions it. The crux of that chapter is just it's ironic that (like multiple aircraft before it) they made exceptions or adjustments when it suited them (F-14 & 18), but weren't open to the same when it wasn't "their" program ala F-111B or F-16N. Not that the end products were bad aircraft at all.
Where does the "bad book" reputation come from? Yes, it might not be the best idea to use it as sole source for reference material, but it seems quite good to me. Especially the chapter provided here seems quite spot on - it wasn't a Navy program so the Navy were fighting tooth and nail to make a naval F-16 variant fail.
But I agree with Overscan that the YF-17 starting point was better for what the Navy wanted. PP more or less also mentions it. The crux of that chapter is just it's ironic that (like multiple aircraft before it) they made exceptions or adjustments when it suited them (F-14 & 18), but weren't open to the same when it wasn't "their" program ala F-111B or F-16N. Not that the end products were bad aircraft at all.
