April 22, 201214 yr This video link is fresh (for the public). It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia. These are the latest sea trials of the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL's (Vertical Launch) and STO's (short take offs) in a three week period. The media and the program critics had predicted that we would burn holes in the deck and wash sailors overboard. Neither of which happened. You will notice a sailor standing on the bow of the ship as the jet rotates. That was an intentional part of the sea trials. No catapult... No hook.... It's a new world out there! The shape and scope of warfare worldwide just changed. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE&feature=colike http://fs2crew.com/banners/Banner_FS2Crew_MJC_Supporter.png Wayne HART
April 23, 201214 yr What is that big door on top right behind the cockpit that opens up on takeoff and landing? That was not on any of the original prototype videos? Thanks Tom My Youtube Videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/tf51d
April 23, 201214 yr Author Not sure it looks like a turbine or fan or similar from what I can gather anyone else? http://fs2crew.com/banners/Banner_FS2Crew_MJC_Supporter.png Wayne HART
April 23, 201214 yr No catapult... No hook.... It's a new world out there! hello Not that new The UK were using these in combat 30 years ago
April 23, 201214 yr Author Still they are pretty good probably too expensive for the Aussies and we has no aircraft carriers! http://fs2crew.com/banners/Banner_FS2Crew_MJC_Supporter.png Wayne HART
April 23, 201214 yr What's the MTOW on the F35 now? Has it been improved? Last I heard it was barely capable of lifting much more than the pilot's sandwiches with any sort of decent fuel load aboard. Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
April 23, 201214 yr This looks like some kind of hybrid hovercraft kinda thing, as opposed to using vectored thrust from the main engine as with the Harrier.
April 23, 201214 yr This looks like some kind of hybrid hovercraft kinda thing, as opposed to using vectored thrust from the main engine as with the Harrier. It uses both a lift fan located behind the cockpit and vectoring of the main exhaust. John-Alan Pascoe
April 23, 201214 yr Yup, it is somewhat like a hybrid of the systems that the HS Harrier and the Yak-38 'Forger' utilised when it comes to how it generates downward thrust. It may be technically closer to the Yak than the Harrier in some respects given that Yakovlev's follow-on Yak-141 'Freestyle' was in fact partially funded by Lockheed Martin in a joint programme with Yakovlev, so there is a good chance some of the data gained from the 141's development went into the F-35's conception. Al Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
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