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To: sukhoi-30mki

Why is the air brake open? The open hatch between the fan doors and the cockpit is an air brake isn’t it?


7 posted on 06/24/2015 5:23:03 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

Extra intake. Speed brake would never open forward.


8 posted on 06/24/2015 5:28:07 AM PDT by newbolt
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To: SeeSharp
Why is the air brake open? The open hatch between the fan doors and the cockpit is an air brake isn’t it?

Here's a cutaway of the Rolls Royce Lift Fan that gives the F-35B its short takeoff-vertical landing (STOVL) capability :

Apologies for the size of this picture, but it shows the fan and intake with the doors open.
The F-35B and F-35C test fleet is shown lined up at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division test facility at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The four F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft are in the foreground; the two F-35C carrier variant aircraft can be seen at the back of the line. Photo by Andy Wolfe and Michael D. Jackson

More about it: F-35B Lift Fan Performed ‘Nearly Flawlessly’ In Operational Test At Sea, Rolls-Royce Says

19 posted on 06/24/2015 1:23:03 PM PDT by GBA (Just a hick in paradise)
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