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F-35 non-standard takeoff
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Posted on 10/24/2015 12:49:58 PM PDT by gorush

23 seconds long ... WATCH THIS GUYS!!

Read this text before watching the video - F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff on a carrier.

The video is only a few seconds long. This guy clearly has brass and you know the sailors on the flight deck had a cow when they saw this unfold in front of them. Intentional? Hardly!

This is unbelievable! F-35 unintentional loop at takeoff, a real "check your laundry" event.

A supremely well-trained US Navy pilot, ice running in his veins instead of blood, fully regains control of his $70 million, F-35 joint strike force fighter, after a problematic vertical take-off attempt... Watch as the rear vertical thruster fires to cause the problem.

There's nothing about this that the pilot enjoys. If he could have ejected at 100' upside down and lived, he would have. Looks like the afterburner kicks in while still vectored for vertical takeoff. Lockheed would call this a "software malfunction" and do a little more "regressive testing". This is a good demonstration of power-to-weight ratio of this aircraft! And talk about stability control... wow!

If he didn't come out of the loop wings-level, it probably would have been bad news; maybe taking some of the carrier with him! Add to this flying through your own exhaust, which can lead to equipment malfunctions, as in "flame out". The F-35 is single engine aircraft with vertical takeoff/landing capability, but it has the aerodynamics of a Steinway piano at zero airspeed. This is the most unbelievable piece of flying you will ever see in your life.

This guy's coolness saved a 70 million-dollar aircraft! On the other hand, he might not have had time to react to anything except just ride it.

I bet you'll watch it at least 2 times!


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: f35; fake
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To: gorush

I flew for the Navy. I also passed physics.

This is horse crap.


41 posted on 10/24/2015 3:32:05 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: dp0622
i’ve been sucked into the 25 most a bunch of times, usually about women

I have no idea what you are referring to.


42 posted on 10/24/2015 3:41:42 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Big Giant Head
YOu’ll notice the “power bars” or energy or whatnot, at the bottom left and right of the video screen.

Which is one of the secrets to how a magician makes an elephant disappear.

43 posted on 10/24/2015 3:44:17 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

:) Temptation!!!! it’s an awful thing.


44 posted on 10/24/2015 3:45:10 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622

Yes, but it makes a lot of people a ton of money.


45 posted on 10/24/2015 3:46:17 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Afterguard
a poorly done animation

For a videogame, it's pretty good graphics. Look how many it fooled right here.

46 posted on 10/24/2015 3:49:00 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: HossB86

Sure does.


47 posted on 10/24/2015 3:49:09 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: gorush

Seen it before, interesting but fake, video game or something. I might change my mind about the f35 if it could do that on command.


48 posted on 10/24/2015 4:37:48 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: Daffynition

Thanks, Sweetie.

This is interesting, and it is a fake!

Loops are fun to do, but not on takeoff!


49 posted on 10/24/2015 6:16:41 PM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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To: gorush

facebook? NO thanks.

Facebook is for misguided children with less than nothing to do.

FR is almost he adult cousin.


50 posted on 10/24/2015 7:26:20 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Taxman
Knot true .... everything posted on the internet is fact! :D


51 posted on 10/25/2015 12:56:20 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

LOL! Of course, of course!

Sweetie, that is one great pic!

Best skywriting I have ever seen!

Do you know who the pilot is?


52 posted on 10/25/2015 7:44:29 PM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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To: Taxman

You, of course. :)

Tyin’ knots and blowin’ smoke. :)


53 posted on 10/25/2015 7:49:43 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

LOL! Shux! You blew my cover!


54 posted on 10/25/2015 8:05:52 PM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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To: Taxman

55 posted on 10/25/2015 8:27:06 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

Now, that is a VERY CLEVER graphic!

Backatcha!


56 posted on 10/26/2015 8:39:23 AM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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To: Taxman
All the best!


57 posted on 10/26/2015 10:43:22 AM PDT by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

And to you, as well, Sweetie!

Another nifty graphic!

Thanks!


58 posted on 10/26/2015 8:02:10 PM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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