photos: F-35 JPO
Posted on 10/03/2011 7:42:28 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
photos: F-35 JPO
Super calm water, but still a magnificent feat.
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We REALLLLLLY needed this...!!!!
Please oh please keep going like this..!
Does this mean it can now take off vertically?
I saw a documentary and while they could land vertically, it couldn’t take off but I think it was only the prototype of the lifting fan version.
It’s amazing how realistic these computer games have become.
On the deck softening, maybe they can use some leftover space shuttle tiles or capsule re-entry shield material (which might be “consumable”, I think it is ablative)?
fuel burn prolly makes it prohibitive unless an emergency
This thread is worthless without kick ass video
Dangit, you know how long it takes to HTML-up the subscript? Now my video request falls less than a minute after your video link. Dangit, dangit, dangit.
LOL
It cannot take off vertically with any meaningful combat load. However, since it does have the ability to abort a vertical landing if necessary, it can perform a vertical takeoff if its weight is low enough.
In Before The "This Thread Is Worthless Without Kick Ass Video
Hasn’t the USS Wasp been around forever?
This thread is hilarious with the acronym and subscript meme
The f-35 is a STOVL aircraft. Short Take Off Vertical Land as opposed to the Harrier “Jump Jet” which is a VTOL. Vertical Take Off & Land.....a la Arnie Swartzenegger’s movie “TRUE LIES.”
“There have been concerns that the enormous thrust and heat from the 43,000 pounds of thrust the engine can produce might soften carrier decks”
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Is that deck made of asphalt?
It even has self-sideways parking for tight carrier slots.
Too cool for words!
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