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Originally posted by nwtrucker
Just a dumb truck driver making a fool of himself.LMAO
Originally posted by Zaphod58
It has some redundancy, but military aircraft are built to be as bare, and as streamlined as possible. ...but it's not like a civilian plane that has four systems to do the same thing, with three backups.
Theoretically the F-22 won't get into many WVR fights, so thrust vectoring isn't really necessary, but when they do get into a WVR fight, it will come in handy to an extent.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by nwtrucker
Yes and no to both. Supercruise will be handy in a situation like force protection. If an AWACS comes under attack, the F-22 can come off a tanker, and supercruise to the area, and get there ahead of other fighters, and have more fuel to loiter than an F-15 that makes the same supersonic dash. So it all depends on the situation you're talking about. Normally, you aren't going to use it much, but it can definitely be useful.
Same with thrust vectoring. Theoretically the F-22 won't get into many WVR fights (it's going to happen, but they'll try to minimize them), so thrust vectoring isn't really necessary, but when they do get into a WVR fight, it will come in handy to an extent.
Originally posted by Darkpr0
For an elevator, your factor of safety is about 10. That is, it can hold 10 times more weight without breaking than its stated maximum. For civilian aircraft, I have been told that they have a factor of safety of about 1.25 to 1.75. That's a lot smaller. I'm pretty sure we can imagine where that will go on a military aircraft.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by ThePeaceMaker
The F-117, the B-2, and the F-22 all have systems that you aren't going to ever hear about, that make them stealthier than their normal RCS, when they're flying from point A to point B. The B-2 that was locked on by a Rapier was flying into an airshow, and didn't have anything turned on.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
The huge advantage the F/A-22 will have is the EM Field that hides the Raptors Heat Signature. The aircraft is near impossible to target on Radar and with this ability to avoid a Heat seaker lockup
Originally posted by nwtrucker
Darkpr0, What I get is the F-35 is a deep strike fighter. An SU, any variation will not be capable of surviving advanced and still improving SAMs and AA in a deep strike role.
Also, a deep strike platform needs it's own "stealth' to avoid those same defenses itself. A Raptor isn't capable of protecting a 35 or an SU from surface defenses directly. Yes. the 22 can be used in an attack role, maybe even more capacity with externals due to it's bigger wings-at the cost of it's stealth. But then that's the job of the 35.
Does Canada need that kind of platform, other than NATO roles.
It looks more and more that the direction of the 35 fits perfectly with U.S. assets. The 22s, great tanker support, etc. The question is is the 35 as well protected or applicable for alled use?
OK, Japan could use em against China and would probably need them to be effective. Britian has the EFs, not that they're deep strike capable as a 22. Canada? Australia? Good question.....