Cool Weapons

Gravdigr · 01-12-2012, 06:03 PM

It's been a while for a CoolWeapon, so...The F-35 undergoing the last of sea trials on the USS Wasp.

Let's see...one of our fellow Dwellars had a hand in developing some/one of the systems on the F-35 don't they?

glatt · 01-13-2012, 09:16 AM

I didn't know anything about the F-35. So it lands vertically and can take off without a catapult. Pretty impressive.

Can it take off vertically?

FloridaDragon · 01-13-2012, 07:49 PM

There are three variants ... the stovl (short take off and vertical landing) version that is shown in the video (the F-35B), the airforce version, the F-35A that is the ctol (conventional take off and landing) variant ...and the carrier varient, the F-35C ... which has stronger landing gear and a tail hook.

FloridaDragon · 01-13-2012, 08:02 PM

Short video of the stovl variant doing a take off ... love it when all the doors come open and the nozzle rotates... this is the test flight version with the side open doors ... the first production ones have the bigger single piece door that opens to the back to help airflow into the lift fan :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Xm7_PPE-8nk

01-12-2012, 06:03 PM	#1
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01-13-2012, 09:16 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I didn't know anything about the F-35. So it lands vertically and can take off without a catapult. Pretty impressive. Can it take off vertically?

01-13-2012, 07:49 PM	#3
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	There are three variants ... the stovl (short take off and vertical landing) version that is shown in the video (the F-35B), the airforce version, the F-35A that is the ctol (conventional take off and landing) variant ...and the carrier varient, the F-35C ... which has stronger landing gear and a tail hook.

01-13-2012, 08:02 PM	#4
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	Short video of the stovl variant doing a take off ... love it when all the doors come open and the nozzle rotates... this is the test flight version with the side open doors ... the first production ones have the bigger single piece door that opens to the back to help airflow into the lift fan : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Xm7_PPE-8nk

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