Crobato, you are trying to argue with a brick wall. Been there, done that.

OK, it’s stops climbing because the plane has no power to continue climbing or the pilot did not apply full afterburner, because judging the video posted by JFrazier we can assume the F-22 has plenty of power to climb, right?

They throttle back just enough to keep the plane almost hovering or climbing at a very slow rate. On a full power takeoff the F-22 should be able to climb out at a 70 or 80 degree angle pretty well.

Take a look at how the Raptor uses it’s tailplanes to generate yaw. Very cool. All the pilot has to do is step on the pedals and the computers sort out the hard stuff such as what surface to move.

giggling at the people who are now laughing at the people who said the raptor cant do cobras because the same people were laughing at the useability of the cobra in air combat.

hypocrisy, its a wonderful drug.

When did I say it was a useful move? I was talking about people who thought US engineers could not design a stealth aircraft with this type of maneuverability.

Remember back a couple of years back when people said the Raptor couldn’t even do the Cobra? :rolleyes:

Where are they now?

And probably much more power output of the radar.

Compared to what?

I think the risks to the audience is still better in the US than some countries. However it looks like they are starting to take risks on the flight envelope, and I fear they might be risking a engine stall. It is possible the showboating might lead to an accident eventually. It depends on how much they pushed their luck and how far and how often.

I don’t have much fear for the audience in the US, however I’m starting to have a little fear that this showboating might lead to loss of an F-22 eventually.

They’ve probably pushed this plane far past what it will be doing in an airshow in testing. I doubt that they will lose a plane doing relatively simple maneuvers that the Raptor has been doing for over 5 years now.

I doubt that you will see the Raptor fly a low profile as aggressively as the Russians for crowd safety. As for the engines, I seriously doubt you will see any stalls.