TomcatViPI thought that was odd too. About the only thing that would be “advantageous” would be that the pilot has clear feedback that the aircraft is reaching lift limits. Well, US designers are now 2 for 3 in having serious buffet in high AoA/G in recent fighters.
Absolutely. You have to understand what this is a fight at high G where you push the limits of your mount at the edge
of it and yourself .Physically,cognitively you are strained and a fighter will always favor the one that is less tricky to fight. This is all about Spitfires and Mustang. Or Spitfires Vs 109s. You will always found the same kind of comments.
But there, in this specific remark, you have to understand that he was a F16 pilot. F16 and F15 have globally the same AoA range and the Same G limiters. However, even if handling the 16 is more easy thanks to the FBW, many pilots do favor the 15 in BFM thanks to the predictability of it. Clear Buffetings give to their pilot a clear indication of where they are in the perf envellope. Something that many found invaluable when you are throwing yourself hard around with your head stuck outside of the cockpit trying to keep a visual with your opponents*.
Then, buffeting on a 5th Gen, FBW’red airframe sounds strange. What we can only guess is that he is praising the replication (or in fact the absence of too much filtering) in the flight control laws. This, I am sorry for the nay sayer, is only the sign of a well tuned airframe. But, hey, that everyone is ready to believe such is not something on what I will bet 😉
*you are not always your head on the HUD like in a Simulation game
TomcatViPLockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $769,511,730 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract
Def-Aero editorials… This guy need some serious holidays. And I have been saying that for a while.
Concurrency was defined as part of the program from the beginning. A 10 sec Google search will have led our exhausted Editorialist to this:
Concurrency
The F-35 program, like many fighter programs, includes an overlap of flight test and initial production known as concurrency. Concurrency allows for a steady production and supply chain pace and faster delivery of the F-35 to the warfighter.
Because of concurrency, early production aircraft require some retrofits to implement changes based on flight test discoveries. As the flight test program matures, the risk of new discoveries declines. As risk declines, fewer retrofits are required in later production lots. […]
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office share concurrency costs through the first four production lots. Beginning with Low Rate Initial Production Lot 5, Lockheed Martin took on a greater share of known concurrency costs.
Also, I would like the reader to pause for a moment of reflection on this images*:
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And this
You don’t build this in one day. A program of that size have to take into account the manufacturing impacts on delays.
So, either our Def-Apéro guy is exhausted beyond use (that’s our time that he is wasting, let’s remind him). Either he is a pitiful lier that waste only the reputation of this serious publication for a doubtful purpose.
*How awkward it sounds on internet!
Source:
Among all over the web, http://www.f35.com
TomcatViPYou know the operational AoA limit for the F-35A is 50 degrees right? Twice that of the F-16. Higher than the F-18 and comparable to the Super Hornet.
What are your values for the SH? I have read the Flight Manual but only the old edition that was available at the time on the Web.
Also, Max AoA in the US might include the notion of being able to roll around your velocity vector. In other country or older designs, your stick is simply stuck concrete by the limiters*.
@OooShiny: Thanks for sharing! Allways invaluable to have a first hand experience narration. Sadly, there is there nearly nothing that any rationale people would learn. I did laugh quite a bit reading the Multirole paragrah. Omnirole, Multirole, the marketing guys are all war footing?
I would emphasize the term “multirole” after experiencing this jet in many roles, and now also in a dogfight.
TomcatViPMore lightly:
In a statement, Finmeccanica said […] it would supply Panama with a helicopter free of charge.
Moretti said the deal “provides a positive resolution to the disputes with the government of Panama, as we had hoped.”
Source:
defensenews.com
TomcatViPI also want to add that as soon as the F-16 and Euro-canards take off they are in the S-400 NEZ, for most baltic states. If your only going to buy planes that are useless militarily you can get Cessnas cheaper than F-16s. ISKLANDER, AND S-400 HAVE RENDERED ALL 4TH GENERATION FIGHTERS OBSOLETE.
Cessnas at least did prove they can reach downtown Moscow:
TomcatViPUSAF flaunts ‘arsenal plane’ concept
USAF chief of staff Gen Mark Welsh offered some additional insight, saying the choice of platform will depend on what types of weapons it will carry. It also depends on the size of those weapons, he says, and if the aircraft needs to get into position quickly.
[…]
Almost $200 million has been dedicated to the project in fiscal year 2017, and flight demonstrations would start in late 2017 or 2018 and run through 2020.
Source:
FlightGlobal.com
TomcatViPGuys, there are (probably) no Chinese hardware in the B21 and no known officials Chinese comments of its content. Please, refrain yourself to the main topic. The subject is complex enough and already prone to speculations for adding in the China_Vs_US theme.
Thank you.
TomcatViPWe can meet IAFS demand for French combat aircraft cheaply
A novel variation on the UAE mirages idea. Bottom line is that the current deal is unlikely to have a happy ending, and alternatives are now starting to gain momentum.
say, $100 million per Mirage 2000 in the Hellenic AF with all the stores, spares, and weapons holdings for this aircraft.
So, 150M$ in total for an upgraded 1980’ish used Mirage?
I love the 2K but damn, this is going to be a hard pill to swallow for the Indian gov.
TomcatViP1 (Opit):
refitted airbases
Why would India order such to a higher wage country when it has all the support it needs at home? Hence No
2 (OPIT:
offsets,
We understand from what was released in the press that this is a no.
3 (Swerve):
Rumoured.
yes, this is precisely why I added this specific word, not to insult your intelligence ;).
4 (Swerve):
And do you know what the contract includes? Support, weapons – what’s in it?
And this is specifically what makes this deal scary. India or Dassault should step out of the embarrassing shadow casted by doubts.
TomcatViP@Jõ: I think that the engines must have a pretty strong focus on the generation of electricity. What makes a geared turbofan a burden of complexity (during cruise there are no needs to increase the torque as the excess Power is converted into electricity).
I mean this is converging with the advent programs (from shaft to…).
TomcatViPEvery manufacturer which won’t make money on the deal.
A rumored 13b$ for 36 airplanes and Dassault won’t make any profit? Allow me to be rather skeptical.
TomcatViPI stared today lengthy (maybe too much) at the picture and it appeared to me that some communality in shapes let suggest a propulsion system derived/evolved from that of the F23.
TomcatViPF35 is the obvious choice. Beyond that, join a Ucav program in Eu or build an Air dominance fighter just like Japan. Even if the airframe is deemed inexportable , all the investments (and partnerships) in systems will pay at the end.
It’s more easy to place a valid concept in A2A than a strike system.
TomcatViPBy the way, it’s general truce with hard and convincing facts that this would hold.
Tonight also moderates won in Iran election, reaffirming trend on which many had bet on acrobatically.
Under the U.S.-Russian accord accepted by President Bashar al-Assad’s government and many of his foes, fighting should cease so aid can reach civilians and talks can open to end a war that has killed more than 250,000 people and made 11 million homeless.
Russia, which says it intends to continue strikes against areas held by Islamist fighters that are not covered by the truce, said it would suspend all flights over Syria for the first day to ensure no wrong targets were hit by mistake.
The truce seemed largely to be holding, though rebels reported what they described as occasional government violations, and one commander warned that unchecked, the breaches could lead to the agreement’s collapse.
What a good job achieved by teams gathered around Kerry and Lavrov.
If this will stand, it would mark the beginning of the end for the foreign politics as led by the Eu (it is already with the Brexit and before that the cacophony of the Grexit). Europe will stand as an economical power of course but dwarfed on the geopolitical screen.
Her last chance is its commitment in Asia. And let’s say that the initial steps were run on a reciprocal way!
Source:
Reuters.com
TomcatViPEr – no. Bazaari mentality doesn’t work in this context. Dassault has no incentive to sell unless it is profitable. It no longer has the problem of covering fixed costs from too little production.
This kind of explanations sounds quite Bazaari. Replace Airplane by dishwasher and it would tint like a bell. Where in the hell is there a manufacturer not eager to nearly double its exports in one single deal?
If MD wants it can augments its production by 2.5 fold anytime. And I am not the one saying that alone anymore. Falcons are nosing downs and traditionally those in one side can switch to the military line.
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