Really? Demonstrate PLEASE.
L-M says it doesn’t supercruise.
The engine doesn’t have ANY IR reducing measures.
see below
Its Operational ceilling is 10.000 ft lower than that of a 4th generation aircraft.
Numbers please
It is STRUCTURALY limited to 7.0, 7.5 and 9 G vs 11 G possible for ours (and even more structuraly i.e 9 g + 90%).
Wrong, all are 9g airframes but the C model is limited for ease of maintenance
To compensate for this they’ll have to do a lot of software twicking because the harware isn’t designed for it.
Care to support this claim?
I’m waiting impatiently.:p
1) Supercruise.
Will it get to 1.7 like the F-22… no, but 1.2 is likely
2) High Max Ceiling.
Not known at this time but must meet or beat the specs of the fighters it replaces as stated in RFP.
3) EM Low Observability
No problem
4) IR Low Observability.
Not as good as F-22, but better than 4th gen. Check the a$$ end of the F135 and you will see very thick, white “feathers” in the exhaust nozzle. The only reason they would have to be thick is that they are not make out of metal.
5) High maneuverability.
In a recent flight test (with the weight UN-optimized AA-1 airframe) with a fully loaded (both fuel and 5000 lbs of simulated ordnance), the pilot stated that it accelerated as good as a clean F-16 Blk 50 and maneuvered almost as well as the F-22.
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