All aircraft encounter buffeting. Some less that others. Watching detractors desperately hunt for any perceived shortcoming when it comes to the F-35 is friggin’ hilarious. (I notice most seem to conveniently overlook the fact that the F-16 wouldn’t just be buffeting, it would be OUT OF CONTROL.)

Get real. Noone says no aircraft encounters buffeting to various degrees, but quoting buffeting as one of just two strong points of the F35 in BFM sounds desperate. Hilariously so.

Nic

You are saying all those planes have no AoA limiter?

And why, pray tell, were these planes operationally limited to lower values despite having “demonstrated controllability at much high AoA”? :rolleyes:

Why?

Did you read (and understand) the first sentence YOU quoted from my post when you first replied to me in this thread? That’s why.

It may be difficult to understand why a fighter should be able to «brake» quickly.

lol

And me who thought AoA was limited on fighters because it prevents them to shed speed too quickly while manoeuvering.

haha he gets even better:

This buffeting serves as useful feedback

:eagerness:

So if I understand the guy right, the two main strengths of the F35 in BFM are:

– It sheds energy like a motherfnebber
– Buffeting

Nic

while we are at it, the west should fix a common anti ballistic solution together. a Missile defense for everyone.

no

Personally, I don’t “digg it” .. I think all russian airplanes would -aesthetically- look 100x better with western style paint jobs.

I disagree strongly. Very few western paint jobs are actually good looking. The Rafale paint job, or that of the Typhoon are utterly boring for instance.

Nic

The problem is not to purchase the Rafale or not, the problem is what conditions the Indian MOD requires for the purchase (ToT, make in India & so on).

Basically that increases the price at least 30%. So they should wonder if it’s really necessary, & if they shouldn’t opt for a pure off the shelf purchase. In the grand scheme of things, 36 Rafale could replace 3 times as many older IAF jets (Mig 21, Mig 23/27, Jaguar…). You’d save a big chunk of money if you retired three types & bought 36-48 or even 60 Rafales to replace all the older types.

Even retiring Mig 29 &/or Mirage 2000 would make sense if you concentrate on a three types AF with Su 30 MKI, Rafale & LCA to make up the numbers.

Maybe offer to sell those upgraded M2K to Brasil & the upgraded Mig 29s to Iran?

Nic

lfalse flag, no other name for it

word