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Indeed, then the question becomes - why did you pick the name.
because it is a very nice airplane, and I am a bit obsessed with aircraft. in fact I intend to turn my engineering degree into areospace engineering.
I was watching a programme on ultmate combat aircraft yesterday. The FA 22 Raptor is nothing short of extraordinary.
http://www.blueangels.org/Aircraft/H...2_Raptor_1.jpg
If anyone hasn't heard of it, it has full stealth capability, but can also fly at supersonic speeds. It can maintain supersonic speed without using afterburners.
In effect it's fast as feck and invisible to radar and infrared. You really wouldn't want to fight one.
Unfortunately they cost about $120,000,000 (£87) each.
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If anyone hasn't heard of it, it has full stealth capability, but can also fly at supersonic speeds. It can maintain supersonic speed without using afterburners.
In effect it's fast as feck and invisible to radar and infrared. You really wouldn't want to fight one.
Unfortunately they cost about $120,000,000 (£87) each.
Does it still do vector thrusting?
They seem pretty cheap. I'm going down to Lidl to pick one up.
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If anyone hasn't heard of it, it has full stealth capability, but can also fly at supersonic speeds. It can maintain supersonic speed without using afterburners.
In effect it's fast as feck and invisible to radar and infrared. You really wouldn't want to fight one.
Unfortunately they cost about $120,000,000 (£87) each.
Does it still do vector thrusting?
I believe it does, not quite Harrier standard but it's very maneu turny.
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Does it still do vector thrusting?
I believe it does, not quite Harrier standard but it's very
maneu turny.
If I was a plane making guy, and I wanted to cut some costs, I would get rid of the thrust vectoring.
I'm fairly sure you don't really need that much maneuverability in modern air combat. It's just Amerkan extravagance, to be honest.
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I believe it does, not quite Harrier standard but it's very maneu turny.
If I was a plane making guy, and I wanted to cut some costs, I would get rid of the thrust vectoring.
I'm fairly sure you don't really need that much maneuverability in modern air combat. It's just Amerkan extravagance, to be honest.
I think it's quite handy for landing on terrorists.
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If I was a plane making guy, and I wanted to cut some costs, I would get rid of the thrust vectoring.
I'm fairly sure you don't really need that much maneuverability in modern air combat. It's just Amerkan extravagance, to be honest.
I think it's quite handy for landing on terrorists.
Don't be stupid.
They use Daisycutters on terrorists.
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The Eurofighter is also V Cool. It can also operate supersonic sans afterburners and can work at an almost constant 9G. The pilots not only wear anti-g suits, they also have anti-g boots which inflate when they are operating at high-g.
http://www.gcseinmanufacturing.com/G...ighter%204.jpg
