View Full Version : F-35 First STOVL-Mode Flight Picture!
Rubicks13
8th Jan 2010, 16:10
Sorry guys for hitting the forums today but this picture is worth a thousand words!
F-35 STOVL Pic in Flight (http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a0e4e8d11-9542-4d8a-9cee-27960b139057&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest)
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whowhenwhy
8th Jan 2010, 16:57
Makes me feel like the little girl who wants a pony but knows she'll never get one! Have a horrible feeling that that picture may be as close as we ever get at this rate
Two-Tone-Blue
9th Jan 2010, 10:31
More dangly bits and rough edges than a Rugby League team :ok:
Scary piece of hardware.
callsign Metman
9th Jan 2010, 18:09
I agree, it's not pretty at all. Looks like a flying brick.
Dr Illitout
9th Jan 2010, 18:59
What a mess!!! Look at all those doors and flaps. How many actuators, hinges and micro switches does it take to do that? And how many can fail and the thing still go into the hover?
Bring back the Harrier!!
Rgds Dr I
Yeoman_dai
9th Jan 2010, 19:50
Harrier has had it's day IMHO.
However, in complete agreement with reference to how much to go wrong, and the fact it's pig ugly. I'd take the C version any day of the week.
Not pretty, but a lot better looking than the Boeing competitor.
http://c2.api.ning.com/files/LftgV1uCF6fK528iIgW0e2o9sEUEzfqD-jmdeJnAXu9J33WbvgOF-YFv76Orb-WX9CZ3dd6H3zFhvIcCDIID82Rk1cRzRw3c/X32_X35_Cdp_misc_004.jpg
TJ
Finnpog
9th Jan 2010, 20:09
I was a fan of the X-32.
Ugly...yes - but like the love child of an A-10 and an A-7