The F-35 thread, Mk II
Saw this demonstrated for the first time on a documentary
Very impressive, the demonstrated level of stability and almost rock steady flight path precision on a very slow landing and extremely short roll out to a braked stop
The approach speed is so slow it brings up the obvious question though, I think it’s about a 30 knot overtake, assuming 20 knots wind over the deck that’s around 50 knots IAS
At such a low speed I don’t see how you’re generating any worthwhile, additional wing lift so what’s the point if the idea is to allow higher landing weights ?
At the moment it looks like an interesting demonstration of slow flight enabled by the aircraft’s vertical lift system
Unless they’re planning higher speed RVL’ s ?