Originally Posted by
the_flying_cop
Absolutely believe this is a big part of the problem, based purely on my Joe Public's perspective.
One thing I have noticed and this is only from the original video clip posted on Twitter. The Nozzle position seems to move from 1/2 down at the start, to fully rear on the roll, then to full down as it goes up the ramp. Is this normal for it to change positions on a take off roll, or is this potentially due to the loss of thrust?
Presumably all the F35 variants have sophisticated software to calculate and monitor take off performance, with various automatic safeguards to abort take off run or at least warn pilot unless all systems are normal before take off abort speed.
But I wonder whether the software also caters for ski-jump takeoffs? Ski-jump takeoffs were not part of the original USMC requirement, and I believe were only added fairly late in the development programme as an RN/RAF requirement.