Yes everything about the F-35B in STOVL Mode 4 is complicated but eased by the CLAW. Yes the doors were redesigned as mentioned here for example:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-s...pilot-7943229/ There are other references but we could go on and on because YES the F-35B is more complicated than anything else probably but so much easier for the pilot to fly because CLAWs do the work.
Possibly of interest is this PDF from 2020:
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/fi...ht_Profile.pdf (0.4Mb)
F-35B LEVEL I, II, III, AND NIGHT AIRSHOW DEMONSTRATION PROFILES USMC F-35B Model Manager
7 April 2020
Sadly a 'Part II' of this excellent CLAW article from a test pilot has not been published:
Semper Lightning: F-35 Flight Control System | Code One Magazine The old F-35 thread (part 1) had a lot about the Unified Control LAWS in the F-35 particularly the F-35B - I'll stop & continue....
From the
F-35B airshow details above: page 4: "...
TSTO: Aircraft lines up 2000 feet prior to show center on the runway and conducts a TSTO. Once airborne, retract the gear and accelerate with a positive rate of climb until passing show center. Execute a climbing turn to 500'AGL away from show center
targeting 200-240KCAS while converting out of STOVL. Once in CTOL, continue turn in the same direction and accelerate to target 500' AGL, 500' show line, and 380KCAS...."
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/fi...ht_Profile.pdf