Chaps it now seems to go up and down
Quote from the RAF News Feed ... Just published ...
The UK's new, and only, stealth aircraft, the F35 Lightning, completed the first ever vertical take-off and landing.
I'm not FJ conversant/experienced ... so just a question of curiosity ...
What is the transition speed tolerance (from Engineborne vertical to Wingborne horizontal flight) for that damn great intake flap before it becomes a huge speed retarding spoiler ... does the intake flap have selective open/close settings or is it either fully open or fully closed ?
I still think it's an ugly looking aeroplane ...
Coff.