When it comes to big steel decks .........
The Chinooks max AUW must be 50,000lb or perhaps even more.
As for the heat underneath an F35B landing do you notice that it has rubber tyres? Funny they don't mind.
Seriously the myths and deliberate items of misinformation (plus sheer ignorance) surrounding jet VSTOL since 1960 is quite remarkable.
One of my favourite myths was the "fuel consumtion penalty of doing a VTO"
At Dunsfold we asked people to define a conventional takeoff so that the fuel used could be measured. We setttled for from startup to being on heading towards the first way point in level flight at 250ft. With a Harrier this was always less from a VTO compared to a conventional or short take-off in the same aircraft. But what would you expect given no taxiing needed let alone the runway or strip not pointing in the direction to the first way point. A VTO into wind then yawing round to the desired heading before accelerating away was always going to win.
Of course there was a penaly associated with a VTO. A big one. But it was about payoad available not fuel consumption.
Hey ho.