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Old 8th May 2014, 01:01
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SpazSinbad
 
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I guess you did not read any of the text then. Did the wind blow away your specs?

F-35B Shipboard Testing: Phase 2 18 Oct 2013 Andy Wolfe
“...The flight tests at sea were critical to clearing the flight envelope to support the Initial Operational Capability trials for the US Marines scheduled for 2015. During the deployment, four F-35B test pilots combined to fly almost 100 short takeoffs and vertical landings between the two aircraft. The flights were made in a variety of conditions that included day and night operations as well as unique crosswind, tailwind, and other dynamic wind-over-deck conditions. The trials expanded the F-35B flight envelope to include internal weapons carriage in a variety of configurations at varying weights and centers of gravity, as well as asymmetric loadings of stores in the aircraft internal weapon bays.

The sea trials also included logistics test and evaluation test points, such as assessing the ease of towing the aircraft in the constrained spaces below deck as well as testing a variety of chaining configurations for the aircraft on deck.”
Code One Magazine: F-35B Shipboard Testing: Phase 2
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Slight difference is details compared to previous page but whatever....

Marine Corps demonstrates the F-35B at Sea 18 Oct 2011 Dave Majumdar
"...The team started off the flights by using the flight envelope cleared for the AV-8B Harrier as as starting point before expanding into new territory, Cordell said. From that initial envelope, the testers expanded it up to 30 knots of headwind and down to 10 knots of headwind. The also flew with a 15 degree crosswind..."
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news...at-sea-101811/

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