'WE Branch Fanatic' said: [however no JBD required - deleted]
"...chockheads moving jets and coping with jet blast (not encountered with helicopters, and the F-35B will produce so much that CVF will have jet blast deflectors), and so on?"
Preparing for take-off: UK ramps up F-35 carrier integration effort 11 Dec
2008 International Defence Review
“...In the final analysis, the decision has been taken to delete the JBD from the STOVL CVF design. Cdr Lison explains: "We determined from the CFD modelling that the legacy JBD did not offer adequate protection. Alternative designs were considered which offered some benefit, but two considerations persuaded us to delete the requirement.
"First, the nozzle scheduling of the F-35B on take-off has yet to be fully established, and there was a risk that the jet blast would simply 'bounce' over the JBD. Second, the JBD was in a single fixed position on the flight deck, so there was no flexibility with regard to the length of the take-off run."...”
Military Nuts -> The F-35 JSF/Lightning II thread