MCAS Yuma Airshow 28 Feb 15 - Videos
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MCAS Yuma Airshow 28 Feb 15 - Videos
Here are a few videos from the MCAS Yuma Airshow by spencerhughes2255 - you can select up to 1080p HD:
F-35B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVlvlvnmTU
I thought the F-35B short rolling take-off was impressive and the excellent photography gives a good close up view of the various configurations of the vertical lift doors and main engine thrust vectoring.
AV-8B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvVWu7sjek
Shockwave Jet Truck: 3 x P&W F-34 and capable of 376 mph - an impressive bit of engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_A8oa1KMvo
F-35B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVlvlvnmTU
I thought the F-35B short rolling take-off was impressive and the excellent photography gives a good close up view of the various configurations of the vertical lift doors and main engine thrust vectoring.
AV-8B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvVWu7sjek
Shockwave Jet Truck: 3 x P&W F-34 and capable of 376 mph - an impressive bit of engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_A8oa1KMvo
Interesting how the Harrier (Ooops) was flown with obvious confidence, verve even whereas the F-35 was kept very much on the leash..
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Interesting how the Harrier (Ooops) was flown with obvious confidence, verve even whereas the F-35 was kept very much on the leash..
Ah! Brings back many happy memories of 10 years of SHAR displaying. Only do it in a Tiger Moth now; not quite the same thrust/weight ratio. Swing the lamp!
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Right now the F-35 fleet (all three variants) have a restricted flight envelope, imposed on them after aircraft "AF-27" (a USAF F-35A) had an engine component failure during a take-off roll last year. Unfortunately - but pragmatically - the aircraft is especially 'G' limited right now however this will expand over the coming year.
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Glad Rag,
As reported last Oct, publicly, the fix is a set of engine "burn-ins" designed to entrench the Integrally Bladed Rotor (IBR) before the aircraft is stepped up towards its design limits through various Mods toward the end of SDD.
As far as I know, the cost is minimal if you don't include the cost incurred by schedule delays to the test program. I also don't believe they've added any weight either. Pratt have clearly taken a lesson from their own engine here, probably because it is at the cutting edge of tech and was not predicted.
I see this as a very straightforward, cautious crawl-walk-run back to the desired limits as the potential loss of an F-35 incurred by missing out the crawl-walk stage would be tragic and preventable.
That's what I know.
As reported last Oct, publicly, the fix is a set of engine "burn-ins" designed to entrench the Integrally Bladed Rotor (IBR) before the aircraft is stepped up towards its design limits through various Mods toward the end of SDD.
As far as I know, the cost is minimal if you don't include the cost incurred by schedule delays to the test program. I also don't believe they've added any weight either. Pratt have clearly taken a lesson from their own engine here, probably because it is at the cutting edge of tech and was not predicted.
I see this as a very straightforward, cautious crawl-walk-run back to the desired limits as the potential loss of an F-35 incurred by missing out the crawl-walk stage would be tragic and preventable.
That's what I know.
"Engine component failure".
A bit more than that, I would say. AF-27 supposedly looked like the guy in Alien after the parasite decided to pop out for a breath of fresh air.
A bit more than that, I would say. AF-27 supposedly looked like the guy in Alien after the parasite decided to pop out for a breath of fresh air.
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Fire kinda does that to most things LO.
Maybe we should rename the jet F-35 "Phoenix"; like the mythic bird, perhaps it will emerge from the inferno of media damnation and, like most US fighter aircraft, go on to become a real asset.
Time will tell.
Maybe we should rename the jet F-35 "Phoenix"; like the mythic bird, perhaps it will emerge from the inferno of media damnation and, like most US fighter aircraft, go on to become a real asset.
Time will tell.
the inferno of media damnation
That makes the media sound a bit like Smaug obliterating Laketown. Although in fact the F-35 has had a much easier time than the F-22, the B-2 or Sarah Palin, to name but three.
That makes the media sound a bit like Smaug obliterating Laketown. Although in fact the F-35 has had a much easier time than the F-22, the B-2 or Sarah Palin, to name but three.
