Watch this closely, this aircraft literally turns upside down without
moving forward, theres no way another jet can out fight this thing,
its incredible. Unbelievable. Have you ever seen a jet able to tail
slide down its own thrust?
Please Note: The F/A-22 is now operational, with two wings already
flying in the Air Force. The JSF-35 'Lightning' is fast approaching
operational, and can do much more than the F/A-22 - including
literally stopping in mid-air from near super-sonic flight. The Su-
27 / Su-31 'Cobra' maneuver was essentially a 'one-trick pony'
maneuver. The F/A-22, and especially the JSF-35, can stop and eat a
Sukoyhan doing the 'Cobra' maneuver, plus do so much more.
And, as pointed out by some ex-F-4 Phantom drivers, ANY of these
maneuvers in an F-4 Phantom would have resulted in stall/fall/spin.
Fast (super-cruise*) and stealthy, and integrated avionics are cool,
but what's really impressive is the F/A-22s low speed stability and
maneuverability. In the late 40s and to early 60s aeronautical
engineers were going nuts on how to shape intakes to handle both
subsonic and super-sonic air flows, without stagnation or compressor
stalls.
Supersonic in itself was a big challenge because you had to use shock
waves to slow the intake air mass to sub-sonic before it hit the
compressor blades, or they would stall. The engineers figured it
out, but the solution was keeping a lot of air going in the front end
to make sure all the hot air kept going out the back end. As you
watch this Mach 2 airplane suspend motionless in air and do tail
slides, be aware of the truly amazing performance of the engines
and intakes.
Some used to think the Su-27 / Su-31 'Cobra' maneuver was the epitome
of 3rd to 4th generation fighter maneuverability. That snap maneuver
doesn't hold a candle to what this two-dimensional vectored-thrust
fighter with fat independent horizontal stabs can do at low speed.
There must be far more tricks up its sleeve in the high subsonic
dogfight speed range.
The video is about 5 minutes long, but the last 30-40 seconds are
priceless.
Note also, that the RAPTOR does a complete 360 degree turn in less
than 20 seconds!
*Supercruise: The F/A-22 can sustain supersonic flight without the
use of fuel-gulping afterburners. I.e. 1.6 m+
www.f22-raptor.com/media/video_gallery/videos/F22_AirShow_Langley.wmv
ACC recently approved the Raptors new DEMO profile. This was the
first show .
Watch the elevators of the airplane in this demo. They work
independently. It also has vectored thrust.
moving forward, theres no way another jet can out fight this thing,
its incredible. Unbelievable. Have you ever seen a jet able to tail
slide down its own thrust?
Please Note: The F/A-22 is now operational, with two wings already
flying in the Air Force. The JSF-35 'Lightning' is fast approaching
operational, and can do much more than the F/A-22 - including
literally stopping in mid-air from near super-sonic flight. The Su-
27 / Su-31 'Cobra' maneuver was essentially a 'one-trick pony'
maneuver. The F/A-22, and especially the JSF-35, can stop and eat a
Sukoyhan doing the 'Cobra' maneuver, plus do so much more.
And, as pointed out by some ex-F-4 Phantom drivers, ANY of these
maneuvers in an F-4 Phantom would have resulted in stall/fall/spin.
Fast (super-cruise*) and stealthy, and integrated avionics are cool,
but what's really impressive is the F/A-22s low speed stability and
maneuverability. In the late 40s and to early 60s aeronautical
engineers were going nuts on how to shape intakes to handle both
subsonic and super-sonic air flows, without stagnation or compressor
stalls.
Supersonic in itself was a big challenge because you had to use shock
waves to slow the intake air mass to sub-sonic before it hit the
compressor blades, or they would stall. The engineers figured it
out, but the solution was keeping a lot of air going in the front end
to make sure all the hot air kept going out the back end. As you
watch this Mach 2 airplane suspend motionless in air and do tail
slides, be aware of the truly amazing performance of the engines
and intakes.
Some used to think the Su-27 / Su-31 'Cobra' maneuver was the epitome
of 3rd to 4th generation fighter maneuverability. That snap maneuver
doesn't hold a candle to what this two-dimensional vectored-thrust
fighter with fat independent horizontal stabs can do at low speed.
There must be far more tricks up its sleeve in the high subsonic
dogfight speed range.
The video is about 5 minutes long, but the last 30-40 seconds are
priceless.
Note also, that the RAPTOR does a complete 360 degree turn in less
than 20 seconds!
*Supercruise: The F/A-22 can sustain supersonic flight without the
use of fuel-gulping afterburners. I.e. 1.6 m+
www.f22-raptor.com/media/video_gallery/videos/F22_AirShow_Langley.wmv
ACC recently approved the Raptors new DEMO profile. This was the
first show .
Watch the elevators of the airplane in this demo. They work
independently. It also has vectored thrust.