Ken27238 to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[OC] More of the F-35 Lighting IIi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11
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minus-squareKen27238OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat was right after a 0.9 mach pass down the runway. she was like maybe 20ft off the ground.
minus-squareBornVolcano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou’re kidding me. A near vertical ascent?! This was TAKEOFF?? God, the engineering for these things is an absolute marvel. And a takeoff just below the sound barrier, too…
minus-squareKen27238OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYep full afterburner down the runway into an immediate vertical climb.
minus-squareBornVolcano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWith almost any other type of plane that’s a straight-up death wish. The Lightning is something else…
minus-squareBornVolcano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI need to look more into it, apparently!
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That was right after a 0.9 mach pass down the runway. she was like maybe 20ft off the ground.
You’re kidding me. A near vertical ascent?! This was TAKEOFF??
God, the engineering for these things is an absolute marvel. And a takeoff just below the sound barrier, too…
Yep full afterburner down the runway into an immediate vertical climb.
With almost any other type of plane that’s a straight-up death wish. The Lightning is something else…
Thrust vectoring is really cool stuff.
I need to look more into it, apparently!