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F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)
- Thread starter jai5w4
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Have there been other planes with a canopy that opens forward like that?
Man, Pax River always has the BEST toys. . .
It's BF-02 so it's a test article that does not have the mission systems (BF-01-03 do not). BF-04 just flew and it's the first full systems article. Marines do get new toys once in awhile (KC-130J, MV-22, UH-1Y and AH-1Z....). They are all paid for by Blue Dollars out of N88 so why not get new gear?
Still has one engine right.........?
Two. The main engine and the lift engine buried in the fuselage.
Still only one engine. The B model has a lift fan powered by same engine.
For reals? I thought it was a separate, smaller engine. I learn something new today.
It has an amzing clutch that connects the lift fan to the engine. The novel fan provides 18,000 pounds of lift alone with no combustion.
I wonder how good that clutch is on hills, 'cause I'd hate to burn out 1st gear and have to limp into Aamco.
You mean no combustion other than the 700-deg one inside the engine that's turning it?:icon_wink
HJ photo
Why still have a canopy bow? The only ones I have ever seen are where the canopy actually separates and the F-22 doesn't have one.