F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread

[strehl]

In case it hasn't been posted before.

There is a video of the F-35A internal gun being fired (with the plane on the ground) but it is on facebook.

 

[Air Force Brat]

F-35C Full AB, high AOA

 

[FORBIN]

F-35C Full AB, high AOA

If a dude can help me, AOA ?

 

[Air Force Brat]

F-35C Full AB, high AOA

Definitely full burner, and a hard, prolly 4+ G pull to the vertical, not extremely high alpha as the stabilators aren't near full deflection. Aircraft nose is approx. 25-30 degrees above the horizon, and vapor cloud illustrates that the F-35s nose is approx. 15 degrees greater than the relative wind, vapor cloud indicates this is a fairly hard initial pull to the vertical, but as this picture is snapped the vapor cloud and the angle at the leading edge where it originates indicates 15 degrees angle of attack to the relative wind so the aircrafts airspeed is likely at least 300 to 350 knots +. RECO is this during formal high AOA testing? or is this testing of the external gun pod???

Beautiful picture by the way, and love all your work, one issue with 3 different birds? A, B, C is that each will have to be tested for its own POH, as their configurations are very different, the C having much greater wing and horizontal stab area.

 

[Air Force Brat]

If a dude can help me, AOA ?

Angle of Attack to the relative wind, assuming the aircraft is in level flight and then pulls the nose up, the angle formed by a line through the wing from leading edge to trailing edge and the horizontal airflow is the positive angle of attack. If you are in level flight and push the stick forward, then their will be a negative angle of attack.

Aircraft loads are measured as times the pull of 1G on the aircraft, positive or negative, the F-35A is rated at 9 gs positive and 3gs negative? not sure on the negative g, I will check it out.

 

[FORBIN]

Thank you my friend

 

[Jeff Head]

If a dude can help me, AOA ?

AOA = Angle of Attack

 

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The F-35 passes an important live fire test.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Thank you my friend

very nice video, but the sound went away after the first rounds, love hearing a gatling gun spit fire! I especially love the ching, ching, ching, sound after the rounds have been fired and the barrel is rolling from momentum.

and you are very welcome, AoA is a very often misunderstood concept.

 

[navyreco]

RECO is this during formal high AOA testing? or is this testing of the external gun pod???

I have not idea, saw this yesterday on Twitter with no other explanation.
My guess would be gun pod test