aaron886

Hah that's a great picture.

Still a damn shame that thing is not CATOBAR. Would be nice to see Britain taking advantage of EMALS and the F-35C's range.

This will get buried but... here's the problem. BST gave the aircraft perfectly acceptable rudder authority. There is plenty of directional maneuverability. The problem is that their flight model does not generate sufficient side force as angle of sideslip increases. (CYβ) The best way to test this is to attempt sustained knife edge flight, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPT6KFi8Srg, and see that it is not possible at that speed of approximately 400 knots.

Very nice work! Giving GA a run for his money these days!

So basically... not g-command, just a series of feedbacks to give somewhat consistent stick-force-per-g? That would explain both the conventional trim and the consistent maneuvering potential.

The J-31 is going to fly a demo at the Zhuhai Airshow... Looking forward to videos of that.

TSNFjD4tUXU Interesting to see direct lift control in action. Watch the trailing edge flaps and ailerons.

Increasing size won't just reduce drag like magic. Everything in aircraft design is a trade-off. The cranked delta reduced supersonic drag and increased stores carriage capacity. No doubt there were penalties incurred elsewhere, including overall weight and I would imagine subsonic drag. (Particularly in the low-speed maneuvering range.) Interesting find... the penalties of weight and stores drag index on level acceleration times for the Hornet are similar. Slightly worse penalty for high drag configurations than for high weight.

We're talking about external stores carriage here. I'm not sure what you mean by a "drag-free loadout," but it doesn't exist.

Honestly, for an aircraft like the Viper, it's not a problem of weight so much as drag.

I would have to see it, because descriptions in this thread are a bit bare, but I would assume tailplane stall might be what you're seeing. Regardless, this is a flight simulator, and they cannot model an airplane to do every conceivable weird thing you want to do with it that has never been tested in real life. The purpose was to create an F-86 that flies like an F-86, and I think that has been done admirably.

Why would you assume every aircraft should be able to do that? :huh:

Beslan Butt Kisser sounds like the nickname of a serial killer...

"No results in book found for lossy." ;)

This is all extremely non-technical, guys. The F-16 is a more efficient turning machine than the Hornet as a result of its relaxed static stability. The Hornet sacrifices some of that sustained performance for great low-speed performance. Aircraft design is trade-offs. I don't want to fall down the rabbit hole with you guys, especially not if we're going to make up stuff about "lossy" flow. (No offense. :D) Suffice to say, I look at the F-35 and see some very interesting design choices. I don't think we can easily predict its performance by comparing thrust to weight ratios and wing loading. Aircraft design has changed significantly, and a close look at the design and shape of the wing and the blended intake chines reveals some of their complexity. Things have changed, and many of the F-35's vocal naysayers like Pierre Sprey and the dunces at Airpower Australia have an outdated mode of thinking. Sprey himself predicted the F-15 would out-turn the F-22, with a similar analysis based heavily on thrust to weight ratio and wing loading. Boy was he wrong. As a pilot, I look at this thing not without a bit of suspended awe. Perhaps based mostly in the mystery of the unknown, but I think there is more to this thing than meets the eye, and we've seen very little.

Oh god. Best one in a long time. Engrish Hardduuuu

Eight Ball I think your sig is missing a texture.

If you watch the sensationalist news in the US, you'd know nobody's underestimating them. :disgust:

Here's their newest livery:

Ah, understood. I'm afraid my Italian is not good enough to participate, but I understand.

Guessing that's private, then.

Literally 0 chance of that if we're being realistic. :thumbup:

Psssst. A320 has been flying since 1988. :smartass:

I think he's looking for something other then DCS.... hence, "other sims"