Best Fighter Jet in the world?

[MGonzales]

I have to admit, one of the main reasons I lurk on this board is for the always entertaining anti-F-22 threads, and this one looks like it's not going to disappoint.

 

Thanks, VVanks. :thumbup:

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Mark

[Groove]

Maybe not everybody is a F-22 fanboy MGonzales.

[TucksonSonny]

Someone voted Ching Kuo!

WTF is a Ching Kuo? :D

[Pilotasso]

I have a song named ching Kuo -Vangelis- Me thinks the chinese are trying to enchant us like rats? :D

[Groove]

Someone voted Ching Kuo!

WTF is a Ching Kuo? :D

 

Ching-Kuo (IDF) Indigenous Defence Fighter, Taiwan

 

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/ching/

[MGonzales]

Maybe not everybody is a F-22 fanboy MGonzales.

 

Well of course not, there's fanboys and there's haters, which makes these OT anti-F22 threads entertaining.

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Mark

[Groove]

Why should anybody, besides some guys in the "Axis Of Evil" hate the F-22 ?

 

Is the Dear Leader a member of this forum ? Hello Kim !

[rogue_blade]

i voted eurofighter (typhoon). incredible BFM capabilities.

suprised the f22 isnt on the list

 

many people need to realize the f35 is pretty much the new harrier; i dont just mean in V/STOL but its overall role above the battlefield. its not some new air superiority fighter.

[mikoriad]

Gotta, be the F-15 IMHO, very close to the F-18E... all the others are just way too unproven or not worth it.

[Aeroscout]

...I think he did the same thing that "Viper" did in TopGun :megalol:

 

I think so.

 

I dont think we are arguing about which plane (F-22 or F/A-18) is better, rather, we are discussing the abilities (and inteligance :music_whistling:) of the pilot and the irony that it was infact an F-22 that got shot down.

[hitman]

I refuse to vote till this one is added:

[Guest ufoidentifier]

F22 with vertical take off looks nice.

[Aeroscout]

lol, thats a strange looking aircraft. what makes it great? :D

[Guest ufoidentifier]

I refuse to vote till this one is added:

 

Good point, + mayb couple of circular aircrafts too:)

[Poopskadoop]

MiG-23.

 

Because it has a secret switch that converts the radar into a multi-functional tracking device that can detect any airborne target regardless of its rcs with the maximum range being limited only by the horizon. No one really understands how the system works, but there is probably some plasma involved.

[p_o_d_2_2]

F-15C, plane's record speaks for itself. IMO, its better than any 5th gen plane until those 5th gen fighters fire a shot in anger and prove they are better.

[Aeroscout]

F-15C, plane's record speaks for itself. IMO, its better than any 5th gen plane until those 5th gen fighters fire a shot in anger and prove they are better.

 

Good point. The F-15 has an excelent record.

[Raptor22]

Personally I think that there's no such thing as the "best fighter jet" in the world... it all depends on the situation, weapons used, altitude, etc etc... And that snapshot of the Super Hornet on the Raptor is not really impressive nor surprising... I mean... just because the Raptor is "supposedly" the best fighter in the world doesn't mean that it is invincible! Once an experienced pilot is on your six, chances of your escape is very low, regardless what plane you're in. In fact, I think most planes could probably outmaneuver the Raptor at low altitude low speed dogfights, especially Russian birds, since the Raptor is not really designed for that type of combat, similar to the F-15, and yet it doesn't slack at all.

[GGTharos]

In fact, I think most planes could probably outmaneuver the Raptor at low altitude low speed dogfights, especially Russian birds, since the Raptor is not really designed for that type of combat,

 

Then ... what's the big wing all about and the thrust vectoring, and the 60deg SUSTAINED AoA?

 

Sounds like an aircraft with stellar slow-speed performance to me.

Not to mention slow-speed nose-pointing ability has already been shown off for the Raptor in at least one air-show.

[Anytime]

Not to mention 70 000lb of thrust to go along with the TV and a thrust to weight ratio of better than 1:1 once he's wiped out all your wignmen :)

 

Then ... what's the big wing all about and the thrust vectoring, and the 60deg SUSTAINED AoA?

 

Sounds like an aircraft with stellar slow-speed performance to me.

Not to mention slow-speed nose-pointing ability has already been shown off for the Raptor in at least one air-show.

[Raptor22]

Then ... what's the big wing all about and the thrust vectoring, and the 60deg SUSTAINED AoA?

 

Sounds like an aircraft with stellar slow-speed performance to me.

Not to mention slow-speed nose-pointing ability has already been shown off for the Raptor in at least one air-show.

 

I meant to say that most of the NEW Russian birds could possibly defeat the Raptor at low alt. low speed dogfights. Of course... I'm not saying that the Raptor is lacking in slow speed maneuvering, I'm just saying that the Russian birds are better designed to engage in low speed low altitude dogfights, since it's what they are mainly designed for. The F-15 wasn't built specifically for dogfights, more of BVR engagement, and yet it still performed outstandingly in dogfights. Raptors were designed with top of the line BVR abilities... fire and forget, before enemies even realize they are under attack, that's what's so superior about it, no blip on radar, and BAM you're gone and don't know what the heck hit ya :P

[GGTharos]

I think you missed my point. Right now the Raptor has some of the BEST dogfighting qualities out there; in fact, I don't think there's anything else in /service/ right now that can match it.

[pschelchshorn]

I think you missed my point. Right now the Raptor has some of the BEST dogfighting qualities out there; in fact, I don't think there's anything else in /service/ right now that can match it.

 

who needs an aircraft as maneuverable as those russian thingies when you can shoot em down without them even knowing youre there , nevertheless even IF they come close to eachother, wasnt there big frustration amongst the f-15c aggressor pilots at nellis because they could see the f-22 but they couldnt put the gunpippers on em because the radar wouldnt lock them up and give them a corrected shoot solution.

 

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[Aeroscout]

who needs an aircraft as maneuverable as those russian thingies when you can shoot em down without them even knowing youre there , nevertheless even IF they come close to eachother, wasnt there big frustration amongst the f-15c aggressor pilots at nellis because they could see the f-22 but they couldnt put the gunpippers on em because the radar wouldnt lock them up and give them a corrected shoot solution.

 

Flip

 

That could be.

[TucksonSonny]

I think you missed my point. Right now the Raptor has some of the BEST dogfighting qualities out there; in fact, I don't think there's anything else in /service/ right now that can match it.

Here you go:

 

March 2007 - Instrumented Production Aircraft Four (IPA4), fitted with the Meteor Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile, preparing for flight at Morуn Air Base, Spain. This flight also saw the test fleet achieve the 5,000th flight hour.:D