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Space Stations, Space Shuttles and Beyond - The Aerospace Discussion Thread
Akima:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Dec 2014, 14:09 ---That very much depends on how fast the Sukhoi T-50 and Shenyang J-31 start appearing on the export market.
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I cannot speak for the Sukhoi, but my reading of English and Chinese language sources suggests that the J-31 can best be described as a learning exercise. Senior PLA officers have been publicly critical of the aircraft's performance.
--- Quote from: Kugai on 11 Dec 2014, 14:16 ---I think Her Majesty's Armed Forces need to cut their losses and work on a Navalised version of the Typhoon or look at Rafelle, which I believe the French are already using aboard their latest Carriers.
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Would that not require the UK to switch back to full-blown catapult-equipped aircraft-carriers?
Kugai:
I don't think so.
But even if it did, I think they're more likely to get the Queen Elizabeths OPERATIONAL quicker than waiting round for the F-35 the way THAT program is going.
J:
the f-22 is cooler anyway, vtol be damned.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: J on 11 Dec 2014, 15:13 ---the f-22 is cooler anyway, vtol be damned.
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I'd have gone for the F-23 Black Widow, personally. Give it 2D vectored thrust engines and I'm sure it would outperform the Raptor in every significant way. I suspect that the USAF assumed that, as Lockheed Martin had developed the F-117, it made them more likely (at least in the mind of the top brass) to produce a useful finished product that Northrop.
J:
i have no idea of whether it's actually true or not, but i've heard stories that during training exercises the f-22 would sometimes fail to show up on other planes' instruments, even when the other pilots could literally see it with the naked eye.
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