F22 Power Loop and Flat Spin

The F22 does a power loop and flat spin at the Wings Over Pittsburgh Airshow, May 10, 2008

Category:

Science & Technology

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• WOP
• F22
• Demo
• Power
• Loop
• Pittsburgh
• Airshow

[jackalmaster747]

god bless thrust vectoring

and america

[absolutlunatic]

Su-27 is _light_...?

40k lbs DRY WEIGHT is LIGHT?! That's an F/A-18 that ate an F-16 for breakfast.

The F-22 is EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS lighter dry weight than ANY member of the Flanker family.

The Su-27/30/33 is so maneuverable because Sukhoi shows up to every demonstration it can with 2500lbs of gas in the tank to minimize its wing loading, so it doesn't get shown to be the fat slob that it is in a combat configuration.

Be sure and come back when you get a clue.

[SwiftractPtss]

The russian has unlock this maneuver in 1977 with Flanker. Then almost 30 years later the US just figured it out with the vacuum cleaner Raptor.

[Sturmbock71]

8min30 seg THIS IS A FLAT SPIN !!!!! Su-35 at MAKS 2011

[absolutlunatic]

@Wellwellwellwell1 False. The USAF noted (read: politicized) weight of the F-22 is in excess of 40k. Every independent source, NASA, who tested the aircraft extensively for scientific purposes (requiring such data be accurate), and Janes, who source their numbers direct from LockMart, list it at 31700 lbs.

Lockheed targeted 30k for the F-22; they didn't overshoot that number by a third. Remove your head from Wikipedia's ass, get real sources, then come on back.

[Wellwellwellwell1]

@absolutlunatic When your head is not up your ass, go look at the actual specifications of the F-22. It is 19,700 kilograms dry weight. The Flanker is 16,000.

[kirbyroxy]

@absolutlunatic dude the f22 is the best and you know it than its the f15 than f16 than you could start talking about the migs and russia copys dissigns and softwar 10 to 15 years after the craft is made

[datzfast]

not so hard to recover with thrust vectors you can get the nose down to recover

[SGuitars58]

that was sex!

[tifosi77]

@gomsc011 Actually, standard procedure for the Raptor demo - regardless if there is a Heritage Flight after the demo or not - is to start with the aircraft fully fueled.

[Maverickf22flyer]

@absolutlunatic

Exactly mate:D!

But there are very few to understand that about the tremendous weight effects, while most of them get amazed by the manoeuvers, not knowing the true facts of them;)!

Cheers!