1. "Se yksi vuodettu rapsa ei ihan kehusanoja vuoltanut"
War is boringilta "unohtui" mainita mikä sen testin tarkoitus itseasiassa oli:
"...The operational maneuver tests were conducted to see “how it would look like against an F-16 in the airspace,” says Col. Rod “Trash” Cregier, F-35 program director. “
It was an early look at any control laws that may need to be tweaked to enable it to fly better in future. You can definitely tweak it—that’s the option.”
http://aviationweek.com/defense/f-35-flies-against-f-16-basic-fighter-maneuvers
2. "Jää nähtäväksi, miten F-35 varsinaisesti pystyy liikehtimään korkeilla kohtauskulmilla"
Norjalainen F-16 pilotti: "The F-35 provides me as a pilot greater authority to point the nose of the airplane where I desire"
"The F-35 reacts quicker to my pedal inputs than the F-16 would at its maximum AOA (the F-16 would actually be out of control at this AOA). This gives me an alternate way of pointing the airplane where I need it to, in order to threaten an opponent. This «pedal turn» yields an impressive turn rate, even at low airspeeds"
https://theaviationist.com/2016/03/...g-in-the-f-35-a-jsf-pilot-first-hand-account/
Sama kaveri: "On the positive side I would like to highlight how the F-35 feels in the air. I am impressed with the stability and predictability of the airplane. Particularly at high AOA and low airspeeds. It is a peculiar feeling to be flying the F-35 at high AOA. I can pull the nose up to where my feet «sit» on the horizon and still maintain level altitude. I’m also impressed by how quickly the F-35 accelerates when I reduce the AOA. High AOA produces lots of lift, but also tremendous induced drag. When I «break» the AOA, it is evident that the F-35 has a powerful engine. The F-35 also makes a particular sound at this point. When I quickly reduce the AOA – stick full forward – I can hear clearly, even inside the «cockpit» how the F-35 howls!"
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/verbatim/4/168984/first-norwegian-f_35-pilot-recounts-flight
Hollantilainen F-16 pilotti: "Even so, slow-speed and high angle-of-attack performance is much better than many fourth generation fighters like the F-16."
http://airheadsfly.com/2016/01/26/dutch-lightning-testers/
3. "Tällä hetkellä muistaakseni F-35 kiihtyy puolet huonommin kuin puhdas F-16, mutta about yhtä hyvin kuin raskaasti lastattu F-16."
Sama norjalainen kuin yllä: "I still claim that the F-35 is fast compared to the F-16, an aircraft I know well. Can this be explained as nothing but lies? I believe it can. The F-35 has a huge engine. Another important factor is that the F-35 has low aerodynamic drag, because it carries all the systems and weapons internally. The F-16 is fast and agile when clean, but external stores steals performance. It is never relevant to discuss the performance of a stripped F-
16. Therefore, this is never as simple as discussing the ratio of thrust and weight alone.
In any case, technical discussions aside, I was impressed by how steep the F-35 climbed after I did a «touch-and-go» on my first flight. Without using afterburner, and with more fuel on board than the F-16 can carry, I accelerated the aircraft to 300 knots in a continuous climb. Acceleration only stopped when I lifted the nose to more than 25 degrees above the horizon. I do not think our F-16 could have kept up with me without the use of afterburner. I was also impressed with how quickly the F-35 accelerates in afterburner. On my fourth flight I took off using full afterburner. The plane became airborne at 180 knots. At that point I had to immediately bring the engine back to minimum afterburner to avoid overspeed of the landing gear before it was fully retracted (speed limit is 300 knots).
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/ar...n-f_35-pilot-recounts-flight-impressions.html