Stupid question that's probably been asked before... why don't you guys have the ski jump? Would it be helpful?
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F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)
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Not sure if my question has been asked asked before, if it has, my apologies. A "Ski-Jump" eats alot of LHD flight deck space and (Harrier Guys Corrrect Me) The AV-B can opertate just fine without it.
It would also zap 2-3 help spots right off the bat.
Someone uses iOS! Damn You Autocorrect!
@Toaster, it's been discussed before:
http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/ski-jump.33200/
The ski ramp is still here at Pax but no one uses it.
At the risk of showing my age & irrelevance again, doesn't a Harrier or -B JSF significantly reduce its combat range if it launches vertically w/ a weapons load? Wouldn't it, therefore, be cost-effective to have the ski-jump to allow greater attack-mode range for the F-35B? Wouldn't that off-set the lost deck space for helos in terms of the overall capability of the LHA/LHD platform? Expiring minds want to know.
What's shown in the video is a short takeoff, not a vertical takeoff. A ski jump would probably help, but I think that battle has already been fought.
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We rarely/never do vertical takeoffs with ordnance. In fact, we rarely do VTOs at all.
Short Takeoffs (STOs) are the normal takeoff on the ship. They would be enormously helped by a skijump, but as already noted, that would kill 2-3 chopper spots.
I have taken off at MGW from an LHD in the gulf in the summer, so we don't "have to" have the skijump. It would be a safer "nice to have".
All this certainly applies to the F-35B.
This helps explain all the delays... Next thing you know they'll solve world hunger.
It looks retarded with that big fly catcher open.
Say what you will, but if that things works as advertised, it's a capability I'd love to have.
Looks like all that ACM training is a waste of the taxpayer's money because.......“Turning at the merge can lead to disaster….with DAS, the F-35 has the option to simply exit the fight and let it’s missiles do the turning”. No more turning at the merge please boys.
Sounds familiar...kind of like what they said about the F-4 and OTH missile shooting.
I'm sure the reliability rate on DAS will be over 90% - and you'd better hope that all the advertised functions perform perfectly all the time. It'd be a shitter if the IR functions at 40% w/out your knowing it and you got smoked by a dude or missile you never saw.