There's been a video circulating recently showing a Lockheed F-35 VTOL airplane lifting off from the deck of an aircraft carrier, performing a forward flip, and then flying off into the distance. There are numerous reasons it's a fake, a few of which have to do with the fact that there should be more doors open above and below the aircraft while performing the lift off. Here's a video of the real thing from YouTube:
Now, watch this video and notice that the rear exhaust nozzle isn't pointing down when the airplane lifts off, the door above and behind the cockpit isn't there either. And, last I checked, the F-35 didn't have a rocket able to cause a roll like what you see:
Here's another fake takeoff video mixed with real footage of the airplane in flight:
Cg USMC F-35-B - Celebrity bloopers here
Noting the lack of any type of name attached to the video, and the fact that the same music plays in all of the videos on the internet, I'd guess that the video was produced by Lockheed Martin or the U.S. Marines as a viral marketing stunt to show how cool their new replacement for the AV-8B Harrier is.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Video: F-35 VTOL Flip Is Another Fake
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the second video looks like a flight simulator, FSX? I wonder if a manouver like that would be possible in real life.
woody
It's a video game, Battlefield 2. You have to say that it's great graphics. If you want to run that game, you need a jet fast computer with a honking good graphics card... Almost as fast as the real F-35
I was convinced it was a fake because no Captain in his right mind would allow a pilot to perform such a stunt so close to the deck of a carrier. Too many billions at stake :-)
It recovers from the flip too abruptly - defies physics.
I think it's a fake. If you look closely at the jet when it's flipping, it has something like a bar (almost like a handle) sticking out of the top of it. When it flips over you see the same thing switch over to the belly of the plane, then when it comes right side up the "handle" is on the top again. Also, when the plane flies off, you can still see it through the helicopter in the foreground. Looks cool, but I think it's fake. And I agree, too many billions at stake.
Surely you guys are taking the piss....you are aren't you really? really?
Of course its not real, its commonly performed stunt in the Battlefield 2 game.....I really hope nobody put more than 3 seconds thought into whether it was real.
The biggest problem with this video is that the F-35 is not even out of TEST yet. It just now did it's first vertical takeoff (The F-35II Lightning) and only recently left the factory field for testing at Pax River. Sorry, it's totally fake.
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