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Originally Posted by flipper35
For the F22 you are trading thrust to gain or maintain speed for thrust to maneuver. One of the things I thought was less than a good idea on the F22. It is a very capable aircraft, but thrust vectoring is more of a compromise than what was needed. Other aircraft can maneuver similarly without trading thrust for maneuverability. IMHO.
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Currently there is no aircraft in the world that can maneuver similarly to an F-22. That’s not my opinion. It’s a fact.
By the way, as cool as the video is, this and every video I’ve seen of this aircraft does not do it justice. At all. To appreciate its capabilities, one must see it perform in person. It’s mind blowing.
And it has more than enough thrust to gain or maintain speed during the most extreme high G maneuvers, and is quite capable of accelerating in a vertical climb from the runway. I hope people aren’t judging it’s climb capability based on the vertical climb to a stop, then tail slide down back down. That’s a choreographed show maneuver.
I know a guy who flew F-15’s who flew formation on a pair of F-22’s during a training exercise. He told me that the performance of those two F-22’s just made his and his partners F-15’s look old, slow, and underpowered. Just an anecdotal story told to me while we were in cruise flight from somewhere to somewhere else.