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I read something the other day that said for F-35s to take off from roads they have to be swept perfectly clean, otherwise junk (gravel, twigs etc) gets sucked
by gadders 3y ago
I read something the other day that said for F-35s to take off from roads they have to be swept perfectly clean, otherwise junk (gravel, twigs etc) gets sucked into their air vents.
The Russian equivalent jets like the MIG-29, by contrast, have flaps that can close the intakes on take off and landing.
Did the road have to be cleaned up before this F35 could take off?
- Maakuth 3y agoI think some fighter jets have the intakes on the upper side of the fuselage to enable this. Closing intake by some flaps seems like a bad idea, given that on take off you'd probably want to have all the power you can get.
- gadders 3y agoApparently it has "spare" intakes on top of the wings. https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-Mikoyan-MiG-29-able-to-take-off-with-its-main-intakes-completely-shut-and-is-it-able-to-fly-in-this-configuration https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-Mikoyan-MiG-29-able-to-take...