I'm new to all this and would be interested to hear people's view as to how Lightning II will achieve good WVR combat capability with an AIM-9X and better BVR with AIM-120. With only 4 missiles in the bay (?) its going to be difficult in my view. Seems our potential foes will have some good kit when we are talking about dogfighting (RVV-AE-PD and R-73 variants). Stealth will be a big help but I guess the aircraft's not going to be too stealthy with the doors open! [/b]
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In general, the F-16 also carries four missiles. Yes, some of the perceived threats have been seen carrying many, many AAM's, but that isn't a realistic warload - just as we've seen the 'BEagle' (F-15E) or A-10 carrying a max load of bombs or Mavericks. Looks good in an ad, but isn't 'real world'.
I'm new to all this and would be interested to hear people's view as to how Lightning II will achieve good WVR combat capability with an AIM-9X and better BVR with AIM-120. With only 4 missiles in the bay (?) its going to be difficult in my view. Seems our potential foes will have some good kit when we are talking about dogfighting (RVV-AE-PD and R-73 variants). Stealth will be a big help but I guess the aircraft's not going to be too stealthy with the doors open! [/b]
Your questions / comments / concerns have been addressed numerous times on other threads. Read through several F-35-related threads on this site and you'll get a pretty clear picture of what the facts, opinions and possibilities are.
Sorry if this has been addressed before or is not-for-us-humans, but when we say "it performs equally as an F-16 blk50", does that mean that the F-35 gets a 9-g limiter and similar performance in maneuverability with the Viper ? Thanks !
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Good point. And surely any aircraft is only as good as the weapon it carries in dogfighting? 9g with the doors open (to deploy the weapons) could be intersting too. Does anyone know/think if F-35 will be limited in angle of attack because of the doors? This could cause a problem with post merge combat and put the emphasis on BVR which added to stealth would make F-35 a very interesting fighter and therefore a real winner.
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