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Why hasent the U.S. made vectored nozzle on the F-18 or F-18
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:14 pm
by wolf8564
You look at Russian Su27 ,37 or the Mig 35 and those craft could probably run circles around our virgin Craft so why have we not followed the Russians and made vectored nozzle
Versions even just testing instead of sinking all that money into the F-22
Re: Why hasent the U.S. made vectored nozzle on the F-18 or
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:26 am
by flyboy_fx
Is it even needed? Not like we're ever getting into dogfights...
Re: Why hasent the U.S. made vectored nozzle on the F-18 or
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:13 pm
by Airacobra
You never know. The U.S. military thought the same thing at the beginning of the Vietnam War with the F-4 Phantom and had to quickly change their outlook when they kept ending up in aerial dog fights. Maybe now we are finally past that stage, but until it happens you just don't know.
Re: Why hasent the U.S. made vectored nozzle on the F-18 or
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:37 pm
by rschaap
I know NASA had a trust vectoring F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV), and they also experimented with a F-15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5SWp6GMAWI 