Not WWII, But Some Interesting New Big F-22 Pics

[Furball]

the YF-23 was better looking.

[1K3]

LOL YF-23 looks like an alien ship

[cav58d]

B2 is the Most expensive airplane in US inventory....1 or two billion a pop and I think there has only been 19-23 ever built....

and yes...the YF-23 looks like an alien fighter haha...it almost looks like those "jets" from the movie "stealth" which by the way is the worst movie ever made

[lasersailor184]

The YF23 outperformed the F22 in all categories.  It even cost less.


But now we have the F22.

[Debonair]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
The YF23 outperformed the F22 in all categories.  It even cost less.


But now we have the F22.

America Hater

[Raptor]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
The YF23 outperformed the F22 in all categories.  It even cost less.


But now we have the F22.

The reason they chose the F-22 was it cost about 1/4 that of the YF-23.
Just looking at it, it looks like the YF-23 would have a nasty tendancy to flat spin (but hey, the B-2 flies)

Now's time we call REMATCH against all the nations that beat our F-15s in mock dogfights

[Furball]

Originally posted by 1K3
LOL YF-23 looks like an alien ship

yeah it looks badazz.

the 22 just looks squat and fat.

[SMIDSY]

fun fact! the f-22 was origionally dubbed the "rapier".

[Jester]

Originally posted by ShortyDoowap
That plane has a really peculiar finish, very unlike the F-15.  The F-22's finish has some depth to it, the F-15's is matte.   The finish on the F-22 sort of changes color depending on how you're looking at it.

I imagine that is the "RAM" material the aircraft is covered with.

Originally posted by Raptor01
The reason they chose the F-22 was it cost about 1/4 that of the YF-23.

The F-22 was an easier design to build than the YF-23 - I imagine that also had a big factor in the F-22 getting the nod over the "Grey Ghost."

Was a rumor there at one time the YF-23 would be turned into a carrier plane for the Navy - wish they would have instead of going with the F-18 "Super Turkey."    I doubt Congress would have gone for building both the F-22 for the USAF and the F-23 for the Navy. The F-22 barely made it into production. Now that the Soviet Union isn't a threat anymore you can forget ever seeing it.

[Hoarach]

Last I read which was awhile back the the navy is planning on putting the X-35 into production.  Its a single engine vertical take off plane and looks similar to the f-22 but has a giant engine in the back.

[Jester]

The X-35 is a "Strike/Fighter" along the lines of the F/A-18 Hornet and while it is a multimission aircraft it doesn't have the perfomance of the F-22 or the would be YF-23.

BTY, the USN & RAF versions of the X-35 won't be a VTOL like your pic but a standard take-off version. The USMC and the Royal Navy will be getting the VTOL versions though.

Should be interesting to see what they will do in service.

[GRUNHERZ]

The YF22 was one fat ugly pig, no doubt. But the F22 is a much different and much better looking plane.

[Wolfala]

Doesn't NASA have the YF-23's now for something?

[1K3]

Originally posted by Raptor01
Now's time we call REMATCH against all the nations that beat our F-15s in mock dogfights

Simple modifications such as avionics, a seat that reclines at hi Gs, and improved g-suit will be enough for the F-15 to keep the title belt *The Undefeated Fighter*

[Glasses]

Back when I was in Nellis in Oct of '04 I looked inside an F-15 cockpit it looked like some bad handheld Video game from the early 1980's I remember one of my extended family member had back when I was a child.  

Looking at the Cockpit of an F-22 from what I've seen it's like owning a new AMD rig