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Offline Drewster327

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Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« on: September 14, 2010, 09:56:45 PM »
Finally got my chance to see the Capitol airshow and it did not dissapoint. My 1st time seeing a B-2 P-38 and F-22 and it was amazing, 4 of the 7 remaining P-38's arrived and put on a great show, enjoy


















































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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2010, 10:00:40 PM »
Cool pics!

What is that yellow stuff under the right wing of the F-22? Looks like bondo or some kinda of patch up work..  :headscratch:


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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2010, 10:28:33 PM »
Cool pics!

What is that yellow stuff under the right wing of the F-22? Looks like bondo or some kinda of patch up work..  :headscratch:

I believe that is some sort of device to make it appear on civilian radar.
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2010, 11:24:47 PM »
damn, makes me wish I went saturday, obviously was better. Hell, we only had 3 38's up. Also there was no B-2 on sunday either  :mad:

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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2010, 11:28:52 PM »
Man I hate you lol....I wasn't able to go and this is just rubbing it in...


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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2010, 12:15:40 AM »
awesomeness!

what kinda camera did ya use?
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2010, 01:00:02 AM »
Excellent!  Thanks for the pics!  :aok

It is interesting to me that in the 19th pic, it looks like both ailerons on the F-22 are deflected up.   Part of the flight-control system using the ailerons for more than just roll?

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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2010, 01:05:48 AM »
Excellent!  Thanks for the pics!  :aok

It is interesting to me that in the 19th pic, it looks like both ailerons on the F-22 are deflected up.   Part of the flight-control system using the ailerons for more than just roll?

This is quite common to see as the pilot moving the stick is simply causing an input to the flight control system to say what he wants the airplane to do.  The computer then decides the best/most efficient/best performing way of achieving that input and will manipulate the surfaces (occasionally very quickly) to fill the "suggestion" if you will.  You'll see the stabilators move on it and other fighters for roll usage as well.

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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 01:10:38 AM »
Thanks for all the comments, I am very pleased on how they all turned out

awesomeness!

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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 01:53:16 AM »
I believe that is some sort of device to make it appear on civilian radar.


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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 02:01:52 AM »
Nice pics. Glad one of us who went had a decent camera.
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 02:34:50 AM »
But wait, did they go to the dueling area?  And who won, the SAPPER's or the lone Raptor pilot?  It's a tough call.   :x
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 04:07:18 AM »
looks to me like the primer under the grey paint.  If it doest bond well it comes off in flight.  The F-16 I used to crew had that happen every so often.
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 06:07:12 AM »
This is quite common to see as the pilot moving the stick is simply causing an input to the flight control system to say what he wants the airplane to do.  The computer then decides the best/most efficient/best performing way of achieving that input and will manipulate the surfaces (occasionally very quickly) to fill the "suggestion" if you will.  You'll see the stabilators move on it and other fighters for roll usage as well.

Yep, I've seen stabilators doing that, but I haven't seen ailerons being used in that way before (providing more control modalities than normal airlerons or flaperons).  It could be that F-16's, F-18's, and other fly-by-wire planes do the same but just that I never noticed it.
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Re: Capitol Airshow featuring P-38s and F-22
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2010, 01:01:34 PM »
It's been a while but I think I think the Super Hornets do the same thing to a lesser extent though it may have been an illusion with the flaps deploying slightly during some of the maneuvers.  (shrug)  :headscratch: