Does anyone know the difference between the X-35 and the F-22 Raptor?

(YF-23) The best Replacement Fighter (But not going to happen)
[img]http://aircraftstories.free.fr/mono/yf23/walkaround/39.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~animal/military.pl/samoloty/yf-23_black_widow_2/f-23-6.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.walyo.com/jetfighter/yf23.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/ftp/IMAGES/aviation/military/usa/y-planes/yf23-1.gif[/img]
[img]http://baby.indstate.edu/ahpir/pics/yf23a.gif[/img]
[img]http://www.piros-photography.de/images/yf23.jpg[/img]

The best thing in the sky
[img]http://www.telcom.es/~jcastjr/aviones/harrier.jpg[/img]

[quote="Bean 2":3d20e]Does anyone know the difference between the X-35 and the F-22 Raptor?[/quote:3d20e]

totally different machines,
the F-22 is a twin-engine US Air Force air superiority fighter,
the F-35 is a Air Force, Navy, and Marine multi-purpose single-engine fighter (fighter-bomber really).
The various branches will have slightly different versions, the Navy's version is reinforced to carrier landing, the Marine version has a lift fan for V-TOL, the Air Force version isn't burdened by these things and can carry more weapons or have better performance with same weapons.

[img]http://www.danshistory.com/f18.jpg[/img]
[img]http://galleries.news24.com/daily/20030728/images/22.jpg[/img]

yea i like the m1 abrams also

F-22 Raptor
[img]http://www.danshistory.com/f-22.jpg[/img]
AND
Aurora
[img]http://www.vic.karoo.net/images/f117_stealth_fighter.jpg[/img]

First plane to break the sound barrier. It did something like Mach 1.8 or maybe even Mach 2.0 when the fastest anyone had gone was around mach 0.8.

[img]http://www.airforce.forces.ca/grfx/equip_gallery/historic_gallery/wallpaper/cxc99-212.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.airforce.forces.ca/grfx/equip_gallery/historic_gallery/wallpaper/arrow4.jpg[/img]

Wing Span: 50 ft (15.2 m)
Length: 85 ft 6 in (26.1 m)
Height: 21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Weight, Empty: 43,960 lb (19,935 kg)
Weight, Gross: 62,431 lb (28,319 kg)
Cruising Speed: 701 mph (1,128 km/h)
Max Speed: 1,524 mph (2,453 km/h)
Rate of Climb: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)/4 min 24 sec
Service Ceiling: 58,500 ft (17,830 m)
Range: 820 mi (1,330 km)
Crew: two
Power Plant: two Orenda Iroquois axial flow turbojet engines, 26,000 lb (11,791 kg) static thrust, with afterburner

The most advanced fighter of it's time by 20 years.

Sorry m8, but thats not an Aurora.. Thats a F-117 Nighthawk.. biggrin:

Bullshit. Everyone knows Chuck Jaeger (or however you spell his last name) was the first man to break the sound barrier.

My mistake.

First Canadian plane to break the sound barrier.

On record still today the X-15 is still and will be for at least 20 years the fastest plane ever. It went mach 6.5. But it was more of a Rocket

yeah well the man to test the avro arrow was polish rock:
RIP
mig>american pussy plane

Yea that Bell plane was just a modified rocket with a cockpit.

flames suck mad:

i still love the F-14 biggrin:

what does the "F" stand for?

Fuckinownage

FUCKING GAY

So do you to your mom every night.

correct, that plane holds the overall speed record

for you airplane buffs, the fastest PRODUCTION plane was the SR-71 at Mach 3.5,
fastest COMBAT plane (meaning it can carry weapons) was the Mig-25 at Mach 3.2

[img]http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/sukhoi/s/37/images/s37-8.jpg[/img]

Do you recon a Harrier could beat an F15?

Uh.. what are you on? The F22 is equipt with Supercruise engines. This means the the F22 can cruise at supersonic speeds without use of an afterburner. It also does have an afterburner. Notice the word "cruise" most aircraft cant sustain the speeds of the F22 with the fuel economy.

Now were talking again..

[img]http://www.telcom.es/~jcastjr/aviones/mig-29.jpg[/img]

The mig 29. And holy shit whats the name of that plane arch? That looks awesome.

n00bs
f0xbat pwns everything

it stands for Fighter
F/A stands for Fighter/Attacker

Smith, that plane is the Russian s37. HEIL.

Same with the YF-23 read about it.

Either the F-117 Or the F-18 Hornet

The new Joint Strike Fighter is sexy though

The YF-23 was faster at mach 2 (F-22's top speed is mach 1.8)
The F-22 was more manuverable, easier to maintain and slightly cheaper than the YF-23.

And the latest F-15's top speed is 2.5 so neither are faster than it.

mig 26>woman american planes

F117a or s37

Su-27

^good plane

howd you know?

btw im from calgary so im entitled to my opinion on this biggrin:

This man is correct.

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The F-15 to me is still a greater fighter then both.