Chad Irby wrote:

:In article ,
: Fred J. McCall wrote:
:
: Chad Irby wrote:
:
: :In article ,
: : Fred J. McCall wrote:
: :
: : Oh, just as a 'by the way', *NO* Navy combat aircraft can recover
: : from an abort with max load without dumping. F-35C will not be any
: : different in this regard.
: :
: :Actually, that's one of the design parameters for the aircraft.
:
: They'll never make it. If that's one of the design parameters (trap
: with full fuel and weapons load (16,000 pounds of fuel and 17,000
: pounds of ordnance on an airframe with a 24,000 pound dry weight),
:
:It's not, since a full fuel load precludes a full weapons load. The
lane tops out at about 50,000 pounds.
:
:With partial weapons and full fuel, it's quite doable.

Trapping at max take off weight is not the usual thing. I would think
that the ability to do so would indicate that either the max take off
weight was held unrealistically low or it's going to be difficult to
trap.

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