F22 air dams/strakes: the definitive answer.

"Keith Willshaw" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote:

People have been building braking systems for planes for most of
the last century, and the system on the Eurofighter isn't
particularly extreme or unusual. But they had problems anyway.

As did the F-22 program ,

Never (and I mean never, despite Tarver's babblings) said it didn't.

Paul Metz chief test pilot on the
program said in 1999

"First, we have had occasional minor, but nonetheless irritating (to
me), problems that have cost us schedule and money, and cost me
flight time. Typical "glitches" include instrumentation system
failures, erratic brake operation, and fuel pump failures."

As the man said, thats why you test aircraft.

....and that's why it's a fairly normal aircraft program, not the
unmitigated disaster that Tarver so desperately wants it to be.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.