Raptor Smurfs

Hi all


My friend has sent me an interesting page from a mag, The front page
is missing but the author is :-

C Lyons - 10200 N VIRGINIA ST, RENO, NV 89506
Phone: (775) 677-1101

I just scanned a picture in it.........., it shows two interesting
additions to the F-22...

Major Ian Gottcher is quoted the text :-.

'The airfoils are made from a fibrous blue kevlar type material which
move up into the airflow when certain flight conditions are met, this
creates a pair of vortexs across the back of the Aircraft which
interacts with the vertical tail planes to aid in control and
stabalisation'

The maintainence crews apparently call the fins 'Smurfs' due to their
color.
I'm sure they have nicked this name from the british Hawk jet, can
anyone confirm.

'Angles of Attack are increased by several percent when the fins
are deployed'

Download the picture from alt.binaries.pictures.military
called Raptor smurfs f-22-aoa.jpg.


The really big news is - I think the group may owe an apology to Mr
Tarver...

Cheers





John Cook

Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All
opinions are mine, not TAFE's however much they beg me for them.

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