Simviation Forum - Having fun in a Raptor...

Jul 2^nd, 2005 at 10:16pm

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...over California and Nevada.
Decided to take my new F-22 for a short flight from Edwards (KEDW) to Nellis (KLSV)

The VC, ~~fairly decent looking IMO~~ PANTS, quite interactive tho! Cheesy

After a cruising at FL520, I decided to stick the burners on and dive to medium alt...

What flight of mine would be complete without this? Grin

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Slowly closing in on Vegas, pulling up alongside a Soutwest 737...

After waving at a few passengers and the pilot, broke away and carried on to Nellis...

Turning for short finals (yes, I know I'm off, but I'm a military pilot...who cares? Grin

)...

Down, parked, engines off, another succesful flight...

Thanks for looking...
Carl

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Reply #1 - Jul 2^nd, 2005 at 10:24pm

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I thought that one of the major points of the raptor was no afterburners.

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Reply #2 - Jul 2^nd, 2005 at 10:44pm

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pff...the external model looks great, bu the VC is very unrealistic Undecided

Great shots!

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Reply #3 - Jul 2^nd, 2005 at 11:03pm

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Hey Jeff,
Just had a look at a pic of a real F-22 panel/cockpit.....that one *points up* is pretty pants eh? Undecided

Ah well, she flies great and looks great in screenies too! Grin

I guess I'll just have to spend more time taking pics Wink

Jake : I think the deal is...it has them, but rarely needs to use them because of supercruise.

I'm sure someone will confirm either way

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Reply #4 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 12:46am

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I thought that one of the major points of the raptor was no afterburners.

Hey, great shot's Gnatman. That raptor look like the prototype.

YF-22 (prototypehttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/540586/L/

F-22Ahttp://mongoose.stunkworks.com/gallery/f-22/f-22_031.jpg

real cockpit1http://f22fighter.taxsos.com/cockpitwhole.jpg

real cockpit2http://f22fighter.taxsos.com/cockpit001.gif

Anyways, nice paint sceme although it doesn't exist.

Here is some more info on the Raptorhttp://www.harcirepulo.hu/F-22/

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Reply #5 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 1:15am

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It will tho...red flag has gotta have one of these babies Wink

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Reply #6 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 2:14pm

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Nice pics!

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Reply #7 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 5:19pm

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What Raptor is that, from who?

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Reply #8 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 5:24pm

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Charlie might be able to best help on this. But supercruise is used once at or above supersonic speeds. I believe the afterburners are used to get it there then they are switched off. Alot like Concorde used to fly.

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Reply #9 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 5:34pm

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Did I hear my name? Yep the F-22 does have burners, which day to day would be seldom used I expect. Take off and maybe any period of rapid acceleration would require there use, and maybe combat etc. Supercruise in normal operating would probably utilise them to get past Mach 1 as quickly and as smoothly as possible, than going back to normal power, although it appear (from the reference below that the Raptor is capable of accelerating to M1.4 without the use of burners)...

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Turning for short finals (yes, I know I'm off, but I'm a military pilot...who cares? Grin

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Your Bar book probably would, as would your boss, and your own professional pride! Wink

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Reply #10 - Jul 3^rd, 2005 at 6:16pm