F-22 Raptor Footage (6 Viewers)

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Bjerknes

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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    Yeah, it is. I miss going to airshows as a youngster.




    Factsheet on the F-22:


    Primary Function: Air dominance, multi-role fighter
    Contractor: Lockheed-Martin, Boeing
    Power Plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners and two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles.
    Thrust: 35,000-pound class (each engine)
    Wingspan: 44 feet, 6 inches (13.6 meters)
    Length: 62 feet, 1 inch (18.9 meters)
    Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.1 meters)
    Weight: 43,340 pounds (19,700 kilograms)
    Maximum Takeoff Weight: 83,500 pounds (38,000 kilograms)
    Fuel Capacity: Internal: 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms); with 2 external wing fuel tanks: 26,000 pounds (11,900 kilograms)
    Payload: Same as armament air-to-air or air-to-ground loadouts; with or without 2 external wing fuel tanks.
    Speed: Mach 2 class with supercruise capability
    Range: More than 1,850 miles ferry range with 2 external wing fuel tanks (1,600 nautical miles)
    Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
    Armament: One M61A2 20-millimeter cannon with 480 rounds, internal side weapon bays carriage of two AIM-9 infrared (heat seeking) air-to-air missiles and internal main weapon bays carriage of six AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles (air-to-air loadout) or two 1,000-pound GBU-32 JDAMs and two AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles (air-to-ground loadout)
    Crew: One
    Unit Cost: $143 million
    Initial operating capability: December 2005
    Inventory: Total force, 137

    http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=199
     
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    Bjerknes

    Bjerknes

    "Top Economist"
    Mar 16, 2004
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    You think the Raptor will be able to stop alien crafts?

    If aliens invade, we better hope the Area 51 theories are real.
     

    JCK

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    JCK
    May 11, 2004
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    The price is too steep for my likings, I'll wait for a newer model so this becomes a bit more affordable.
     

    JCK

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    JCK
    May 11, 2004
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    ßöмßäяðîëя;2751951 said:
    well, they could put some cool rims on it, or a wood grain steering stick
    Trimming is something else, I don't mind that. I'd like a neon glow on the bottom of the plane. And since I like running maybe they can add a treadmill in the plane, X-bizit (or whatever his name is) style.
     

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