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Raptor Smurfs again!!!
Hi All
I was reading the excellent magazine Air Forces Monthly, and saw a picture of a Raptor F-22 Flying over Edwards AFB, and it appears to have what I previously played a joke about on April 1st - its got Smurfs -No really!!, take a look here... http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jwcook/rap_smurf.jpg http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jwcook/rap_smurf2.jpg Above the intake there seems to be a fence it doesn't seem to be a spill for the intakes, So what is it?. This time I haven't doctored the Pictures!!! as I did in this aprils fools joke here ... http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jwcook/f-22_aoa.jpg http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jwcook/f-22close.jpg I wrote as a joke back in april the following:- quote -"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'"- end quote So there we are! could RAM owe an apology to Mr Tarver???. I knew I should have patented the design!! 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. Email Address :- Spam trap - please remove (trousers) to email me Eurofighter Website :- http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk |
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