I would like to purchase dimensioned drawings of the F22 Nighthawk so that I can make a Haloween costume (probably out of corrugated card board) for my 6 year old grandson. Any ideas ,offers,help? Tom Willoughby phone 614 638 6983
Jay Deneane Cornell, e-mail, 05.08.2015 06:43
I was in Aerospace engineering for fifty years and was working at National water Lift in Kalamazoo, MI. as an RM&S specialist. My first project there was on the fly-by-wire flight control Servoactuators for the F-16. After Qualification was completed we were asked to do a supplemental Qual. test on a slightly modified F-16 unit. To make a long story short, the modified units were used on the F-117.
NARP, e-mail, 30.03.2015 00:33
Kyle, only one aircraft on a pedestal - a pre-production A/C at Freedom Park, Nellis AFB. When the jets were retired from Holoman, they were all sent back to TTR, and sit in their air-conditioned hangars, once again. Bmilic, when you use AAA like a shotgun, you're bound to hit something.
m.n., 29.05.2011 15:02
it can only carry 1800 kg of weapons compared to 8000 kg on su-35
deaftom, e-mail, 05.04.2011 04:30
To clarify, the F-117's faceted design was based on theoretical mathematical computations by a Russian (I don't have his name handy) that showed that careful placement of facets and edge angles could drastically reduce radar reflections. His published paper got translated into English and attracted the attention of some Pentagon wonk, who then asked Lockheed's Skunk Works what they might be able to come up with. The result was the XST, a small proof-of-concept aircraft that led to the F-117.
Even though the original idea was from a Russian, as far as we know the Soviets never adopted the same faceted concept for even an experimental aircraft of their own.
Today, the faceted design is considered obsolete; computing power has increased to the point where computer-designed 3-D curved shapes can be made stealthy (witness the B-2 and F-22).
Dick JOhnson, e-mail, 21.12.2010 11:03
Ben Rich once told me it was a Russian engineer's design that made it so stealthy. To prove it, they had to verifiy it with a flag pole.
Nitehawk 6, e-mail, 02.11.2010 20:27
bmilic is not very well informed in his comment. He has no idea how many sorties were flown in various places in the world and no one knew we were even in the area. Take a look at the two buildings in downtown Beograd. The army Hq and the national police hq were gutted and we did not lose any aircraft. Been there, done that, left burning holes!!! Nitehawk 6
Petar, 30.05.2010 00:57
To Bane ponovo te podržavam !!!
Inače ruski tu-144 je takođe teško vidit na radaru mada je puno veći od ovoga i nema stealth tehnologiju (mada mislim da i sami rusi neznaju zbog čega je tako).
nifis, 06.01.2010 08:17
F-117 is a unstable aircraft,without computer it can't fly.
This aircraft has a good design and it can hide from radar coz of this aircraft shape.
Kyle, 02.03.2009 20:12
The F-117 was a revolotinary airplane in the 70's and 80's, but it is now obsolete. The F-117 is now out of service and the only way to see one is to look for them on pedestals outside Air Force bases or in museums.
Pater, 13.11.2008 18:56
"Stealth" technology is based on russian research. Without it there would have been no F-117...
WShedd, 18.06.2008 02:55
Considering the number of sorties and conditions in which this aircraft has flown, only one loss is amazing.
The Serbian air-defense uses old, long pulse radar systems that are not widely in service. It is also less stealthy in rain. Despite these limitations, nobody else in the world has anything close to its capabilities.
bmilic, e-mail, 19.05.2008 12:49
This Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is shit. He is down 1999 in Serbia, Budjanovci with Serbian anti air defense out of 1969, NEVA. Write by BANE & STEVA
