How is the F-22 so maneuverable?

The use of the Cray supercomputer helped make the F-22 highly maneuverable, especially at high angles of attack. A key F-22 feature is the use of thrust vectoring in the pitch axis, allowing the aircraft to combine engine power with maneuver at high angles of attack to gain an advantage in dogfights.

Is the F-22 Super maneuverable?

While the F-22 is amazingly nimble, Russia’s three-dimensional thrust vectoring-equipped fighter aircraft, especially Su-35, takes super-maneuverability to a whole other level. You can see what I mean in this past post of ours.

Is thrust vectoring worth it?

TVC is useful at very low speeds and high alpha, where conventional control surfaces are less effective. So it’s useful for dogfighting—close range, low speeds, lots of turning.

What’s better f15 or F-22?

The F-15 also has the capacity to carry more weapons than the F-22. The F-15 has a much longer combat range, being over double what the F-22 has. On top of the increased range, the F-15 also has a much faster cruise speed than the F-22, although, the F-15 was designed for this purpose.

Why does the F-22 have a vector nozzle?

With the vector nozzle, the F/A-22 has a fourth type of control surface. The F119 engines also give the F/A-22 a high thrust-to-weight ratio. That means the engines can actually handle many times the airplane’s weight, allowing the plane to accelerate and maneuver very quickly.

What is the difference between the F-22 and the YF-23?

“Interestingly the YF-22 and YF-23 had exactly the same trimmed AoA [angle of attack] of 60° [degrees],” Paul Metz, who was Northrop’s test pilot for the first YF-23 prototype and who later became Lockheed Martin’s chief test pilot for the F-22, told me in an email in 2015. “The YF-23 could do it without thrust vectoring.

What is the top speed of the F-22 Raptor?

However, the operational F-22 flying today beats both of those marks, with a top speed of Mach 2.25 and the ability to supercruise at Mach 1.82. The YF-23 proved to be stealthier than its competitor, though it was seen as less maneuverable than the thrust-vectoring YF-22.

Why did Northrop not include thrust vector control in the YF-23?

Northrop opted not to include thrust vector control in their YF-23 in favor of a stealthier radar profile and lighter overall platform.