Why does the F-35 not have thrust vectoring?

If the F-35 ever gets into a dogfight, it’s screwed regardless. Its wing-loading and thrust-weight ratio are so bad (compared to other contemporary fighters) that not even vectored thrust could make it a decent dogfighter. A vectored thrust nozzle would’ve had no real positive effect and would have cost a crapload.

Can F-35 thrust vector?

Unlike the F-22, the F-35 does not have in-flight thrust vectoring, in which the jet nozzles can swivel and help the aircraft turn faster. But the F-35 has control surfaces – its tail’s vertical and horizontal stabilizers – that are larger than some smaller aircraft’s wings.

What is the point of thrust-vectoring?

Thrust vectoring is a capability to vector or point the thrust of an aircraft engine in any direction thereby increasing the aircraft control power and its agility. the flight control of the aircraft.

Does the F 22 have thrust-vectoring?

The F-22’s aerodynamics, relaxed stability, and powerful thrust-vectoring engines give it excellent maneuverability and energy potential across its flight envelope.

Does the F-35 have a circular nozzle?

Yes, the F-35 has a circular nozzle, and yes, it does compromise the stealth of the F-35 from some rear hemisphere angles. The philosophy with the F-35 design was to concentrate on forward hemisphere stealth and not to spend so much on rearward stealth.

Are F-22 exhaust nozzles any good?

“The F-22 exhaust nozzles are very expensive and are the only exhausts to provide rearward stealth over a reasonable radar frequency range in a fighter plane,” Mark Knight, a pilot and an aviation expert, says on Quora.

How stealthy is the F-35 fighter jet?

The radar in fact will see the F-35 nozzle as a curved continuous surface which will generate specular reflections. “In a very narrow band of frequencies it is stealthy from the rear, but nowhere near as wide a range of frequencies as the F-22,” Knight explains.

Is the F-35 still a viable alternative to the F22 Raptor?

The F-35 still has reasonable rear hemisphere stealth, but it cannot come close to the F-22 in that regard. The F-22 Raptor defines air dominance.