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Xixi
3745 days ago
The F35-B is both supersonic and VSTOL [1]: very hard indeed, but done. Just like the Harrier, the F35-B probably doesn't take off vertically with any significant payload though.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning...
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lmm
3745 days ago
The F-35-B has essentially two different types of engine (the main engines and the lift fan) to make that work.
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