F-22 Progress Images

XLR8 said:
Got this stuff sent to me from a "friend ".Hope it helps.

I asked a few question that were not clasified,that he could answer.
Is the HUD green ? Pilot can change color,green ,red clear.

Detail of curent cockpit today.Pic #9
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=20396

YF-22 pit.
http://www.geocities.com/jiyangc/cockpit2.jpg

Will go fishing with him next weekend.
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Man, that is very embarrassing for Lockheed.

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Just look at this guys face. Pissed off is an understatement.
 
Very cool sight! Im rather shocked that just the canopy is 360lbs. You learn something new every day!
 
Basically the same composition as the F-16 transparencies. They appear rather thin but when you have to remove one for being written up by the pilot and replace with a new one, you get to see just how thick they actually are. The current transparencies are rated to take a bird strike at 550kts and withstand that impact. The polycarbonate construction is pretty resilient.
 
The poor guy spent 5 hours in there (cockpit) stuck, before they got him out... Anyone, would be a little fed-up waiting that long. :kilroy:
 
JamesChams said:
The poor guy spent 5 hours in there (cockpit) stuck, before they got him out... Anyone, would be a little fed-up waiting that long. :kilroy:
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Another hour and he probably would have just said "Screw it" and pulled the eject lever. :d
 
Gibbage said:
Very cool sight! Im rather shocked that just the canopy is 360lbs. You learn something new every day!
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I opened an F-4D Canopy the other day (Display F-4D at a museum) so ofcourse no hyrdolics to help her open...it was a DUZY! Had to weight atleast 160 pounds of glass and frame. I never would have thought
 
Yeah the polycarbonates and plastics in general are pretty amazing. Being a structural mechanic that is my job on the H-60. The poly windows are pretty thin and light on ours, but we only use them on the side windows. The front pilot/co-pilot windshield is a newer style automotive type glass and the center window is about 3/4" thick plastic. I've never seen a bird go through them, but if you get up over 150 knots in one of our birds you are lucky. So no need for the heavy stuff here on my end. I think all composites are pretty fascinating. The fact you can take a sheet of cloth, layer it together, and impregnate it with resin to make a strong/resilient solid panel is still amazing to me. To think they make entire aircraft out of the stuff now. :cool:
 
MenendezDiego said:
I opened an F-4D Canopy the other day (Display F-4D at a museum) so ofcourse no hyrdolics to help her open...it was a DUZY! Had to weight atleast 160 pounds of glass and frame. I never would have thought
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While we still had F-4's in the late 80's, winter brought on the inevitable air bottle leaks and since the canopy system on the F-4 is pneudraulic it meant manhandling those babies every morning til the crew dogs could get the bottles serviced, lol. Trying to hold in the "open" button and get your fingers under the frame enough to start raising it was a real B___h, lol.
 
falcon409 said:
While we still had F-4's in the late 80's, winter brought on the inevitable air bottle leaks and since the canopy system on the F-4 is pneudraulic it meant manhandling those babies every morning til the crew dogs could get the bottles serviced, lol. Trying to hold in the "open" button and get your fingers under the frame enough to start raising it was a real B___h, lol.
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lol oh trust me, I experienced just that. "How far does this damn open button go!!!" Good times :)
 
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