Some of its pilots claim that the F-35 Lightning II is so easy to fly that it feels “ like conjuration . ” scan their words , I guess they were talking about a video game or else of one of the most in advance warfare car ever created .
Or maybe it feels like a TV plot precisely because it is one of the most sophisticated war machines ever created .
consort to these pilots — mobilise by Lockheed Martin for the Farnborough air travel festival — the key is the aeroplane ’s brain , as well as the way it display information on its ice cockpit .
The on - board computer systems take care of most thing , making the most unmanageable surgical operation a matter of “ pushing a button . ” One illustration : when the F-35B — the unforesightful take off and vertical - landing variant — is about to land vertically , the computing equipment takes care of all the corrections to keep the plane stable . agree to veteran British Harrier pilot Peter Wilson , the jet can slow from 200 international nautical mile to a hover all by itself . In the Harrier , however , you ‘ had to be an octopus to perform the same surgery ’ all by yourself , according to Colonel Art Tomassetti , the US Marine Corps ’ chief F-35 trainer . Tomassetti is also an experienced Harrier pilot himself .
The glass cockpit seems to be another one of the F-35 ’s military strength . alternatively of having to keep an heart in a twelve parallel cat’s-paw , any nugget can sleep with the state of the plane at a glance , looking at the green , yellow and red digital indicators .
Of of course , the three cowcatcher were talking in a Lockheed Martin ’s effect , but it ’s interesting to see their opinion . What is clear is that electronics and software are taking over everything , which ready me wonder about two things .
One : when are we going to have an entire fleet of pilot - less jets connected to a captain control . We are really closelipped to this already , so I would gestate it within a decade .
And two : what the snake pit are we going to do when the Cylons blast ? [
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