Exactly Dom, but F-22 has, better to say, there is no main wing profile ... lol

With America and u.k together is unstoppable.. with new b21 coming u.k new aircraft carrier with f35 Russia and China better back up...

It is absolutely the worst, isnt it.

It is terrible to hear the music in the background. Almost ruins such a great spectacle.

Well with the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds its part of the show!

Meanie Panini give them earphones

Appreciate that feedback! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

THE F22 RAPTOR IS THE BEST PLANE

Thanks John. I'll be there at RIAT again in 2018. Fingers crossed for an A10. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

I think the F-18 was EVEN SLOWER though. Amazing how it does that. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Thanks Anthony! Good luck with your kit.

thankyou take care

better_than_love the fuck are you talking about welcome back? we’ve been making the best for like 60 years, USA literally sets the bar, lol! Ever heard of the f-15?

+Greg Evans ok ok we get it no need to show off

One is a jet and one has a propellor........... why did you think any differently?

It is a jet

70,000 pounds of thrust baby!!!!

Flaps...

Cool. You guys did a great job! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

and to compensate for that weight it has the strongest engines of any fighter jet currently flying...

It's looks like that cuz most all maneuvers we're at very low speed.

F35 is going down in cost everything..people got to realize that the f35 has been going through testing trials uptown to 2019.. not that the f35 is at production cost have dropped major since 2019. F35 is a game changer and with today's threats around the world yeah its gonna cost some.. 2020 the f35a recieved its final flight software update now 9g+ fighter.

Relatively low cloud. I suspect that was the reason. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Should appear soon. Can take a little while for KZfaq to omplete its processing up to 4K. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Essential RC ok

Think pilot was constrained that day due to low cloud but being my first time seeing it...I was a bit 'wow'. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

any aircraft that can take on 5 F-15's with combat experienced pilots and defeat all of them with 10 minutes is a lot more than you know.

American pilots don't "showboat" the way Russian pilots do, but if their mission ever required it, the Raptor has every bit the maneuverability the Sukhoi's do.

Maneuverability does not matter for this aircraft, its entire purpose it to take down the enemy beyond visual range. Sukhoi aircraft cant beat a Raptor or F-35 in BVR combat as they lack the radar and stealth capabilities to evade and spot these aircraft. Cost effectiveness on the other hand isn't too big an issue as these aren't the work horses of the USAF (and never will be).

Interesting, they first need to fix F-35, and second, we heard before about the stealth capabilities of American jets, and they have been shot down by some cheap equipment. So this is all in theory, on the other hand there you have Sukhoi 35S which was evolved through all these years and is practically a step from a 5th generation fighter plane. By the time they would need it in real situations they will improve its radars. And, don't forget they already started with testing PAK-FA even in Syria. As, for work horses of USAF, what, they will use forever the F-15s and F-16s? :D It looks like it.

Thats not true at all griff... if "Maneuverability does not matter for this aircraft" why does it have 2D thrust vectoring and why does the demo contain bad copies for Flanker Maneuvers?

Lol don't know what ur talking about if u listen at beginning their doing thrust vector maneuvers ur su planes can't do backflips then take off level flight or freefall under control so many others

Nor me. I don't get it either. Obviously the organisers think it adds atmosphere. Prefer just engine sound myself. Looking forward to RIAT this year. Will be awesome. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

you do realize alex that the US does not produce this plane for show. I would hate to know that if I was taking off in a su-35 I would be facing a raptor in real combat. there would be no dogfight. the raptor would have him sighted way before he saw him. you can bet there is high tech in the raptor that is not discussed are shown. i also love Russian jets. your right about maneuverability, no other plane can match them that i have seen. it cost a lot less than the f-22 but it is less a plane.

The best planes that US have at the moment are F-15 and F-16 and they are going to use them for a long time in the case of a real need (F-18 as a derivative from F-15 as well). Raptor is probably usable, but still not tested in real combat, somewhat maybe you are right about raptor, that plane maybe isn't that bad, but they stopped producing it and is just very, very expensive to fly it. Also expensive as a unit and can be targeted by relatively modern SAMs. So, once some of these Raptors get destroyed someone will be in a big problem from US, who sucked the money for it from the budget. These technologies that you speak of need to be tested in real situations. Just too much software, that Americans like to push doesn't really mean that it will work as expected. SU-35S is 5th generation plane in a 4++ generation skin, and even the Russians keep improving it I don't think that electronically is far behind the F-22.

you may be right.

Alex M what the fuck are you talking about? f22 have been active in combat for a while. nothing to test. all problems it had are worked out now

Alex M all the su35 for a is it's pretty air dance combra bs that is useless in modern air combat.

blah blah blah and the raptor just killed the swift before it knew it was being attacked.....dogfight's are getting rare,real life combat is done at a distance.....Rule of Thumb here-He who sees the other first wins the battle.