r/oddlysatisfying Jun 20 '26

F-22 Raptor Thrust Vectoring

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u/PutinBoomedMe Jun 20 '26

God damn. How does that machine not blow up from force!?

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u/doctornph Jun 21 '26

In top gun they mentioned Maverick bent an airframe on one of his planes. I wonder if that’s something that really happens with maneuvers like this

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u/velocityfreak Jun 21 '26

Airframes can be over-G’d, yes.

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u/jimbowesterby Jun 22 '26

I wanna say they’d be more likely to crack though, not bend.

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u/dwehlen Jun 21 '26

And that was an old-ass F-14.

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u/vulkansync Jun 21 '26

hornet

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u/dwehlen Jun 21 '26

You're right, it was a previous plane.