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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by hermitdev on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:19PM (#29334641)
> Also it is possible that the cover did not restrict air flow until the aircraft entered a cruise flight regime or a certain altitude

Article states that the pilot attempted to abort takeoff, but ran out of runway on the ship. So, apparently the pilot knew something was wrong pretty soon after initiating takeoff.

edit: grammar

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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by dmix on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @04:55PM (#29335629)
The aircraft was doing a VTOL take off. Maybe the upwards part went fine until it was required to start shifting forward?
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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by rjsw on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:37PM (#29335995)
It wasn't doing a vertical take off. It accelerates along the flight deck and uses the ski-jump at the bow to help it get airborne.
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Re:British F-35B crash possibly caused by 'rain cover' left ... by foxyv on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:13AM (#29380752)
For STOL usually the vertical take off fan is running until enough transitional lift is acquired.
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