F-35C Spoiler Tackles Wing Drop
DENVER — Prime contractor Lockheed Martin has installed spoilers on the wingtips of the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant as insurance against wing drop — the aerodynamic phenomenon that proved so time-consuming to overcome on Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. F-35 deputy program manager J.D...
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