This time Lockheed Martin marked the milestone as its F-35 Lightning II consummated a full-afterburner test that let loose 40,000 pounds of thrust, unfeasible from a jet-fighter engine so far. Before the actual use, 9 F135 engines had been run for more than 5,500 hours on test.
Honeywell Aerospace Electronics’ Integrated Power Package (IPP) has been used to start the engine. It is amalgamation of a starter, electrical power supply and environmental control system in a single unit otherwise, the systems in aircrafts have been separate units. Powered with the three flight test engines F135 is considered a fruition of the Pratt and Whitney F119 engine in the fighter planes’ history.
This F-35 is a supersonic, versatile fifth generation fighter intended to put back a broad array of reputed on hand aircrafts. Fifteen F-35s have been planed to undergo flight testing, seven will be used for ground testing and others will bear out the aircraft’s radar systems.
Via: spacewar
