It was still a monumental achievement considering the *ENORMOUS* difficulties Hawker and Rolls-Royce experienced developing the Pegasus engine and the P.1127 Kestrel airframe around the engine. Even more so considering the technology of the Tumanski engine was less advanced than the Rolls-Royce engine.
It was more a technology demonstrator than anything else. The fact it actually worked had to surprise a lot of Western observers considering the many issues Rolls-Royce had to overcome to get the Pegasus engine to work with the P.1127 Kestrel prototype.
It was still a monumental achievement considering the *ENORMOUS* difficulties Hawker and Rolls-Royce experienced developing the Pegasus engine and the P.1127 Kestrel airframe around the engine. Even more so considering the technology of the Tumanski engine was less advanced than the Rolls-Royce engine.
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Thanks for this 👍✈️
Very informative
Harrierski…..
LMAO! Well said.
Not to mention F35sky
The first failure in a series of three failures! Yak 36, yak 38 and yak 141! Soviet era expensive disasters!
Highly-flawed, subsonic prototype that never stood a chance at mass production...
It was more a technology demonstrator than anything else. The fact it actually worked had to surprise a lot of Western observers considering the many issues Rolls-Royce had to overcome to get the Pegasus engine to work with the P.1127 Kestrel prototype.
Theft.
Pretty similar set up to Harrier. Who was first?
Equally as effective as F35 today. As in NOT VERY !😊