F-35 Landing Gear Collapses after landing

[CIA Mole]

How an aircraft is finalized, meaning its planform, depends on many factors. But the two relevant ones are aerodynamics and propulsion. In other words, if you do not have propulsion, you cannot have an aircraft you wanted. Sure, you can shape your jet exactly like the F-22, but if you do not have matching propulsion like the real F-22, your copy will not perform as well or even cannot fly.

Wouldnt the stealth benefits outweigh the agility?

Put a couple russian or chinese engines on a f22 shaped body.

 

[gambit]

Wouldnt the stealth benefits outweigh the agility?

That is the debate. Which is why the F-22 is reputedly the king of the air. It has 'stealth', agility, speed, and sensors. An aircraft is a functional set of compromises. The F-22 just happened to have the highest bars of those compromises.

Put a couple russian or chinese engines on a f22 shaped body.

Sure. It will take a few yrs of development.

 

[Sharma Ji]

An aircraft is a functional set of compromises.

n1 !

this should go up in the PDF hall of quotes.