Lockheed F-35 Lightning II
Target for the Lockheed F-35 Lightning II
100 to 200fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 200 fpm; under 100 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 150ktat 15,105 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 13°this aircraft's own
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 200 to 500mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Single-seat stealth multirole fighter from Lockheed Martin, powered by one Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan and built in conventional, short-takeoff/vertical-landing and carrier variants.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Military Fighter / Combat Jet category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed
- Model
- F-35
- Variant
- Lightning II
- FAA approach category
- D
- MTOW
- 31,800 kg (70,107 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (IndiaFoxtEcho)
- Category
- Military Fighter / Combat Jet
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
Lockheed F-35 Lightning IIF-35 Lightning IIF-35Lightning IIF-35A Lightning IIF-35A
The rest of the F-35 Lightning II family
Read next
- How Roundout grades a landingThe composite formula behind every score.
- What “stabilized approach” actually meansThe gates, the criteria, the technique.
- Military Fighter / Combat Jet scoring thresholdsThe category curves applied to this airframe.
- Full scoring methodologyThe complete breakdown in Help.
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