F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread
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For the "L I F T" my boy, look at that fuselage wing juncture, pure genious, the F-35 is a "flying wing", ask Mr. Head, or Master Delft, internal carriage, means the ultimate control over shaping, both for load, and for lift.
Those who wish to deceive themselves and others into believing that the F-35 won't turn? only see the load, they don't see the lift, this photo gives you all the evidence in the world that the F-35 will turn, and haul a load. You build your aircraft around the "load" you need to carry, as slik as a "babies butt", and very, very sexy!
LockMart builds "world class" aeroplanes that leave others scratching their heads, because LockMart can see the "L I F T"!
Slik as a Bar of Soap! those radar waves just slide right off!
Of one thing most every one here could agree that this program has had and continues to have "issues" these in my opinion are directly related to its concieved production time and the overall length of development this aircraft has taken much longer than WWI and II combined heck Vietnam was around ten years as I recall can any one tell me the reason why we as a nation design and build 1000s of aircraft to win several wars but cannot build this one bird that is [in peace time no less] strange to me with really no idea when it will be declared ready for operations and exactly what will happen when the inevitable countermeasures are fielded for its so called advanced sensor fusion and other fancy gadgets
Amen to every word of that, AMEN! this airplane can be simplified, those software glitches are already being worked around, imagine if you can, you suit up, chute up, slide into the cockpit, put your helmet on, flip the switches to "power up" the start and ignition circuits, and before you push the little yellow button to initiate the start sequence, the airspace around you is "illuminated" with all the traffic and factors that you need to see in order to taxi and operate in that airspace safely and cleanly.
As you take off and transit to the "combat zone" your little lady already has you filled in on friend and foe, you know who is there, and where they are, who's a threat, and whose about to leave the battlefield because they are at "bingo"
I can imagine that not a single one of you have ever heard a traffic advisory call and say Cessna 06454Foxtrot, I'm five miles Northwest inbound for landing with information Echo, or for that matter had ATC call you and tell you your traffic is a Cessna 150 10 miles NorthWest at your altitude, transiting the area, an MD-80 departing to the South, and a Learjet 20 Southwest inbound for an approach, and the weather is 2 miles visibility in haze???
That's just everyday pilot "stuff" that brings your blood pressure up, causes you to breath heavy, and your eyeballs to strain and your old KNOT HEAD to ask, what the heck am I doing here????? Now imagine the same situation, maybe you have radar, your entering airspace with active/hot area denial batteries, you know that the bad guys know your coming because you're in an F-18 and you light up their radar like a Christmas tree?
Now all you geniuses have a choice??? you can come in at high altitude, in an F-35 that NOBODY can see, much less lock onto, the only hope the bad guys have is that
"KRAPOLA" that wonder boy is selling that stealth doesn't really work, because the Russians keep telling their guys it doesn't, all the while they are working their "arses off" trying to build an airplane that has a fraction of the L/O you are riding, you "KNOW" where those SAMs are, you know there are 4 SU-27s are 15,000 ft heading in the other direction, you have assets on other aircraft ready to launch to neutralize both of those threats?? How many of you geniuses would rather be in that brand new shiny F-18, trying to get a Lock on those SU-27s that are now turning back your direction, and those SAM are just now achieving a lock and getting "tone" on you???
Yep, you may have to work around a few of those issues, but the Marines and AF guys are very happy with their airplane, just ask them to help you fill in the blanks, not one of them is gonna say, give me my Harrier back, or gee, I sure miss my old F-16??? or even F-15.
Those F-22 drivers love their airplane! The F-35 boys and girls love theirs just as much, and it will have NEAT TOYS that nobody else's bird will hold a candle to, but hey if you've got a death wish, help yourself, but I want my boys and girls in the F-35! PERIOD, EXCLAIMATION POINT!
While the odd stabilator, Fan door, and rear nozzle posititions is kinda a turn off for me personally, as they just seem so extreme, the C is gorgeous, and the more I see this airplane in the real world, the more I realize it has very outstanding performance. That became very clear with the High-Alpha and Departure testing, which revealed how much lift that thing actually generates, even without the High Zoot OVT?? amazing
Thanks Jeff, for some more lovely pictures, and for keeping us posted on the F-35B, you've got to give the Marines credit for whole-heartedly embracing this aircraft and its very unique, and very high performance to a STOVL aircraft, absolutely stunning! Semper Fi!
Jura The idiot
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Jura The idiot
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... The most expensive F-35 variant has hit another major snag that could take years to fix
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