F-35 Joint Strike Fighter News, Videos and pics Thread

[phrozenflame]

USN is not responsible for anything wrong with F-35 because USN was forced to participate in the program.

The most important thing that everyone needs to understand whenever commenting on F-35 is that JSF was never about delivering what any of the services wanted. JSF was Lockheed's strategy to corner the fighter market. Every problem in the program stems directly from there.
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Now take your fantasies to proper threads. This one is for F-35.

One more point, at current prices, tbh, F-35 is the most attractive option.

 

[redion]

News from the Netherlands on the F-35 program a Dutch court have decided to block all export of parts from the Netherlands to Israel and the Dutch government has 7 day to obey this order
(this are not opinions).

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[SlothmanAllen]

This actually good as it contains hard numbers.

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Block 3F cooling capacity, 32 KW and they can go as high as 47 KW for apparently the latest block. The importance is that one can actually start figuring the power specification for the TRM's and therefore Radar range.

I believe the Block 4 requirement has a 60 kW cooling capacity. Collins Aerospace recently demonstrated an 80 kW cooling unit called

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

Another one kneels before the king! First for a C variant.

 

[Equation]

Another one kneels before the king! First for a C variant.

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[Michael_Scott]

News from the Netherlands on the F-35 program a Dutch court have decided to block all export of parts from the Netherlands to Israel and the Dutch government has 7 day to obey this order
(this are not opinions).

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thats gonna be rough,

now those F-35 parts have to go all the way to the United States before they are then sent to Israel anyway

 

[siegecrossbow]

Another one kneels before the king! First for a C variant.

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One analysis I’ve read states that it is more due to ground crew negligence than quality of aircraft. When the plane is in a parked state you are supposed to insert a pin into the joint of the fronts landing gear for load bearing purposes when the plane is shut off. Apparently that wasn’t done.

 

[iBBz]

One analysis I’ve read states that it is more due to ground crew negligence than quality of aircraft. When the plane is in a parked state you are supposed to insert a pin into the joint of the fronts landing gear for load bearing purposes when the plane is shut off. Apparently that wasn’t done.


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How does it bear the heavier loads when its not parked without that pin?

 

[Stealthflanker]

I believe the Block 4 requirement has a 60 kW cooling capacity. Collins Aerospace recently demonstrated an 80 kW cooling unit called

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Yeah, as in article tho it requires changes in structures. Otherwise it would be 47 KW. 80KW would be great tho.

Nonetheless not all of those will go to Radar.

 

[redion]

It is now official the Minister of Defence of Singapore has just anonced they will buy 8 F35A which are in top of the 12 F35B that already have been ordered.

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