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LowObservable said:Spud - I missed all the people who were saying it would melt the deck. Could you enlighten us?
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LowObservable said:Spud - I missed all the people who were saying it would melt the deck. Could you enlighten us?
sublight said:I'd worry more about the airframe buckling than I would the deck below me..... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/senators-love-stealth-jet/
Fanboy much?sferrin said:sublight said:I'd worry more about the airframe buckling than I would the deck below me..... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/senators-love-stealth-jet/
Just another individual who needs to be educated in the purpose of testing. :
Strike a nerve did I?sublight said:Fanboy much?sferrin said:sublight said:I'd worry more about the airframe buckling than I would the deck below me..... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/senators-love-stealth-jet/
Just another individual who needs to be educated in the purpose of testing. :
RyanCrierie said:I still remain skeptical that the F-35 will actually enter service in the numbers claimed. The program has enough supporters that it won't totally die out; but a massacre of the numbers and at least one variant is a very high probability.
A crack in one spar (that will be fixed) does not a buckling airframe make.sublight said:I'd worry more about the airframe buckling than I would the deck below me..... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/senators-love-stealth-jet/
Abraham Gubler said:For the sake of crisis response would be interesting to see what would happen if the USN cancelled their buy of F-35Cs so as to use this money to keep ships.
RyanCrierie said:I think the F-35C is the untouchable one. The USAF has it's F-22 for stealthyness, so there's not as a burning need for the F-35A; the USMC...the faster it gets out of the VTOL business, the better for everyone (except Marine prestige); and the USN sorely needs some sort of stealth strike aircraft to put on it's decks.
Abraham Gubler said:But you’re basing your assessment in things that YOU think is important.
RyanCrierie said:Let me rephrase. The F-35A does not fill any roles that could not be filled by the F-35C variant.
RyanCrierie said:The utility of the mission the -35B ostensibly exists for is becoming more dubious with each passing year.
A squadron of 12 on an amphib ship (figure it's actually eight actually flyable at any one time) isn't enough to gain dominance against anything more credible than a third world military; given how much fleet air defenses have been upgraded over the last 10-15 years around the world.
And if it's utility is best against a third world military; then a Sea Reapers flying off an Amphib would fulfill the "blow up people in Hiluxes" role just as well (and cheaper).
RyanCrierie said:Abraham Gubler said:For the sake of crisis response would be interesting to see what would happen if the USN cancelled their buy of F-35Cs so as to use this money to keep ships.
I think the F-35C is the untouchable one. The USAF has it's F-22 for stealthyness, so there's not as a burning need for the F-35A; the USMC...the faster it gets out of the VTOL business, the better for everyone (except Marine prestige); and the USN sorely needs some sort of stealth strike aircraft to put on it's decks.
sferrin said:Scratch off 11 fixed wing capable aircraft carriers at a stroke? Doesn't seem wise to me.
Abraham Gubler said:sferrin said:Scratch off 11 fixed wing capable aircraft carriers at a stroke? Doesn't seem wise to me.
Do you think that cancelling the F-35C would result in such an outcome? (Hard to tell from your response.) If so that is completely crazy. While it is possible that the USN could buy F-35Bs and fly them in place of F-35Cs from their carriers this is very unlikely. A more likely event would just be further Super Hornet buys to replace the high time Hornets and the UCLASS program fielding a X-45/X-47 style UCAV. Regardless the USN certainly wouldn't be throwing away 11 carriers and 10 air wings just because it wouldn't be getting 240 new aircraft.
TaiidanTomcat said:Imagine if post world war II they said "high performance aircraft are impossible because of the limits of the ship." and just left it at that, Corsairs into the 21st century!
pathology_doc said:TaiidanTomcat said:Imagine if post world war II they said "high performance aircraft are impossible because of the limits of the ship." and just left it at that, Corsairs into the 21st century!
;D "The F4U-26 has the latest in NASA wing sections, supercritical-section paddle blade propellers and advanced engine metallurgy for 28lb boost with 175-octane fuel. Podded radar on the right wing provides targeting data for AMRAAM, of which two (or four AIM-9X) can be carried in addition to four high-velocity 20mm cannon with 150rpg."
pathology_doc said:;D "The F4U-26 has the latest in NASA wing sections, supercritical-section paddle blade propellers and advanced engine metallurgy for 28lb boost with 175-octane fuel. Podded radar on the right wing provides targeting data for AMRAAM, of which two (or four AIM-9X) can be carried in addition to four high-velocity 20mm cannon with 150rpg."
You forgot the part about contrarotating propellers with scimitar blades and an M-Wing planform lifted from the FW190.pathology_doc said:TaiidanTomcat said:Imagine if post world war II they said "high performance aircraft are impossible because of the limits of the ship." and just left it at that, Corsairs into the 21st century!
;D "The F4U-26 has the latest in NASA wing sections, supercritical-section paddle blade propellers and advanced engine metallurgy for 28lb boost with 175-octane fuel. Podded radar on the right wing provides targeting data for AMRAAM, of which two (or four AIM-9X) can be carried in addition to four high-velocity 20mm cannon with 150rpg."
dannydale said:You forgot the part about contrarotating propellers with scimitar blades and an M-Wing planform lifted from the FW190.pathology_doc said:TaiidanTomcat said:Imagine if post world war II they said "high performance aircraft are impossible because of the limits of the ship." and just left it at that, Corsairs into the 21st century!
;D "The F4U-26 has the latest in NASA wing sections, supercritical-section paddle blade propellers and advanced engine metallurgy for 28lb boost with 175-octane fuel. Podded radar on the right wing provides targeting data for AMRAAM, of which two (or four AIM-9X) can be carried in addition to four high-velocity 20mm cannon with 150rpg."