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Offline Swampman

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F-35 Not So Hot
« on: February 28, 2013, 03:30:00 PM »
http://www.vice.com/read/the-uss-stealth-fighter-is-too-heavy-and-slow
 
"If you're just an everyday American, though, you should be downright shattered that after a decade and a fortune spent, the F-35 will actually be more vulnerable than the aircraft it's replacing. At this point, the Pentagon is literally rewriting its rule book so that the dumbed-down superjet will pass muster."
I told you so......
 
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2013, 05:00:50 PM »
Lets hope so, most of this stuff will be used on us.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2013, 02:20:54 AM »
And more expensive than the F-22 which was a much better choice.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2013, 04:14:42 AM »
Typical... The govt provide a "design by comittee", even if it defies the laws of physics. A contractor takes on the project knowing the govt requirements CAN'T be met and tries to advise changes along the way which the govt refuses. Tis is nothing new.............
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2013, 04:33:23 AM »
What were they actually designed to do? I know the F22 and the F35 are much the focus of debate, but I really don't know why.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2013, 04:36:07 AM »
Like they will tell us what it will actually do.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2013, 05:17:21 AM »
Time will tell I guess. Sometimes new designs have a long "breaking in" period. The B-29 was a disaster at first, so was the F111.
I think the number was eleven test pilots killed in the P-38. The B-1 had its share of problems at first. The F-35 may turn out to be crap or a great plane.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2013, 09:55:08 AM »
Quote from: guzzijohn on March 01, 2013, 05:17:21 AM
Time will tell I guess. Sometimes new designs have a long "breaking in" period. The B-29 was a disaster at first,
...and it remained a maintenance pig, always
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...so was the F111.
and it never made it as a fighter, which is what it was supposed to be
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I think the number was eleven test pilots killed in the P-38. The B-1 had its share of problems at first. The F-35 may turn out to be crap or a great plane.
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Re: F-35 Not So Hot
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2013, 10:05:07 AM »
Just think it has only taken 60 years to get the M-16 problems corrected. Well kind of.
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