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03-11-2013, 11:09 AM
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Good luck F35
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#2
03-11-2013, 06:23 PM
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Long story short: the 35 have a bunk cockpit by design... It's cheaper!
I don't understand this controversy. First you delay the all round digital camera system..Then you say that you hve no vis backward... Cross minded ppl are astonishing: you never expect them where you shld !  By the way, Swiss, comment ça va ? ~S
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03-11-2013, 11:00 PM
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As the F-35 will be the RN's only fixed wing carrier asset, then it is entirely possible that it'll be dog fighting at some point in its career, just like the last fixed winged thing to fly off an RN carrier. I suppose that goes to a lesser extent for the USN, as they'll also have the Super Bug and whatever else comes down the pike.
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03-12-2013, 09:54 AM
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The US should start to develop a brand new fighter using all the technology without the flaws the F35 is suffering.
So they could sell it again to the countries that funded the F35 project  Seriously, I don't see this machine successfuly fighting in the future. I can hear it from there  :"That pigeon was in my blind spot !"
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03-12-2013, 12:15 PM
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Has anyone ever heard of the phrase "cash cow" ?... The investors are being milked.
Ludicrous to think that competent experienced developers could come up with something that can't fly at night, or take a storm.
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03-18-2013, 04:14 PM
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Quote:
"JSF development is being principally funded by the United States. The partner nations are either NATO members or close U.S. allies." ...... "The United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, and Turkey are part of the development program; Israel, Singapore and Japan may also equip their air services with the F-35"
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03-12-2013, 05:21 PM
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On the other hand, if you DON'T have a contingency when you DO end up in visual range (and you will, at some point, regardless of your best efforts), you're as dead as a dodo's left foot.
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03-15-2013, 10:32 PM
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raised cockpit = perturbed airflow for the lifting fan
if only the VMC had the bunk cockpit then the Price of all three versions would hve raised Also, it's really expensive to make a stealthy bubble cockpit like for the 22 (look at the choice made for the T50). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA So it is a matter of priceS and overall effectiveness. The Crusader had poor rear view and was an awesome dogfighter during Nam. The top scoring aircraft of all time (the 109) had an enclosed canopy too
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