F-35 Can't Fly on Warm Fuel

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

because the Air Force is looking for a cheap solution for its most expensive project....   ::)

They need to save somewhere. Rumor is that AF pilots may have to start wearing smaller watches  :o

Dear God, the sky IS falling!

[Staggerwing]

Don't worry, Toonces is safe. He made the right horological call all those years back.

[LongBlade]

More bad news on the F-35.

A test pilot has some very, very bad news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The pricey new stealth jet can't turn or climb fast enough to hit an enemy plane during a dogfight or to dodge the enemy's own gunfire, the pilot reported following a day of mock air battles back in January.

"The F-35 was at a distinct energy disadvantage," the unnamed pilot wrote in a scathing five-page brief that War Is Boring has obtained. The brief is unclassified but is labeled "for official use only."

The test pilot's report is the latest evidence of fundamental problems with the design of the F-35 — which, at a total program cost of more than a trillion dollars, is history's most expensive weapon.

source: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/test-pilot-admits-the-f-35-can-t-dogfight-cdb9d11a875?mc_cid=029df67bff&mc_eid=70eb148183

[mirth]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

It's the same thing that a10 designer said, the wings are too damn small.

[mirth]

Similar article:

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-f-35-cant-beat-the-plane-its-replacing-in-a-dogfigh-1714712248

Also, the aircraft flown in the test, an F-35A, is the most maneuverable F-35 variant of the lot, being capable of pulling 9g, while the carrier capable F-35C is capable of pulling 7.5g and the short takeoff and vertical landing variant, the F-35B, is only capable of pulling 7g.

The fact that the F-35 is maybe not really a good fighter at all is reminiscent of the question that we've been asking for years — if you don't really need competitive maneuverability, than why do we need a fighter at all?

[undercovergeek]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

He's too busy skipping in pastures and picking flowers

Go round all your unfinished argument threads and finish them off whilst he still thinks been in love is a good thing

[LongBlade]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

He's too busy skipping in pastures and picking flowers

Go round all your unfinished argument threads and finish them off whilst he still thinks been in love is a good thing

[Steelgrave]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

He's too busy skipping in pastures and picking flowers

Go round all your unfinished argument threads and finish them off whilst he still thinks been in love is a good thing

:)) :)) :)) You're killin' it today, Undercover

[mirth]

Star and Caitlyn Jenner, how sweet.

[GDS_Starfury]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

you certainly has a gross misconception of my opinion of the F-35.  perhaps you should go back and reread the original thread.

[mirth]

Cue Star to tell us it's supposed to be a purely BVR fighter  ::)

you certainly has a gross misconception of my opinion of the F-35.  perhaps you should go back and reread the original thread.

Easy, lover.

[GDS_Starfury]

fuck off.  I've complained about the problems with the program and corrected some of the more common errors in reporting.

[mirth]

I said BVR, not BVD. So don't get your panties wadded.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

fuck off.  I've complained about the problems with the program and corrected some of the more common errors in reporting.

Easy big guy, don't throw the paint bombs!