How the F-35 really does it.

[bloomohio]

I personally talk with a test pilot of F-35 last Feb. and he says it runs circles around the F-15 as in TOP GUN!

[gchucky]

They said the same when the F-14 came out. Costly, more maintenance, etc. I remember a news story saying a F-18 can easily beat the F-14 in a dog fight. It did not mentioned that the F-14 can knock out the F-18 a hundred miles before it can do a dog fight. Twenty years from now, the F-35 would be considered cheap. Who knows, they might be gone in a generation, seeing how drones are getting better (a true armchair pilot).

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Mike1158

No wonder they could not control the budget.....

On the bright side, the ones for UK should be cheap to run now that Sterling is almost worthless. haha.

[ultra]

Originally Posted by bloomohio

I personally talk with a test pilot of F-35 last Feb. and he says it runs circles around the F-15 as in TOP GUN!

correct me if i'm wrong the f-35 is meant to replace the f-16 and the a-10 not the f-15

am i right

i probably don't have the right to say this as i'm not american but i just imagine a warning near the fuel input saying "warning fuel must be at least 15% USD to be qualified as valid"

sorry but i couldn't resist saying this

ultra stone

[whulsey]

Hey Ultra, been wondering were you'd got off to.

You're probably right and if its like the gasoline it will probably also need to be 10% ethanol green content.

[ultra]

Originally Posted by whulsey

Hey Ultra, been wondering were you'd got off to.

You're probably right and if its like the gasoline it will probably also need to be 10% ethanol green content.

oh well collage and all the stuff that come with collage (specially engineering)

thnx for asking

ultra stone

[murphyaa]

Originally Posted by whulsey

Hey Ultra, been wondering were you'd got off to.

You're probably right and if its like the gasoline it will probably also need to be 10% ethanol green content.

15% Ethanol, and 75% gold by weight.

[willygoat]

This is why the planes and fuel trucks are kept in the shade shelters. The desert heat at Edwards or Hill AFBS woul c melt that gold.

[Paper Kosmonaut]

There already is an F-35 Pork Chop bashing thread in the Comedy Stand here.
But to add to all the fun and tears:


If you remove the wrapping, the warranty is voided and there won't be any money-back guarantee.
Next, you stand close to it and sneeze, the poor chubby Pork Chop needs to go into quarantine for a couple of weeks to recuperate from the caught virus.
It is so the opposite of those Russian machines, that, when the engine's faltering, just need a good kick and lo and behold, it runs again.

The F-35 has become my pet hate in the past years, I know...

[Mike1158]

It does however, pay for the apartments used by those in charge to shack up the odd mistress or twenty, not to mention the appointee's underwear accounts. Must be more than a few brown trouser moments in the house.