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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on June 13, 2019, 04:38:25 AM
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https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/06/12/supersonic-speeds-could-cause-big-problems-for-the-f-35s-stealth-coating/
The Navy and the Marines can't fly the F-35 at speed because the stealthy paint blisters, and the tail starts to fall apart. Great.
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McNamara must be laughing his fanny off wherever he is.
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https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/06/12/supersonic-speeds-could-cause-big-problems-for-the-f-35s-stealth-coating/
The Navy and the Marines can't fly the F-35 at speed because the stealthy paint blisters, and the tail starts to fall apart. Great.
Looks like an issue only in extreme cases.
I'm not a fan of the F-35, but I don't think this issue is a big deal.
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A couple or so of the first F-14 Tomcats shot themselves down with their Phoenix missiles, but the problem was corrected and the Tomcat had a respectable service life.
But the F-35 ..... do we need the variants? And its budget has taken off at Mach speeds and remained intact and unpeeled.
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All purpose just means it's mediocre at everything.
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https://news.sky.com/story/f-35-jets-chinese-owned-company-making-parts-for-top-secret-uk-us-fighters-11741889
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https://news.sky.com/story/f-35-jets-chinese-owned-company-making-parts-for-top-secret-uk-us-fighters-11741889
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
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https://news.sky.com/story/f-35-jets-chinese-owned-company-making-parts-for-top-secret-uk-us-fighters-11741889
What could go wrong?
https://youtu.be/6aS3bqAFtEY?t=80
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The Blackhawk was often called the Crashhawk because of the problems it had initially. Same with the V-22 Osprey. All complex systems have "teething" problems at the beginning of their deployment into the service. Same with the V-22. They'll come up with a fix for this.
While I agree that "All-purpose = sucks at everything", I don't think this is that big of an issue.
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The Blackhawk was often called the Crashhawk because of the problems it had initially. Same with the V-22 Osprey. All complex systems have "teething" problems at the beginning of their deployment into the service. Same with the V-22. They'll come up with a fix for this.
While I agree that "All-purpose = sucks at everything", I don't think this is that big of an issue.
The F/A18 had its share of teething problems also, especially in the early years but eventually it went from crawling to walking and then running and has turned into a reasonably nice airframe from what I have heard. :)
bob
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The F/A18 had its share of teething problems also, especially in the early years but eventually it went from crawling to walking and then running and has turned into a reasonably nice airframe from what I have heard. :)
bob
https://news.usni.org/2019/03/21/42021
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While I agree that "All-purpose = sucks at everything", I don't think this is that big of an issue.
The blistering paint isn't a huge deal. The structural degradation of the tail feathers, on the other hand ...