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Tell me again why we need the F35
« on: June 13, 2019, 04:38:25 AM »
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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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2019, 06:56:37 AM »
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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2019, 08:53:36 AM »
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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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2019, 07:42:33 PM »
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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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2019, 11:13:36 PM »
All purpose just means it's mediocre at everything.
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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2019, 04:44:19 PM »
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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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2019, 04:52:33 PM »
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. :)

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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2019, 05:57:51 PM »
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. :)

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Re: Tell me again why we need the F35
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2019, 11:07:26 PM »

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 ...
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