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2007-11-18 Science & Technology

F-35 Joint Striker Fighter helmet renders the plane nearly invisible

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Posted by Mad Eye Thrineger4793 2007-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Is it just me or does that helmet look like the Darth Vader of Porky Pigs?

Does the pilot have to turn his head the whole way around to check his six?

Posted by gorb 2007-11-18 02:32|| 2007-11-18 02:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Go figure they'd take an ugly pic of the helmet, heres other views of it

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/vsihelmets/1866221

Posted by Valentine 2007-11-18 02:59|| 2007-11-18 02:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't care if they look like Medusa herself. Just so long as they rule the skies.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-18 03:25|| 2007-11-18 03:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Just waiting to come across the first naked guy wearing a copy of this helmet...

Posted by Seafarious 2007-11-18 03:30|| 2007-11-18 03:30|| Front Page Top

#5 kind of reminds me of marvin the martian (seelink)

Posted by Mad Eye Thrineger4793 2007-11-18 03:51|| http://marilynfenndesign.com/images/marvin_the_martian_page.jpg]">[http://marilynfenndesign.com/images/marvin_the_martian_page.jpg] 2007-11-18 03:51|| Front Page Top

#6 In any case, the technology is already outdated.

Here's the state of the art.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-18 06:37|| 2007-11-18 06:37|| Front Page Top

#7 A welder's helmet would make the plane virtually invisible, too. You can't see nuthin out of one of them. In fact, it makes damn near everything invisible.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-11-18 09:15|| 2007-11-18 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Shade 14, Deacon, and you will see nothing but the flash of a nuke, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-11-18 15:14|| 2007-11-18 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Somehow reminds me of the time way back in the mid-70's when I was working in construction during the Summer to pay for Architectural School when I took a piece of wide electrical tape and put it on the inside of a welder's helmet. I'm glad he never found out who did it.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-11-18 16:16|| 2007-11-18 16:16|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Slappy 2007-11-18 20:56|| 2007-11-18 20:56|| Front Page Top

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