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2017-01-06 Science & Technology
F-35 variant has hit another major snag
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Posted by Sonny Mussolini4178 2017-01-06 13:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Central to the plane's design????

What the hell...they designed and built an aircraft that doesn't launch well from a carrier???
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-06 14:03||   2017-01-06 14:03|| Front Page Top

#2 they designed and built an aircraft that doesn't launch well from a carrier???

To be fair, that's only one of the things it doesn't do well.
Posted by SteveS 2017-01-06 15:02||   2017-01-06 15:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't forget, this was designed as a multi-service aircraft - which means no service got what they really needed.

The last time we tried this we got the F-111. The last time we succeeded was with the F-4, which we didn't design for all services. The Phantom II was designed to be the best fighter possible - and we kept adding to it.
Posted by Frozen Al 2017-01-06 15:07||   2017-01-06 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Look at the bright side, at least it didn't lose a motor.....yet

Redesign the carriers, RIGHT !
Posted by USN, Ret 2017-01-06 15:47||   2017-01-06 15:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Had a red team come thru once on a project. They came up with some good ideas. Never hurts to have a second pair of eyes on a design.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2017-01-06 16:31||   2017-01-06 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Can we scrap this giant piece of crap! Salvage what works and apply it to multiple aircraft.
Posted by Omomort Cheager7040 2017-01-06 19:22||   2017-01-06 19:22|| Front Page Top

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