Awesome F-35 info

Please, I know the article briefly compared it to the A10, but this example of interchangeable parts across teh "pond" will never touch the awesomeness that is the A10.
 
Barbarian said:
Let's just hope the X-32 wasn't the better airplane.
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I've heard people argue that it was, but I've never seen hard specs for it published. A lot of the F-35's hard specs still are unpublished (to my knowledge.)

It's hard to make an informed comparison at this point.
 
haniblecter said:
Please, I know the article briefly compared it to the A10, but this example of interchangeable parts across teh "pond" will never touch the awesomeness that is the A10.
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Nobody is comparing it to the A-10. It was pointed out that it can potentially have a loiter time similar to the A-10's, which is impressive. Nobody is planning to turn this into an A-10 replacement.


The A-10 is getting an upgrade, by the way. The first pictures of the A-10C pit were published a couple months ago.
 
Kurayami said:
Nobody is comparing it to the A-10. It was pointed out that it can potentially have a loiter time similar to the A-10's, which is impressive. Nobody is planning to turn this into an A-10 replacement.


The A-10 is getting an upgrade, by the way. The first pictures of the A-10C pit were published a couple months ago.
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let's see them :]
 
A-10C

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vs. A-10A

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Even with the new MFDs it isn't too exciting. I don't know what all of the upgrades are. I know it's being outfitted to handle more modern GPS-guided munitions (like JDAMs,) and that it's supposedly getting a radar system (finally,) but that's about it.
 
Kurayami - are you in the airforce, or plan on joining in the future? You seem to be plane crazy is all. Curious.
 
I can't help but wonder where all this fly by wire shit will end up - it sounds as though the platform would be pretty fucked if it got compromised by a virus / EMP / some other crazy shit not invented yet.
 
Beren said:
cool
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Looks like Australia is wising up and going back to good old American equipment lately. :p

Then again, I seem to remember Australia being very interested in Britain's upcoming export Challenger 2 upgrade. Tsk tsk.


Beren said:
Kurayami - are you in the airforce, or plan on joining in the future? You seem to be plane crazy is all. Curious.
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No. I'm just a big fan of aerospace technology in general.
 
Geck0 said:
I can't help but wonder where all this fly by wire shit will end up - it sounds as though the platform would be pretty fucked if it got compromised by a virus / EMP / some other crazy shit not invented yet.
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Are you fucking kidding me? Fly-by-wire has been around for atleast 20 years and we haven't had a problem yet.
 
Geck0 said:
I can't help but wonder where all this fly by wire shit will end up - it sounds as though the platform would be pretty fucked if it got compromised by a virus / EMP / some other crazy shit not invented yet.
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Well, even an F-16 is going to be pretty fucked up if it gets hit by an EMP.
 
I know it's been around for 20yrs. Did you read the article? It said that manual flight was impossible because of information overload. What I'm getting at is that in a situation where the source of all that information goes away, can the platform function?

Will it be flyable at all? If so, how much use is a platform that needs all that fancy targeting info if it's not getting any?
 
Geck0 said:
I know it's been around for 20yrs. Did you read the article? It said that manual flight was impossible because of information overload. What I'm getting at is that in a situation where the source of all that information goes away, can the platform function?

Will it be flyable at all? If so, how much use is a platform that needs all that fancy targeting info if it's not getting any?
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do you know how many fucking safeguards they have? the fly-by-wire system is probably triple-redundant, probably as well as the rest of the plane
 
Kurayami said:
Looks like Australia is wising up and going back to good old American equipment lately. :p

Then again, I seem to remember Australia being very interested in Britain's upcoming export Challenger 2 upgrade. Tsk tsk.


No. I'm just a big fan of aerospace technology in general.
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well it is a case of opting for what appears to be best at the time. But these days it is more a case of being able to slot in with the US in the field easily.
 
Durak said:
do you know how many fucking safeguards they have? the fly-by-wire system is probably triple-redundant, probably as well as the rest of the plane
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Oh stfu Durak, like you'd know what was in the fucking thing or how it worked.
 
Geck0 said:
Oh stfu Durak, like you'd know what was in the fucking thing or how it worked.
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No I don't, but I can assure whatever problems an internet nerd has thought of that could go wrong w/ fly-by-wire, they have also thought of it and more.
 
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