Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

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Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by Karl/Pa. » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:51 am

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Re: Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:58 pm

Probably stole our technology :(

Still, lets see how it performs in real combat roles - it's got a LOT to live up to if it wants be be a Harrier replacement :GBR: :GBR: :GBR: :GBR:
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Re: Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by joseyclosey » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:21 pm

Good video. :D
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Re: Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by Dutch Mosin » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:25 pm

Fantastic plane, but I agree with Duncan.
Let's see the F-35 perform in combat and judge after that.

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Re: Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by Karl/Pa. » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:05 pm

There's three versions being produced. This is type B. The A & C versions are not VTOs. The A goes to the Air Force and the C to the Navy.
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Re: Goodbye Harriers. Hello F-35!

Post by Tom-May » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:05 am

It's a nice looking 'plane but can it VIFF? If it can, and tried it in combat,wouldn't that opening 'cap' rather telegraph any such move to an opponent?

My personal opinion is that they would have been better off sticking to vectored thrust.

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