F-35 Lightning II (aka JSF)

[TsrJoe]

nice cg. promotional image ...

[Litvyak]

The best choice for ROCAF is F-15SE Silent Eagle.

Good luck with that
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I was going to ask why "good luck", since I recently saw mention of the F-15SE being cleared for export to South Korea, and then I realised we're discussing Taiwan here... yeah, I don't think the ChiComs would be too happy with ROC getting those (or 35s...).

[GTX]

Another nice promotional pic - this time from P&W:



+ photo of first production (LRIP1) aircraft in flight:



Regards,

Greg

[rickshaw]

Nice!

[Taiidantomcat]

Its a beauty 

[Maverick]

Still don't like the thing, but I thought these might be appreciated.  Nice to see the EOTS instead of just gold windows for a change.

Regards,

Mav

[GTX]

Just note that the mockup on display at Avalon was subscale.

Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

Greg,

One thought on the faceted nature of the transparencies for the EOTS.  Does the framing affect the ability of the sensors within?  I realise faceting is quite haute de riguer in some stealth applications, but I wonder if the frames might degrade the sensors' capabilities.

Also wasn't aware the mockup was subscale.  It must be a bigger beast than I first imagined.

Regards,

Mav

[GTX]

If anyone wants a fairly good overview on the JSF, try the May 2011 edition of Air International (see below), specifically the 48 page special.



Regards,

Greg

[icchan]

It must be a bigger beast than I first imagined.

It probably is. Udvar-Hazy had (when I went there in 2009) a prototype airframe, and it's surprisingly big for something as "small" as it is.  Especially the fuselage, once you see how wide it is.

[GTX]

It must be a bigger beast than I first imagined.

It probably is. Udvar-Hazy had (when I went there in 2009) a prototype airframe, and it's surprisingly big for something as "small" as it is.  Especially the fuselage, once you see how wide it is.

The X-35 at Udvar-Hazy is actually smaller than the F-35.

Regards,

Greg

[icchan]

The X-35 at Udvar-Hazy is actually smaller than the F-35.

If the X is undersized, even by a little, then dang.

[pyro-manic]

No such thing as a "light fighter" any more!

[dy031101]

Internal weapons carriage, lots of fuel, a boat-load of sensors, and provision for a lift fan....... "light" being a relative term should be expected.

[GTX]

These pics (from Code One Magazine) gives an idea of the differences (at least between the X-35B and F-35B).  The size difference isn't great but it is there. You notice it much more when you actually see the real aircraft:







regards,

Greg