Forum: F-35 Lightning II

'maus92' points to a cartoon above (does B.C. stand for Before Christ?) where some Cro-Magnon comments: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/11/25/Ca ... -Purchase/

"DPL 1 day ago
a different version of the F35 was attempting a vertical take off from a carrier. Computer screwed up, the aircraft went inverted at around 50 feet and was about to fall on the carrier deck. The pilot got the afterburner going , rolled it over and recovered. Had he ejected he would have died. Sure is a badly controlled aircraft. we need F35's like a hole in the head.Harper wants to appear to be a big guy in the world, using our cash. The Liberal government did not contract the F35, they simply showed an interest,there has been no tendering either. One wonders just how much military expertize the fellow posting above. The F35 is a dog."

Gotta wuv dose Canuks living in cartoonieland. Very Happy

http://thetyee.cachefly.net/Opinion/201 ... artoon.jpg

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Gotta love people who cannot tell the difference between live and a computer game Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyihGlPPYhs

SpudmanWP wrote:

Gotta love people who cannot tell the difference between live and a computer game Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyihGlPPYhs

I think they flunked high school physics too...

So the cartoon and article were written by Michael Byers and Stewart Webb. Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. Stewart Webb is a Research Associate of the Salt Spring Forum.

I guess there is a reason why we don't let "politcal anyalists" make buying decisions regarding Canadian Armed Forces military hardware purchases as they would get to many Canadians Soldiers killed. Byers and Webb fail to recongize that in combat configuration the F-18E is in incapable of it's top speed and restricted to its combat radius of aproximately 722 km. Where as the F-35 in its combat configuration is capable of reaching its maximum design speed of mach 1.6 and has a combat radius of 1,090 km. For those you doing the math the F-35 has a 150% greater combat radius then the F-18E.

Also the F-35's ultimate ferry range is still unknow as it remains to be seen what kind external tanks and internal modifications will be available for the F-35 once it enters operational service. We can only surmise that the F-35's range and combat radius is only going to grow with future developments and enhancements.

Forum: F-35 Lightning II

Should Lockheed Martin sue bad journalists?