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 Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 04:40 PM
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"NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – On June 14, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-2 completed the first test flight for the short takeoff and vertical landing variant with an asymmetric weapons load. Cmdr. Eric Buus flew BF-2 with an AIM-9X Sidewinder inert missile on the starboard pylon, a centerline 25 mm gun pod, and a GBU-32 and AIM-120 in the starboard weapon bay."
Photo at the link.
http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fu ... mp;id=5034 |
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Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 05:08 PM
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munny
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 07:09 AM
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Amazing 21st century Technology (ignoring the patch up job) 
20th century technology
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megasun
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 08:28 PM
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Interesting!
Is cover material so flexible to bend? as well as the RAM coating? |
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 09:17 PM
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| No bending involved. The hinge is just designed so well that there is no perceivable gap. |
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 09:28 PM
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munny
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 02:10 AM
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how the HELL do they do that without the paint cracking and falling off?
Also the photo answers one of the questions around which doors need more frequent replacement. The nozzle door is a different colour to the rest of the aircraft. |
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 02:15 AM
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| Probably without paint at all. |
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 02:23 AM
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| No bendy. I thought it did too but it doesn't. Go chase down the video of the X-47B that NG released a year or two ago of it under construction. There's a point in which it's moving its control surfaces and you can see exactly how it's handled. |
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 03:37 AM
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munny wrote:
Amazing 21st century Technology (ignoring the patch up job)
I don't know if that's a patch... if it's orange, it's likely instrumentation; I'd guess thermocouples and maybe a pressure tap. |
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Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 11:02 PM
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| It can't bend. I'm with SpudmanWP in that the tolerances between components are so small that you can't see any gaps between them from a distance. This is good when making a Low Observable vehicle. |
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marksengineer
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Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 05:45 PM
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| Are the weights of the external pylons included in the aircraft weight or must they be added when talking about vertical landings with stores? The requirement to land with two 1000 lb JDAM and two AIM-120's internally doesn't mention from what I have seen whether or not it includes the pylons. |
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Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 06:01 PM
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VLBB is listed in Total Weight, not specific stores.
If a F-35B wants to do a VLBB with internal stores and external pylons then he can do so with less fuel if the fuel reserve is above the safety margin.
IIRC, the VLBB is ~5000lb (fuel and stores). |
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