Full load F-35--Preparing the Warfighter for the Frontline..
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Title: Preparing the Warfighter for the Frontlines, One Flight Test at a Time
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Is this the first time we saw F-35 with almost maximum external load in flight? (4*GBU-31, 2000lb, 2*AIM9X)? I assume it also carry 2*GBU-31+2*AIM120 internally at the same time. What a beast.
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Is this the first time we saw F-35 with almost maximum external load in flight? (4*GBU-31, 2000lb, 2*AIM9X)? I assume it also carry 2*GBU-31+2*AIM120 internally at the same time. What a beast.
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The list of planes that can carry a FLIR, IRST, EW, 6 GBU-31a and 4 AAMs is a short one. Like, three aircraft short. F-35A, F-35C, and F-15E.
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SpudmanWP wrote:Even then the F-15E would have to give up a droptank of fuel to do it
And apparently the two wing tanks were ALWAYS carried in the Stan.
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And in that configuration the F-15E carries 5 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-10) in the image seen above while the F-35 can carry 6 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-31) as seen on the photo above - It's still one more 2000lb bomb than the F-15E
This also serves for the critics who often claim that the F-35 cannot carry a big weapons loadout
Well, so far I'm yet to see any fighter aircraft able to carry 6 x 2000lb bombs.
This also serves for the critics who often claim that the F-35 cannot carry a big weapons loadout
Well, so far I'm yet to see any fighter aircraft able to carry 6 x 2000lb bombs.
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Impressive shot.
The Lightning is a remarkable aircraft in what can be fit within such a small footprint.
At the very very max:
- 2 x 5,000lb bombs
- 4 x 2,000lb bombs
- 4 x AAMs
And somehow it can cram in 18,000lbs of fuel.
The Lightning is a remarkable aircraft in what can be fit within such a small footprint.
At the very very max:
- 2 x 5,000lb bombs
- 4 x 2,000lb bombs
- 4 x AAMs
And somehow it can cram in 18,000lbs of fuel.
ricnunes wrote:And in that configuration the F-15E carries 5 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-10) in the image seen above while the F-35 can carry 6 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-31) as seen on the photo above - It's still one more 2000lb bomb than the F-15E
This also serves for the critics who often claim that the F-35 cannot carry a big weapons loadout
Well, so far I'm yet to see any fighter aircraft able to carry 6 x 2000lb bombs.
How about a Typhoon?
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sferrin wrote:ricnunes wrote:And in that configuration the F-15E carries 5 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-10) in the image seen above while the F-35 can carry 6 x 2000lb bombs (GBU-31) as seen on the photo above - It's still one more 2000lb bomb than the F-15E
This also serves for the critics who often claim that the F-35 cannot carry a big weapons loadout
Well, so far I'm yet to see any fighter aircraft able to carry 6 x 2000lb bombs.
How about a Typhoon?
16,530lbs. (weapons) to MTOW, but no idea as to the max weight for each hardpoint. Care to enlighten me?
I wonder how the platforms in question compare kinematicly with that kind of load.
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ricnunes wrote:Well, so far I'm yet to see any fighter aircraft able to carry 6 x 2000lb bombs.
The F-35's load is impressive. The Su-34 is a large fighter class aircraft with a focus on ground attack. The chart below says it can carry three 1500kg (3307 lbs) bombs, which at 9921 lbs is less weight than the 12,000 lbs from six 2000 lb bombs.
http://airrecognition.com/index.php?id=1721
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To be fair, if I'm not mistaken, the loadout with 12x something would be 500kg each, so 6,000kg. The 6x 2,000lb loadout on the F-35A/C would be around 6x 907kg = 5,442kg, so slightly lighter, nominally.
But that's very very impressive to have about the same maximum loadout with the F-35A/C as the Su-34, especially when one considers the F-35A's loaded weight is a bit lighter than the Su-34's...empty weight !
But that's very very impressive to have about the same maximum loadout with the F-35A/C as the Su-34, especially when one considers the F-35A's loaded weight is a bit lighter than the Su-34's...empty weight !
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