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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #375 on: August 20, 2016, 06:36:24 AM »
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #376 on: August 20, 2016, 07:17:37 AM »
The more I look at the F-35A from the top, the more I see an anime crustacean of sorts.   :icon_surprised: ;D ;D
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #377 on: August 20, 2016, 07:17:46 AM »
And yet another - much longer and more detailed this time.

https://youtu.be/aBP1wU6lHE4

I really like the appearance of the F-35C. :)
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #378 on: August 28, 2016, 05:45:36 AM »
More of the first Japanese F-35:




Yep, still all grey! ;D
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #379 on: August 28, 2016, 08:50:12 AM »
Last picture clearly taken in Fort Worth, I believe I recognize the area in the background.

Be interesting to see who else buys them; I'm wondering if re-organized Turkey will still be interested.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #380 on: August 29, 2016, 03:35:26 AM »
Be interesting to see who else buys them; I'm wondering if re-organized Turkey will still be interested.

Well Turkey is still a partner so I believe they will.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #381 on: December 14, 2016, 05:44:43 AM »




first F-35I's land in Israel

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #382 on: January 12, 2017, 04:41:52 AM »
F-35 goes to Japan




NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – Marine Corps F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, transit the Pacific from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 9, 2017, with its final destination of Iwakuni, Japan. VMFA-121 is the first operational F-35B squadron assigned to the Fleet Marine Force, with its relocation to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Iwakuni.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #383 on: January 12, 2017, 08:49:20 AM »
I saw a video of them on the Secret Projects Forum, I noticed that they had the panel tape painted over ---

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #384 on: April 02, 2017, 03:39:57 AM »
RAAF's first two F-35's last month:

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #385 on: April 24, 2017, 03:58:30 AM »
Would anyone know if the F-35 is using drop tanks right now ?

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #386 on: April 24, 2017, 03:59:52 AM »
I believe it is planned though I have not seen an actual photo with such to date.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #387 on: April 24, 2017, 04:03:42 AM »
Of course, one could get silly:

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #388 on: April 24, 2017, 04:07:25 AM »
I didn't think they were using them, had some silly bugger on the Secret Project Forum complaining that the recent deployment they had to be refueled nine times to cross the Atlantic. I pointed out they came from Hill AFB and didn't have drop tanks.

I can get these 1/72 tanks for my models though, which seem to be what the current idea is for them.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #389 on: April 24, 2017, 04:51:14 AM »
Yeah, I saw that.  Interesting how some people take anything they can to twist a negative story related to the F-35...whilst ignoring what the alternatives offer (or don't offer).  Moreover, the F-35 is very early in its service life.  Obviously Air Forces are more conservative at this stage - just witness a F-35 air show display compared to other platforms.  This isn't that the other platforms are more manoeuvrable bit that they are just not fully cleared re envelope and that the pilots are still earlier on in their experience with said aircraft.   
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #390 on: April 25, 2017, 01:38:00 AM »
I didn't think they were using them, had some silly bugger on the Secret Project Forum complaining that the recent deployment they had to be refueled nine times to cross the Atlantic. I pointed out they came from Hill AFB and didn't have drop tanks.



sigh,

http://www.f-16.net/forum/download/file.php?id=23482

Ignorant people, say ignorant things. It wasn't a "straight shot" and they are topped off when they are "half empty" in order to maintain options in case of diversion...

cool drop tanks though  :)
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #391 on: April 25, 2017, 04:43:45 AM »
F-35 hating is a meme by now. Funny thing is, the former punching bag F-22 is now seen by as perfection itself (probably by the very same folks that loved to hate it), even though it had its share of problems as well.

People just find it difficult to accept that the more systems one integrates with an aircraft, the longer the development will take. It might have taken 15 months from the flight of the first prototype to becoming operational back in WW2, but already by 1970's it easily took 5+ years, by 1990's 10+ years (and this is not counting preceding development time!), so ~15 years is not that unreasonable especially since F-35 tries to do several things never attempted before (like virtual 360 degree field of vision, total sensor fusion, using the radar as an ECM and ELINT device, potentially being a controller for a swarm of UCAV's, and so forth).

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #392 on: April 25, 2017, 08:47:11 AM »
Amen brother.  :icon_meditation:
The same is true of new airliners, the average punter just doesn't
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #393 on: April 26, 2017, 05:06:54 AM »
Kelmola and JCF, true on both counts. Whats galling with the F-22 comparison is they are making the same arguments, falling into the same lies and BS and red herrings with the F-22 a few years ago (they got what they wanted, there were F-22s in the end) yet calling for more F-22s that are now perfect to be built after campaigning against them for years!!




In other very topical F-35 news, F-35 schemes just got a lot easier:




There is a new look coming to the F-35 later in the year! With a sleeker, more uniform coating system, F-35s are saving time in Aircraft Final Finishes (AFF) and saving dollars. The design and new look didn’t happen overnight, but rather was the effort of many people over the last five years.

In 2012, James Thistle came to Fort Worth from F-22 in Marietta as the Production Operations Senior Manager in AFF. He quickly recognized the need for improving the throughput of AFF, which at the time was operating at almost double the scheduled span and cost budgeted for the area. After pitching a potentially significant opportunity to his then-director, Tom Carrubba, now vice president of Aeronautics Quality Transformation and Enterprise Integration, he was able to gain the initial support for changing the engineering design, coatings material and the application process used in AFF.

“What resulted in the end was several days of span time saved in AFF and one of the most positively impactful affordability projects on the F-35 to date. It saves significant hours per unit, defects and rework and improves the aircraft sustainability in the field. It also changes the exterior look of the aircraft to a more uniform coating,” said Carrubba.

“The Aircraft Finishes configuration required the preparation and applications of various materials, which aesthetically appear as jig saw panes of various shades of gray across doors, panels and control surface edges. The manufacturing process to yield a complying product are extremely labor intensive and requires unique skill sets and more so concentrated attention to detail, which meant more labor and processing span in AFF," said Thistle. "Despite the immense efforts amongst the F-35 Finishes organizations, the process often yielded escapes and as a result contributed towards the organizations number one driver for quality defects."

The idea to optimize the process by eliminating multiple masking operations and the need to manually hand spray various top coats by using robotic application during the final top coat application; or “Z13” overcoat as it is more commonly known, was conceived. The project will reduce the cost of an F-35A by $16,000 per aircraft and will save $49 million in the total life of the program.

Chad Wemyss, Delivery Operations Manufacturing Engineering (ME) manager, has been working on the project since picking it up as AFF ME Lead in 2012. “This has been one of the most intense collaboration efforts I’ve taken part in. It has involved several years of testing by the Signature Integration and Materials and Processes (M&P) teams, as well as close teamwork with Production Operations, Finishes Engineering, Sustainment, the Affordability team, the F-35 Program Office and the customer, Joint Program Office (JPO). There have been a lot of stakeholders with different aspects of project inputs and requirements and keeping the whole thing moving forward has been challenging, but also extremely rewarding,” he said. The team kept with it and the results were evident when AF-104, the test aircraft for this project, finished its final coatings in AFF. Implementation of the change is expected in the 2nd quarter of 2017.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #394 on: April 26, 2017, 02:53:44 PM »
Actually, to tell the honest truth the change in scheme had nothing to do with cost or enhanced performance.  It was simply done to make the life of the modelling community easier... ;)
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« Reply #395 on: April 26, 2017, 09:02:09 PM »
Actually, to tell the honest truth the change in scheme had nothing to do with cost or enhanced performance.  It was simply done to make the life of the modelling community easier... ;)

I knew it would pay to have modelers on the inside of the program  ;D
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #396 on: May 06, 2017, 05:41:56 AM »
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #397 on: June 08, 2017, 02:40:39 AM »
Menancing...

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #398 on: June 09, 2017, 04:48:34 AM »
Wow, what an image!
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #399 on: June 12, 2017, 01:13:20 PM »
F-35 style fuel tanks are available at Shapes in 1:144th and 1:72nd scale:

1/144 F-35 Drop Tanks Made By Napping Man's Flying things and stuff

1/72 F-35 Drop Tanks Made By Napping Man's Flying things and stuff

You can contact the maker about scaling the tanks up to 1:48th scale. 
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