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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #300 on: April 26, 2014, 08:48:12 PM »
Something I've been trying to do Brian, but there's a lot of compound curves which means a total new forward fuselage to get it right.

To add to Evan's comment about two-seaters not having to have a raised rear seat --- F-14, F-15, F-18, Tornado, Typhoon, Jaguar, Gripen -----

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #301 on: April 27, 2014, 01:35:23 AM »
Who is also bound, beyond a certain point, by security oaths.  I will point out, though, that the "hump" contours of the F-35B could give you a good start toward the aft cockpit, even if you have a fuel cell in place of the lift fan.  Also, consider the "swoop" of the cockpits of the F-5F as a guide to a suitable configuration that would maintain the chine line.  The two-seater doesn't necessarily need to have the back seat higher (I don't think the Hawk back seat is much higher than the front and the MB.326 is the same way).

Oh I understand  :) And thank you for the ideas
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #302 on: May 17, 2014, 03:31:41 AM »
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Jump jets on Defence radar
NICK BUTTERLY CANBERRA
The West Australian
May 17, 2014, 2:10 am

Australia could buy "jump-jet" Joint Strike Fighters to base aboard new landing ships, giving the nation its first aircraft carrier since the early 1980s.

Defence Minister David Johnston told The Weekend West _the Government was considering buying the "B" model of the F-35 - a specialised variant of the stealth jet being built to operate from aircraft carriers.

Last month, Australia committed to buying 72 of the conventional model F-35s from US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin at a cost of almost $20 billion.

But the Government has left the door open to buying more F-35s and the minister says the F-35B will be considered.

"Now that aircraft is more expensive, does not have the range but it's an option that has been considered from day one," Senator Johnston said.

The F-35B has a shortened take-off distance and can land vertically, just like the legendary Harrier jump jet.

The British Navy and the US Marines are buying the F-35B to station aboard aircraft carriers.

Australia is soon to bring into service two large ships called landing helicopter docks. Though they resemble small aircraft carriers, the Government has maintained until now they would be used only to deploy helicopters and troops.

Senator Johnston said stationing the F-35 aboard an LHD would be costly and technically challenging, but it could be done.

"The deck strength is there for such an aircraft," he said.

The Hawke government mothballed Australia's last aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne, in 1982.

Commissioning an aircraft carrier is considered a significant strategic statement of military might by a country.

China recently launched its first aircraft carrier. The sea trials are being watched closely.

The F-35B has less range than the conventional F-35 owing to the complex systems of jets used to allow it to land vertically.

The B variant has been the most trouble-plagued of the three F-35 models. Testing was stalled this year after cracks were discovered in the aircrafts' bulkheads.

The F-35 will replace Australia's fleet of F/A-18A/B Classic Hornet aircraft, due to be withdrawn in 2022.

 Damn!  Maybe that KittyHawk F-35B I have will become a real world build after all...;)
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #303 on: May 17, 2014, 05:39:52 PM »
Very interesting and considering Chinas sabre rattling of late.  Maybe my postulations that Australia should look at a couple of Hyuga type DDHs as replacements for the Adelaide Class FFGs or some of the ANZAC Class FFGHs will get up next.

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #304 on: May 18, 2014, 03:07:09 AM »

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #305 on: May 18, 2014, 03:07:50 AM »
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #307 on: July 16, 2014, 02:50:28 AM »
Not a plane but a car painted to match:




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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #308 on: July 21, 2014, 07:48:01 PM »
Smallest model of F-35C?



1/285 scale, printed at shapeways.   :D

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #309 on: July 21, 2014, 08:49:12 PM »
Nope! 1/350 I think is the smallest

Model 1/350 QE built by Davecov on The Airfix Tribute Forum

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #310 on: July 22, 2014, 04:30:39 AM »
they look like cgi

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #311 on: July 22, 2014, 11:06:44 AM »
Here's the Lockheed Martin YF-45A Starbolt, a small fighter derived from the F-35...





Where is the intake/s on this?

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #312 on: July 22, 2014, 03:38:20 PM »
I knew we forgot something...  ;D

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #313 on: July 22, 2014, 09:42:06 PM »
they look like cgi

It does too, but I assure you it isn't.  This model was on the table in the VIP room when the Queen named the ship last week (or was that the week before)

link to the build:

http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=331&t=25252

1/350 F-35C:

http://www.freetimehobbies.com/1-350-orange-hobby-lockheed-martin-f-35c-2-groups/

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #314 on: July 23, 2014, 10:34:46 AM »
I knew we forgot something...  ;D
Lol OK so it's a modified picture, rather realistic though as I thought it was a real aircraft to be whiffed, with hidden intakes ;D

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #315 on: July 24, 2014, 01:00:20 AM »

WMD scheme found on Deviantart





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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #316 on: July 24, 2014, 04:36:29 PM »
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RAAF F-35 previewed ahead of AU-1 rollout

Lockheed Martin has previewed the second F-35A for the RAAF a day ahead of a formal rollout of Australia’s first aircraft in a ceremony due to take place at the company’s Fort Worth facility on Thursday.

The second jet, AU-2, was previewed to media on Wednesday ahead of the formal rollout of aircraft AU-1, and wears the standard F-35 grey paint scheme with ‘low vis’ RAAF roundels, serial number A35-002 and tail markings for the RAAF’s 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU).

AU-1, meanwhile, will be formally unveiled on Thursday in a ceremony due to be attended by Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown, F-35 program executive officer LtGen Chris Bogdan, US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall and Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 program, Lorraine Martin.






http://australianaviation.com.au/2014/07/raaf-f-35-previewed-ahead-of-au-1-rollout/
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #317 on: July 26, 2014, 10:59:37 PM »
 :-* Gorgeous  :-*


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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #318 on: March 12, 2015, 02:00:34 AM »
Cool photo:

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #319 on: March 12, 2015, 11:38:45 AM »
Those aren't cluster bombs, are they?  :o

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #320 on: March 12, 2015, 10:11:56 PM »
Those aren't cluster bombs, are they?  :o


Looks like GBUs, JDAMs and SDBs. Cluster bombs have fallen out of favor by the west at least. They are a monster to clean up

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #321 on: March 13, 2015, 05:57:22 AM »
is the stealth instantly buggered when they hang stuff off it externally?

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #322 on: March 13, 2015, 08:04:59 AM »
For the umpteenth time, the all internal weapons 'stealth-mode' was only ever intended for the
opening phases of a conflict, once 'the balloon is up' the aircraft switches to standard eternal
weapons heavy hauler mode. The Low Observability aka 'stealth' features/capability being
built in eliminates the need for a specialized, and otherwise basically useless, 'pure stealth' machine
like the F-117.

This is old info that has been repeatedly stated going back to the original JAST and
JSF concept stages well over twenty years ago.
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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #323 on: March 13, 2015, 09:44:45 AM »
is the stealth instantly buggered when they hang stuff off it externally?

Depends on what they hang off, while JCF is correct, the F-35 and the F-22 were never intended to be stealthy all the time, they were intended to be stealthy at least part of the time.  The more facets the object hanging below the wing has, the less stealthy the object (ie F-35) will be.  Hanging a single AIM-9X off the wing will make it still semi-stealthy compared to a JDAM.  Which is why it will be stealthy on day one and by day three, it won't.   ;)

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Re: F-35 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #324 on: March 13, 2015, 11:55:35 AM »
Hmm, wonder if you could develop LO pylons for carrying JASSM rounds which are already somewhat stealthy themselves (not as much as the cancelled TSSAM, but reasonably so, from the front and sides).