Posted on 03/31/2010 4:44:27 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
I need to watch myself. I’m tired of the blatantly false information being spread around and will probably get myself in trouble if I’m not careful.
Yesterday there was some “article” about a simulated fight between a flight of F35’s and F/A18’s engaging a flight of Flankers and the outcome was 1 Flanker down and the two flights of good guys (8 total) all going down.
Utter BS. The F35’s and F/A18’s engaged them visually vs. using their OTH capabilities.
The misinformation/disinformation war against the F35 is in full swing. This is how the F22 fleet size got cut so badly and how the Presidential helo program got axed.
Yes that was from Air Power Australia. They are down on the F-18E/F Super-Hornet and the F-35 (because they did not get the F-22), so the article is not surprising.
They make some absurd comparisons of the F-35 to other airplanes, such as our F-105 for one.
I have read most if not all of that website. And they were also in love with the F-111, wanted to keep it flying to 2015 and longer with advanced versions if I recall correctly.
If the USA is not going to allow the F22 to be built and sold for FMS, why the tantrum?
It’s not like the Aussies can overturn the decisions on their own. I suspect they’re doing this to put more pressure on their pols to in turn put more pressure on the USA to allow FMS sales to Australia?
I don’t know that I would mind that so much, the Aussies have always been dependable allies. I would feel the same about the Brits as well except for their hard lurch to the left recently. The muzzie thing there (GB) has me a bit concerned as well.
I really don’t know what to believe save to say that the data does not favor the F-35 claims.
Instinctively, it feels improbable to build a quality tool that fits all tasks.
It also feels like we are in trouble with not enough airplanes, not enough of the right types and what appears to be an increasingly demoralized air force who feel doomed to fly radio controlled airplanes.
Bookmarked.
F-16 ping.
Wow....
Delta wings/Low Aspect Ratios have more sweet spots than people realize, one being the ability to have high internal fuel stores, especially if the airfoil gets a high % thickness.
I read a while back, Lockheed Martin had Solid Modeled the Saab Drakken Double Delta to run it within their CFD software.
One may ask a real curious, Why?
http://www.ndu.edu/press/jfq_pages/editions/i57/kopp.pdf
Save the PDF document and bookmark the Air Power Australia homepage website on your browser.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.