The USAF Has To Re-Paint Its Trucks Because The F-35 Can’t Fly On Warm Fuel

Daily Caller via Yahoo ^ | December 9, 2014 | Staff

[LeoWindhorse]

they should have upgraded the Harrier and kept the F-22 program

typical number crunching morons

[Capt. Tom]

The F-35 can only fly on jet fuel under a certain temperature due to a range of heating issues attributed to the F-35B variant’s short takeoff and vertical landing engine. According to the USAF, the dark-green trucks that carry that fuel absorb too much heat from the sun to keep the planes in the sky.

Another example of "the bigger the bundle, the bigger the bungle". -Tom

[Dr. Thorne]

The F-35 performs aerobatics.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is this airplane cursed ?

[jagusafr]

F-35 = White Elephant.

[SZonian]

Fuel has been used as a coolant in many aircraft for various systems for years.

It’s not a new concept by any means.

[zot]

They have to be kidding us! (posted with full sarcasm)

Somebody is kidding us.

[SZonian]

Agreed, I’m quite familiar with which you speak, having been a USAF maintainer for 20 years.

With the lack of specifics, as there are none offered in the article, I can’t make a more informed comment.

[Moonman62]

What’s important is that political donors made a fortune off the f35 project.

[AFreeBird]

Actually, the SR-71 used its fuel as both a coolant and a hydronic in certain subsystems.

But then again, the fuel was a special blend to deal with the high skin temps of a MACH 3+ bird. The AB’s had to be chemically ignited because a plain old flame wouldn’t work.

[AFreeBird]

Err hydrolic

[Steely Tom]

Hydraulic.

[USNBandit]

The interesting thing is that all the tactical jets I have flown have had an oil/fuel heat exchanger to preheat the fuel and cool the oil.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Obama decided to use an Executive Order to violate the Stefan-Boltzmann Law. This is predictably what happens when we have a tyrannical Executive Branch.

[Charles Martel]

I am calling BS on this report. If its liquid fuel and can be dumped into the combustion chamber, it should work just fine in a jet engine. F35 engine may be new hi-tech, but its still a jet engine.

The problem isn't in burning the fuel for propulsion - it's that the plane's systems which generate waste heat utilize the fuel supply like a heat sink. Having the fuel "pre-heated" causes electronic problems.

[AFreeBird]

Damn, I gotta start paying more attention. Thanks for the correction.

:e mbarrassed, he shakes his head walking away mumbling..:

[Tonytitan]

You owe me a new keyboard. Or at least tell me how to clean booger-infested coffee off the one I have.

[mabarker1]

Easy fix

Shiny side OUT!

Sorry Y'all- been sick since Thursday. I'll get the Withdrawal Thread going here soon.

[Svartalfiar]

Huh.. does the A10 have this issue?

[logi_cal869]

‘Climate-change/global-warming’ creep....wait for it...