Posted on 03/19/2018 8:28:48 PM PDT by BBell
We can only hope that the F-35 meets or exceeds it’s expectations.
Who cares? The thing is so yesterday. Hype then nothing for years.
Agreed. In 2001 when it was announced we were assured it would enter service in 2008. Just a little late.
Nice. By that time this POS vaporware will be obsolete.
When they increased the wing span they encountered wing twist issues.
Wing twist issues have been pre researched for years and have been solved on airplanes like the F18 ... why are we still talking wing twist issues on the F35?
My hunch is hiring these new engineers who reinvent the wheel and are not very knowlegeable about what works and does not work from past engineering lessons.
We almost had the A-12 Avenger II.
Almost.
A series of program manager changes, each insisting on seating arrangement changes, lead to a portion of the cost overruns.
Other reasons abounded, but the continual changes from inline seating to side by side didn’t help at all.
And then it got cancelled completely.
I remember that. It was suppose to replace the venerable A 6 intruder.
I wonder if there are some A 6 intruders kept around just in case?
Take a slow moonpig, add weight by navalizing it and widen the wingspan. Yeah... this is gonna be a real rocket ride. /s
“My hunch is hiring these new engineers who reinvent the wheel and are not very knowlegeable about what works and does not work from past engineering lessons.”
That tends to happen when development times span across generations.
Given that it's been retired for over 20 years, I'd say no.
We retired the last of the EA-6B eletronic warfare aircraft last I heard, short sighted in my eyes.
As far as I understand there are no more Intruders in our inventory.
The Avenger II program had more issues to it, I somewhat made it simplistic, but some of the issues could have been alleviated.
Like, the radar absorbing material it was initially designed with (supposedly) had iron filings embedded in it which made it unsuitable for seaborne operations.
I just looked it up (wikipedia)and it states that the EA-6B Prowler is still in use with the Marine Corps and will remain until 2019.
Ah.
Wonder what they will replace it with.
EA-18G?
EA-18G?
Yep, all CONUS squadrons at NAS Whidbey Island and one or two -18Gs at Joint Base Andrews. Kind of a strange deployment.
Possible.
Most people just don’t understand this even when you explain it to them. People have memories, companies do not. Just because something has been documented does not mean it has been remembered or understood. Most of the time, if there is a really good project manager and chief engineer, the project dies when they leave. Only a few people have the capacity to absorb and remember the whole project in a way that understands and manages the gearing AND have the drive to push though obstacles..
“Freshnel Lens”? It’s “Fresnel”. Does any publication proof-read their stuff anymore?
Probably. The re-winged a major portion of the A-6 Fleet just before Desert Storm. Those planes were built in the tradition of “The Grumman Ironworks”. Very tough planes.
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