SkateZilla Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 Rumors Coming up of another Country Agreeing in Principle to a Deal to get Block II Super Hornets (likely only Fs). Also, Blue Angels Will Be Flying Block II's soon. (not this upcoming season obviously) with Murmurs of them Possibly Getting Block III Aircraft to Show Off... Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Raven68 Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Rumors Coming up of another Country Agreeing in Principle to a Deal to get Block II Super Hornets (likely only Fs). Also, Blue Angels Will Be Flying Block II's soon. (not this upcoming season obviously) with Murmurs of them Possibly Getting Block III Aircraft to Show Off... Thanks for reminding me of this Skates! I almost forgot. I am so ready for this transition to this upgrade. It will breath new life in their performances. :) Intel i5-9600K @ 3.7GHz; Gigabyte Z370XP SLI Mobo; G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 256-Bit GDDR6; Thermaltake Water 3.0 Certified Liquid Cooling System Windows 11 Professional Pimax Crystal Light /TrackIR 5 in case VR dies; Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog w/ Thrustmaster T-Flight Rudder Pedals
SkateZilla Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 http://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-updated-f18-comparable-f35-advanced-super-hornet-2017-1 Pretty much the same things we've already discussed, lol... except the price, Block II Super Hornets are not no $70 Million, more like $120 Million.... Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Rangi Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Did you post the wrong link SkateZilla? That article mentions 70+10 million, but it is not an estimate just a guess, where did you get the 120million from? I find it hard to believe all those upgrades would only add an extra 10 million and 120million all up seems plausible, but where did you get that figure from? PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
SkateZilla Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) the article link is correct. They estimated current SH's at 70 Million each. That is not the case, the Block II's are around 120 Mill each. The 70 Mill number was for Full Production Block I's, Block II's have several upgraded systems over Block I. Even then, the Upgrades proposed for the "Block IV / F-35 Spec / Trump Hornet" would drive the cost up even more. The ONLY things I see the USN buying is CFTs, EPE, and the the IRST Systems Edited January 21, 2017 by SkateZilla Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Rangi Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 Ah, gotcha, I misunderstood, thanks for clearing that up. PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
wilky510 Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 The ONLY things I see the USN buying is CFTs, EPE, and the the IRST Systems I hope you're right about these. Just getting one or two of these would be amazing for the SH. Three of these upgrades would just be icing on the cake. EPE engines would fix alot of problems the SH has currently, the IRST would increase it's capability and CFT would increase range/weapons payload. Hopefully you're right and they do go for all three.
SkateZilla Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 They might also get the revised cockpit layout w/ Large Unified Display, But for sure CFT's would reduce the need for drop tanks and the drag they bring. EPE's Would give more power. IRST would allow tracking of aircraft without needing radar. Among smaller updates w/ data systems and links etc coming. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
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