The F-35 Thread

[aaron886]

But he's right, that part of your post was pretty weak. The rest I was able to agree with. There is a viable theory that air combat, due to ever-expanding ECM/ECCM, will return to more WVR engagement, where the gun becomes a very useful standby. Imagine the development of a CM device that can (finally) effectively spoil IR missiles using a laser. The idea being... prepare for every eventuality. The choice made for the F-35, however, follows the more realistic scenario for the foreseeable future.

 

Hajduk- Of course it wasn't meant for me, I just went after it. :D I understand it's meant for GG, but that doesn't make it any less false in my mind. Cheers.

[Krebs20]

Heavy: Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe…[sniffs] maybe. I've yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet.

Truth:gun_smilie:

[mvsgas]

Went through my pics and i'm pretty sure there is where the internal gun is on the F-35A model: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/f35gun.jpg/

AFAIK, that is the gun bay vent, the gun is on the other side.

[mvsgas]

Today first flight at Eglin: http://www.pnj.com/article/20120306/NEWS12/120306002/Eglin-s-first-F-35-sortie-takes-off-this-morning?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

 

AF video on the subject.

http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/widgets/popup.asp?url=http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/xml/rssVideo.asp?mrsstype=3&contentid=123292672&contenttypeid=1&type=video&pos=0

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

I'm still right.

Oh yeah? He is talking about bullets and you are talking about guidance. And you are "still right"?

 

SAM = Stealth STOP!

[mvsgas]

You two should stop flirting with each other and just go on a date :D

[EtherealN]

...and I'd totally be there with a camera to make the awesome moment live eternal. :D

 

Anyways, unless you aim your guns with an iron sight, you are still vulnerable because you rely on those sensors to pain the pipper in the right plane on your HUD. If it is tricked and paints it in the wrong place, a nice and clean tracking shot actually doesn't hit much of anything - because it got the wrong deflection.

 

So yeah, in modern combat - guns are vulnerable too. (HOW vulnerable I wouldn't know, and I doubt anyone here both knows AND has clearance to tell the public. :P ) But if you're flying a P-51 you are of course unaffected. :)

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

You two should stop flirting with each other and just go on a date :D

:disgust: :megalol:

[Emmer]

Time fore some images:

 

 

 

 

 

[Jona33]

Great pics. I'm not sure about the lack if analog instruments as backups though. Maybe they think the chances of engine+APU or whatever it uses both quitting at the same time are small enough it's ok.

[Luigi Gorgonzola]

Hey, those control sticks - where they made by Logitech? *ducks*

[Phantom88]

Awesome pics Emmer,I've never seen a shot of the F-35 pit.Kudos!! Is the control stick pressure sensitive like a F-16?Thx

[sobek]

Hey, those control sticks - where they made by Logitech? *ducks*

 

I don't think so, these actually look ergonomic. ;)

[aaron886]

I'm not sure about the lack if analog instruments as backups though.

 

It's a mock-up. Not much use for analog backup if displays are ten times as reliable as an analog instrument, anyway.

[Emmer]

Thank you all.

I post some more in the near future......:D

 

Keep your socks dry.

[Emmer]

As promised some more images of the JSF:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you like m..........

Edited October 11, 2012 by Emmer

[Emmer]

Ok, ok, ok, hold your horses , some more if you can't get enough of it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats it for now;more to follow later....if ok by y'all of course.

Edited October 11, 2012 by Emmer

[Luigi Gorgonzola]

That Pilot ... helmet ... thingy? wtf?

 

Do I really want to know what the pilot sees? Or would it just break my mind?

 

Great photos!

[aaron886]

These are all kind of old pics though, Emmer. Some of em probably already made the thread. Just a heads up.

[Emmer]

These are all kind of old pics though, Emmer. Some of em probably already made the thread. Just a heads up.

 

 

Yea , i know.Better old then nothing i guess.......:thumbup:

 

Thanks for the heads up.

[Emmer]

Hope these are newer ; no idea actually :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still hope you like m.......:)

[Emmer]

And some more:

 

 

 

 

Hope you like them.....

[aaron886]

Those are newer, I'm sure many haven't seen those!

[Moa]

You can often find nice photos on the official US Defence Department pages for each force. As I understand it the photos are in the public domain, thanks to the generosity of the US taxpayer.

 

USAF

http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp

 

USN

http://www.navy.mil/view_photos_top.asp

 

US Marines

http://www.marines.mil/news/pages/photos.aspx

 

US Army

http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/photos_brief.jsp

 

 

Look for F-35 shots in the USAF and USN pages (amongst the other goodies).

 

Enjoy.

[mvsgas]

DefenseImagery.mil

 

DVIDS

 

Pentagon Channel

 

Additionally, they all have Facebook, You Tube and Flickr