Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million?

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[RealEngineering]

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[PAXperMortem]

Thanks man, I wasn't sure on whether to get one now or wait till it's on sale

[sansthecomic]

“So what should we name the F-35 for the Navy any ideas?”

The guy at the back “The F-35 Sea”

[jimothywhimothy]

the f-35 is not designed to dogfight. It is designed to shoot down it's targets before visual range, just for anyone who thinks dogfighting is still extensively used in modern combat. Even the f-14s were able to shoot down targets that were 100 nautical miles away.

[alexandersundukov]

03:39 Outlet Nozzle
07:15 Total Lift
07:59 Empty Weight
08:10 MTOW
09:37 F-35C
14:21 EOTS
16:17 F-117 in Gulf War
16:57 Simple Shape
17:40 LF Radar vs HF Radar
18:50 Complex Shape
19:30 Precision

[jameshoffman]

22:05 “... this may have been a heavy to price to pay but what isn’t is a subscription to Curiosity Stream”
Good to know the service costs less than the F-35 JSF development program.

[Bebeu]

20:45 I really did not expect to hear you say "A shitload of money" ever in my lifetime

[JacketCK]

the good thing is the F-35 is not 115 million, no variant is, the F-35A is $77 million, the F-35B is $101 million and the F-35C is $94 million give or take, which is LEAGUES cheaper than any other Fighter especially 5th gen

[rhob]

Worked on the F-35 project, some random info: The X-32 was dubbed "the guppy" because of its large intake. One is on display at Pax River NAS in Southern MD last I saw. Knew a pilot who had to eject an AV-8 and was injured, he was later the big boss at the F-35 engine maintenance and test facility at Pax River. The F-35B's entire exhaust nozzle points downward and incorporates a separate lift LPC in front of the jet engine, hence its much higher weight capacity compared to the AV-8. Had a beer with the test pilot Jon Beesley, happened to be at the same bar, while we were at a test facility in NJ.

[misbah]

The sapphire windows scratch at level 8, with deeper groves at level 9.

[jorgen]

*** Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million?
That depends on whether you are selling one or buying one.

[thomasaquinas]

The B2 bomber program came to about 20x per plane, or almost $2.1billion. Was that worth that? Good planes are always worth it, as they fly forever (B52?) while bad ones quietly are mothballed.

[glamdring]

Amazing that the F-35A is now coming in at less than 80 million a copy...amazing improvement in manufacturing efficiency and cost reduction in a short time frame.

[dannyscherrenburg]

this is certainly the smoothest transition to advertising I have ever seen

[Enumclaw]

The X-32 always just looks so happy to see you.

[rickjames]

The F-35 is by far the most advanced jet out there, all this bad press started due to one guy who had zero clue but there is a reason so many countries are buying it.

[Fred-egsx]

Aircraft maneuverability is becoming increasingly irrelevant since missiles like AIM9-X have off-bore targeting and can pull much more Gs than any plane. No matter how maneuverable a plane is, it does not even close to that of a missile.

[HH-phgq]

The Boeing X-32 looks like that Shark from "Finding Nemo"

[jamesdavid]

Nice, the perfect thing to procrastinate with than studying to be an engineer

[Emblazened]

20:46 Rare moment of Real Engineering swearing