F-35: Spy in the Sky - Page 2

Takeda Shingen · 07-16-10, 07:09 PM

I mean no offense, but I've always thought the X-32 looked hideous.

TLAM Strike · 07-16-10, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I mean no offense, but I've always thought the X-32 looked hideous.

Its like the bastard child of a F-22 and a A-7 with the grace of neither.

I'm sorry ajrimmer42 but its an aircraft so ugly only its design team could love it.

The X-32 was a good try for Boeing (after 60 years since its last fighter) but Lockheed's jet was just too well put together. Maybe next time.

ajrimmer42 · 07-17-10, 03:44 AM

lol, I know what you mean, it is pretty ugly (though I think that's why I like it!) but I just think the Lockheed Martin one looks too much like an F22, at least the Boeing one was a bit different

Don't get me wrong I do like the F22 but it almost seems a bit lazy on the park of LM that they couldn't change it a bit. And it's not as though all their attention was on the VTOL system as even that had to be extensively modded after the original design, that fan behind the cockpit was added later on after everyone said it would hover with just the rear nozzle lol.

krashkart · 07-17-10, 08:23 PM

Sorry, I could not resist...

TBH I do have a tender spot for ugly airplanes.

*Chose 2001 since the contract was won that year by Lockheed

CaptainHaplo · 07-17-10, 11:22 PM

I swear that thing looks like a Corsair II.

TLAM Strike · 07-17-10, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

I swear that thing looks like a Corsair II.

I mentioned that three posts ago...

CaptainHaplo · 07-17-10, 11:59 PM

yes you did - I saw it and somehow thought intruder (a-6) not a7. Well then - fine - I just agree with ya then! Hows that!

TLAM Strike · 07-18-10, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

yes you did - I saw it and somehow thought intruder (a-6) not a7. Well then - fine - I just agree with ya then! Hows that!

Thats fine just never mistake an A-6 for an A-7 in my Dad's presence. He will inform you that an A-7 could carry an A-6 as payload.

And he would be right.

Personally I prefer the A-6 it has better sensors, is all weather and can carry Harpoons.

ajrimmer42 · 07-18-10, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

Sorry, I could not resist...

lol, fantastic!

krashkart · 07-18-10, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ajrimmer42

lol, fantastic!

Heheh.

07-17-10, 03:44 AM	#18
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	lol, I know what you mean, it is pretty ugly (though I think that's why I like it!) but I just think the Lockheed Martin one looks too much like an F22, at least the Boeing one was a bit different Don't get me wrong I do like the F22 but it almost seems a bit lazy on the park of LM that they couldn't change it a bit. And it's not as though all their attention was on the VTOL system as even that had to be extensively modded after the original design, that fan behind the cockpit was added later on after everyone said it would hover with just the rear nozzle lol. __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew. Last edited by ajrimmer42; 07-17-10 at 03:56 AM.

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Sorry, I could not resist... TBH I do have a tender spot for ugly airplanes. *Chose 2001 since the contract was won that year by Lockheed __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I swear that thing looks like a Corsair II. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

07-17-10, 11:59 PM	#22
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	yes you did - I saw it and somehow thought intruder (a-6) not a7. Well then - fine - I just agree with ya then! Hows that! __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

07-16-10, 07:09 PM	#16
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I mean no offense, but I've always thought the X-32 looked hideous.