Woops! Lockheed forgot the Tailhook on the F-35C - Page 2

TLAM Strike · 01-17-12, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

One of the issues is that in order to improve its LO capability, the tail hook retracts into a compartment with a door (similar to how some landing gear works).

Honestly they should not be bothering to stealth the back of the plane so much. No point in being invisible to someone you just bombed.

TarJak · 01-17-12, 11:09 PM

And how much will this cost to fix? Gotta love the DOD.

Schöneboom · 01-17-12, 11:17 PM

General Smedley Butler got it right: War is a racket!

TLAM Strike · 01-17-12, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

And how much will this cost to fix? Gotta love the DOD.

Lets see to fix it they need....

1 roll of duct tape... DoD cost $900
1 length of pipe... DoD cost $1,500
1 metal coat hanger... DoD Cost $11,000

Total cost of repair: $13,400 per aircraft
480 F-35Cs to be built so $13,400 * 480 = $6,432,000

Far less than it would take to fit them with a cup holder and pez dispenser that has been suggested.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-18-12, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Lets see to fix it they need....

1 roll of duct tape... DoD cost $900
1 length of pipe... DoD cost $1,500
1 metal coat hanger... DoD Cost $11,000

Total cost of repair: $13,400 per aircraft
480 F-35Cs to be built so $13,400 * 480 = $6,432,000

Far less than it would take to fit them with a cup holder and pez dispenser that has been suggested.

I just can imagine pilots faces when they see this "poorman's tailhook"!

TarJak · 01-18-12, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Lets see to fix it they need....

1 roll of duct tape... DoD cost $900
1 length of pipe... DoD cost $1,500
1 metal coat hanger... DoD Cost $11,000

Total cost of repair: $13,400 per aircraft
480 F-35Cs to be built so $13,400 * 480 = $6,432,000

Far less than it would take to fit them with a cup holder and pez dispenser that has been suggested.

You forgot the labour 3500 man hours per aircraft at $1500 per hour so an additional $5,250,000 per aircraft.

Catfish · 01-18-12, 12:42 PM

I take it the F-35"B" does not need a hook:
(Good video i think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE
But then it is an expensive system, to say at least.

" ... The F-35 is designed to be the core tactical fighter aircraft for the U.S. military, with three versions for the Air Force, Navy, and the Marine Corps.
Each plane clocks in at around $90 million ..."

"The F-35 is meant to be the future of U.S. tactical airpower, but the program harks back to the Cold War, when we faced an aggressive great power rival."

" ... Washington intends to buy 2,443, at a price tag of $382 billion. ..."

The jet's initial cost has now risen from 90 million to 130 million per unit.
Military cuts ? Really ?
For that money, you might have bought Australia. The continent.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...stralia/72454/

Blood_splat · 01-18-12, 03:38 PM

That's a lot of money just to bomb the shat out of the Taliban.

Catfish · 01-18-12, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

That's a lot of money just to bomb the shat out of the Taliban.

Lol

"In a decade's time, the United States plans to have 15 times as many modern fighters as China, and 20 times as many as Russia."

And then it's time to pay back the US debt, to China.

Takeda Shingen · 01-18-12, 04:28 PM

Waste is waste. And we're just gonna keep shovelin' more money into this disaster of a project. Sacred cows, baby. Sacred cows.

soopaman2 · 01-18-12, 04:44 PM

Tailhook:1 million dollars

People to theorize it might work: 500k

People to actually test it: 2 million

Congressional lobbies:10 million

Fiscally sound, now lets cut cost of living raises on SS, our seniors don't need money as bad as we need another airplane.

While we are at it, we will lower taxes on the ultra rich job creators, who created so much jobs for us recently, and raise property taxes on the working class to cover this "patriotism"

Cake! Let them eat cake!

Platapus · 01-18-12, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Honestly they should not be bothering to stealth the back of the plane so much. No point in being invisible to someone you just bombed.

The people you just bombed are not the threat. The threat is the people you did not just bomb.

TLAM Strike · 01-18-12, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The people you just bombed are not the threat. The threat is the people you did not just bomb.

Solution: bomb everyone.

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Originally Posted by Catfish

I take it the F-35"B" does not need a hook:

Yes the B is the VTOL version the C is the conventional carrier based version. But the B has shorter legs and a lower max payload.

soopaman2 · 01-18-12, 05:47 PM

Or just drop a bomb on congress.

I forgot, you can't get all of them in the building at one time ever...

Only job I know, where showing up is optional...

krashkart · 01-18-12, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The threat is a ferret wielding an automatic rifle.

Fixed.

01-17-12, 11:17 PM	#18
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	General Smedley Butler got it right: War is a racket! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

01-18-12, 12:42 PM	#22
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I take it the F-35"B" does not need a hook: (Good video i think) http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ki86x1WKPmE But then it is an expensive system, to say at least. " ... The F-35 is designed to be the core tactical fighter aircraft for the U.S. military, with three versions for the Air Force, Navy, and the Marine Corps. Each plane clocks in at around $90 million ..." "The F-35 is meant to be the future of U.S. tactical airpower, but the program harks back to the Cold War, when we faced an aggressive great power rival." " ... Washington intends to buy 2,443, at a price tag of $382 billion. ..." The jet's initial cost has now risen from 90 million to 130 million per unit. Military cuts ? Really ? For that money, you might have bought Australia. The continent. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...stralia/72454/ Last edited by Catfish; 01-18-12 at 02:02 PM.

01-18-12, 04:44 PM	#26
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Tailhook:1 million dollars People to theorize it might work: 500k People to actually test it: 2 million Congressional lobbies:10 million Fiscally sound, now lets cut cost of living raises on SS, our seniors don't need money as bad as we need another airplane. While we are at it, we will lower taxes on the ultra rich job creators, who created so much jobs for us recently, and raise property taxes on the working class to cover this "patriotism" Cake! Let them eat cake! __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

01-18-12, 05:47 PM	#29
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Or just drop a bomb on congress. I forgot, you can't get all of them in the building at one time ever... Only job I know, where showing up is optional... __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.

01-17-12, 11:09 PM	#17
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	And how much will this cost to fix? Gotta love the DOD.

01-18-12, 03:38 PM	#23
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	That's a lot of money just to bomb the shat out of the Taliban.

01-18-12, 04:28 PM	#25
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Waste is waste. And we're just gonna keep shovelin' more money into this disaster of a project. Sacred cows, baby. Sacred cows.