Why the F-35 B cannot fly supersonic for more than a minute.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tdmFXyYJXks
Published: Mar 27, 2023
Author: Horse
Post Date: 2023-03-27 00:33:00 by Horse
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This plane costs $115.5 million to buy.

The F-35 costs $44,000 an hour to fly, or $44 million to fly for 1,000 hours, or $352 million over the 8,000 hour lifespan of the jet. That’s more than twice as much as other jets such …

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#1: StraitGate    To: Horse (#0)

Wow. That thing costs even more to maintain than my 1999 Dodge Durango did.

StraitGate posted on 2023-03-27 00:42:17   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: All (#0)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A9oVP085vMo

Mud flow took out a train track. It was moving 20 feet a year.

Horse posted on 2023-03-27 01:48:21   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

I think the theory on the F-35 is that it's strength is mainly in stealth. Trying to do combats like it's an F-18 will get you shot down, and pilots that transfer to it don't initially do as well with it as fresh pilots trained on it from scratch.

That's the theory. But if it only costs $44,000 per hour to fly, it's about half the cost of the F-22.

I think the next major war will start out being high tech but after a month, all these planes will be off line due to maint issues as supply lines all get seriously blown up or interrupted. There will be something to be said about low tech militaries.

Pinguinite posted on 2023-03-27 01:54:26   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Horse    To: Pinguinite (#3)

The F-35 is not really stealthy to array radars like the S-400. And $44,000 times 8,000 hours is a lot of money for a plane that is 150 mph slower than an SU-35. Russia has an air to air missile that can take out NATO planes at 400 kilometers.

Horse posted on 2023-03-27 08:29:06   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

I worked at a Marine air base in the 90's, we were to get the F-35 by the mid 90's, I left in 2000, no F-35's. 10 years later an F-35 showed up was taken to a hanger, locked away with an armed guards.

Darkwing posted on 2023-03-27 08:46:55   Reply   Private Reply