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I was talking to my study-buddy about the Joint Strike Fighter the other day and started digging around on the Internet to find information about the variants of this aircraft.
I hit paydirt when I found the official Joint Strike Fighter Program web site.
What's really interesting about this aircraft and the (so far) three variations of it is that 70% of the parts are compatible/interchangeable between the three versions.
SIDENOTE: For some reason, the 70% number sticks in my mind although I cannot find this particular figure on the JSF site. If I'm in error on this number, please forgive me.
Commonality(Not to mention this graphic might be why I'm thinking ~70%.)
Commonality is the key to affordability – on the assembly line; in shared-wing planforms; in common systems that enhance maintenance, field support and service interoperability; and in almost 100 percent commonality of the avionics suite. Component commonality across all three variants reduces unique spares requirements and the logistics footprint. In addition to reduced flyaway costs, the F-35 is designed to affordably integrate new technology during its entire life cycle.
This increase in redundancy will not only allow the Defense Department to reduce the necessity of spare parts for all sorts of front-line aircraft in the 21st century, but it will also enable 'cross-decking' (pardon me, it's a Navy term) of spare parts AND maintenance personell between the services.
The differences between them might not be obvious:
As I said to my friend about this: Overall, freaking cool.
Interesting about the single engine; that is the reason the Navy is flying the lawn darts (F-18)
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Mad Mikey said:
No 'small' issues here and your mom will back me up on this....
Read more in F-35 Joint Strike FighterAH yes. Admire and marvel in the fruits our techological genius to develope and build weapons of
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Mad Mikey said:
Don't know about that 'one-engine' dilemma.
Read more in F-35 Joint Strike FighterSingle engine during Blue Water Ops.... there's not an Aviator in the Navy that wants to see th
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Cait said:
I know it's badass, but it just doesn't look evil enough.
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I know it's badass, but it just doesn't look evil enough.
|| Posted by Cait, April 14, 2005 05:05 PM ||Single engine during Blue Water Ops.... there's not an Aviator in the Navy that wants to see this in production.
|| Posted by Gordon the Magnificent, April 14, 2005 09:32 PM ||Don't know about that 'one-engine' dilemma.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, April 15, 2005 11:57 AM ||AH yes. Admire and marvel in the fruits our techological genius to develope and build weapons of mass destruction. How embarrasing for us to have all of these advances in our human existence and what we do with it is create devices to kill one another. Even more embarrasing is how you drool over such things.
Me thinks there is a "small" issue related to the phalic region of one blog owner here.
|| Posted by dogsofwar, April 17, 2005 09:45 AM ||No 'small' issues here and your mom will back me up on this....
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, April 17, 2005 11:00 AM ||Interesting about the single engine; that is the reason the Navy is flying the lawn darts (F-18) instead of F-16 variants. I guess that there has been a change in philosophy since then. I agree with Gordon that a single-engine design is scary from a survivability standpoint.
|| Posted by timekeeper, April 18, 2005 07:42 PM ||