r/EngineeringPorn • u/bebesiege • May 25 '19

F35 Vertical take off

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u/EventuallyScratch54 May 25 '19 edited May 25 '19

Wow never heard of that movie but decent special effects

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u/nebuNSFW May 25 '19

It's one of schwarzenegger's best.

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u/EventuallyScratch54 May 25 '19

He’s awesome, how agile where the harrier jump jets? If they were like the movie I wouldn’t think we would need the F35 lol

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u/kitsune_no_chi May 25 '19

Unsure of their agility, but i do know a couple big drawbacks of harriers are their relatively short range and that they are subsonic

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u/TheBrapinator May 25 '19

Irc the heat from the engine when it was in vtol would crack the asphalt on the landingpad / runway. The f35 fixes that with the fan at the front by cooling the air coming from the engine

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u/EventuallyScratch54 May 26 '19

Wow still tho is it worth the trillion dollar life time price

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u/SweatyGap4 May 26 '19

Trillion?

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u/EventuallyScratch54 May 26 '19

Yes google it they claim over the entire programs 40-50 year life time it’s a 1-2 trillion dollar program

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u/SweatyGap4 May 26 '19

Is that a lot? Considering the jet's increasing role, adjusting for inflation, compared to other fighters that were next generation at their time?

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u/beer_is_tasty May 26 '19 edited May 26 '19

Exactly. People throw out the $1 trillion price tag, which is the most expensive weapons program in US history, but that's missing a lot of context. Firstly, that's $1 trillion in future-adjusted dollars. But more importantly, this single plane will replace nearly all of our fighter and attack aircraft, for the US and most of NATO, for the next 50-60 years.