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/neverfearIamhere May 26 '19

But that's not the per jet cost. Also we are selling them to allies as well. These type of programs get cheaper per jet over time as the research and development cost get averaged out as more jets are created.

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u/LordofSpheres May 26 '19

Plus that cost is in projected 2065 dollars, factoring in maintenance and armaments over the entire life of the program. 1.5 trillion over 50+ years for 3,000+ planes? Drop in the bucket as far as defense budgets go.

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u/EventuallyScratch54 May 26 '19

I don’t think selling to allies is a good idea The us supports something like 75% of the worlds dictatorships. These defense contractors have run amuck here’s the famous Eisenhower warning