F-35C passed the Critical Design Review

[bagasticks]

It is all in fun...but where the hell did "stool pusher" come from?? Haven't heard that one before.

as in one who pushes one's stool in. . . (not a bar stool. . more like poop). more of a comment on sexual orientation, less a comment on one's airframe of choice. .

 

[stonewall]

as in one who pushes one's stool in. . . (not a bar stool. . more like poop). more of a comment on sexual orientation, less a comment on one's airframe of choice. .

Look, man, whatever cute nicknames y'all develop for each other in the Castro district should stay there...don't bring your homo lingo to these parts anymore.

 

[Fox-Tree]

If you're gonna use a term like that why not go all the way with something like "Sh!t Stabber". That way there's no confusion.
Doctors call the stuff "stool".

 

[El-Rushbo]

Yes, but the USAF wants it internal, which is creating engineering/design issues. The USN/USMC want the gun that you can hang on the nose, not internally. As I understand it, once the early portion of a conflict is past, and Low Observables are not as important, the plan is to hang hardpoints on the F-35 and use it more traditionally. Same with the gun.
Too bad the USAF is insisting on this issue.
And, yes, I'm aware of "the gun history of Vietnam".

CTOL version is already designed with the internal gun. STOVL and CV will hang it. Problem was solved quite a while ago.

 

[JungleJett]

$hit stabber...

I need to write that one down.

 

[LearLove]

Nothing to do with this topic but I didn't want to start a whole new thread for just this question.

About how much fuel/flt time does an F-16 in this configuration have? About how much time would you get in the MOA/Restricted space with that fuel?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?..._nr=14&prev_id=1212539&next_id=1207350&size=L

thanks

my guess would be about .7 to .9 ish

also same question for an f-18:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?...P&photo_nr=22&prev_id=1194858&next_id=1193746

 

[Scrapdog]

Nothing to do with this topic but I didn't want to start a whole new thread for just this question.

About how much fuel/flt time does an F-16 in this configuration have? About how much time would you get in the MOA/Restricted space with that fuel?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?..._nr=14&prev_id=1212539&next_id=1207350&size=L

thanks

my guess would be about .7 to .9 ish

also same question for an f-18:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?...P&photo_nr=22&prev_id=1194858&next_id=1193746

It could be a 1.5 or a 0.5. How much AB are you using? What kind of mission are you doing? That's what truely counts in fuel consumption.

 

[ExAF]

Depends

It could be a 1.5 or a 0.5. How much AB are you using? What kind of mission are you doing? That's what truely counts in fuel consumption.

Also...How many tankers are available and how far away are they?

Seriously, why would you (the thread starter, not Scrap) want to know about these configurations since they would never be used in combat. The closest thing I ever saw to these in the AOR was 4xAim-9s 2xAim-120s and a 131 pod. It was an air-to-air only config used for the CAP over Kuwait. Sure was fun to fly too.

Those configs pictured are usually just for local sport at the home drome.