Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million?

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Thanks man, I wasn't sure on whether to get one now or wait till it's on sale

“So what should we name the F-35 for the Navy any ideas?” The guy at the back “The F-35 Sea”

the f-35 is not designed to dogfight. It is designed to shoot down it's targets before visual range, just for anyone who thinks dogfighting is still extensively used in modern combat. Even the f-14s were able to shoot down targets that were 100 nautical miles away.

03:39 Outlet Nozzle 07:15 Total Lift 07:59 Empty Weight 08:10 MTOW 09:37 F-35C 14:21 EOTS 16:17 F-117 in Gulf War 16:57 Simple Shape 17:40 LF Radar vs HF Radar 18:50 Complex Shape 19:30 Precision

The sapphire windows scratch at level 8, with deeper groves at level 9.

22:05 “... this may have been a heavy to price to pay but what isn’t is a subscription to Curiosity Stream” Good to know the service costs less than the F-35 JSF development program.

Amazing that the F-35A is now coming in at less than 80 million a copy...amazing improvement in manufacturing efficiency and cost reduction in a short time frame.

The B2 bomber program came to about 20x per plane, or almost $2.1billion. Was that worth that? Good planes are always worth it, as they fly forever (B52?) while bad ones quietly are mothballed.

The Boeing X-32 looks like that Shark from "Finding Nemo"

this is certainly the smoothest transition to advertising I have ever seen

Worked on the F-35 project, some random info: The X-32 was dubbed "the guppy" because of its large intake. One is on display at Pax River NAS in Southern MD last I saw. Knew a pilot who had to eject an AV-8 and was injured, he was later the big boss at the F-35 engine maintenance and test facility at Pax River. The F-35B's entire exhaust nozzle points downward and incorporates a separate lift LPC in front of the jet engine, hence its much higher weight capacity compared to the AV-8. Had a beer with the test pilot Jon Beesley, happened to be at the same bar, while we were at a test facility in NJ.

the good thing is the F-35 is not 115 million, no variant is, the F-35A is $77 million, the F-35B is $101 million and the F-35C is $94 million give or take, which is LEAGUES cheaper than any other Fighter especially 5th gen

20:45 I really did not expect to hear you say "A shitload of money" ever in my lifetime

The X-32 always just looks so happy to see you.

the thing is about the dogfight reports you mentioned, the F-35 was a plane designed for only BVR fighting, so if an F-35 made it to the range where they started dogfighting, then the pilot of the F-35 has made some serious mistakes, the only reason the F-35 is said to out maneuver any plane except for the F-22 and its competition (the Su-57) is because it needs to do BVR fights which still require enough maneuverability to evade missiles. bonus note: I know I said the F-22 and the Su-57 can out maneuver it but it still can very well match those planes, and realistically if we factor in costs the F-22 and the Su-57 would be fighting multiple F-35s, so that's why its better, but its still capable enough to destroy 4th gen planes like the JF-17, J-15, and more

Aircraft maneuverability is becoming increasingly irrelevant since missiles like AIM9-X have off-bore targeting and can pull much more Gs than any plane. No matter how maneuverable a plane is, it does not even close to that of a missile.

* Is The F-35 Worth $115 Million? That depends on whether you are selling one or buying one.

Nice, the perfect thing to procrastinate with than studying to be an engineer

The F-35 is by far the most advanced jet out there, all this bad press started due to one guy who had zero clue but there is a reason so many countries are buying it.