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New F-35 fighters developing cracks
A variant of the F-35 fighter designed by Lockheed-Martin is developing cracks. Sounds like their management took classes from Boeing. Just make a little change to the plane so it has more capabilities, and no one will notice the difference. Don't need to go through all that pesky testing again. Our tax dollars at work. (www.defenceconnect.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It sounds like the Boeing haters are at it again. All, repeat all aircraft have problems when a new design change is made. Even the A380 super jumbo developed cracks in the tail area when new. If Boeing is so bad then why is the B-52 still the USA front line heavy bomber after all these years? Rest easy, the glitches will be corrected in the F-35 before long.
Kind of like the incidents where the A380 overwing doors cracked and skin peeled off.....
I served on the B-52 in the Air Force and yes it is one hell of a airframe and one of the best planes Boeing ever built along with the 707. But I don't think it is front line bomber anymore it appears it is used more in a stand off or symbolic role kind of like America's Thors Hammer. The whole world knows what the B-52 is. Those B-2's in Missouri are the death from above platforms now but they are stealthy and don't get much publicity. Night owl operator.
Chips in the paint, developing cracks. Six of one, half dozen of another. Sounds like you took classes from MH370.
Thanks for the update, Shuram Biased.
Thanks for the update, Shuram Biased.
Don't feed the trolls at defence connect dot com.
The cracks are found in the coating (paint) on the aircraft, not structural cracks.
The cracks are found in the coating (paint) on the aircraft, not structural cracks.
Depending on who you talk to, either the ac carries 181 or 220 rounds of ammo on a four or five barrel platform. I guess it shoots its load pretty quick and at 3300 rounds per minute that’s about 3 or 4 seconds to empty?