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Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2019, 16:19
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

JTO is correct. Also: Lockheed Martin is...

JTO is correct. Also:

Lockheed Martin is claiming that all three versions of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will have kinematic performance better than or equal to any combat-configured...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2019, 21:33
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Ken, Ken - When I start being personal you will...

Ken, Ken - When I start being personal you will know about it. Have I called you a poxed-up Bedlamite? A thrice-unlaundered molly-boy's codpiece? A grits-for-brains Simonist? I have not.

As for...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2019, 13:27
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Ken As for your claim about being the first...

Ken

As for your claim about being the first to say anything here about the F-35's strike-dominated design: maybe you are right but in order to know that, you would have had to read the 200+ pages...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2019, 23:46
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Indeed he has, Including such things as a long...

Indeed he has, Including such things as a long thread derailment concerning the F-35's helmet-mounted display, and how come he knew that a far superior Block 4 (or whatever) was right around the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2019, 19:38
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

So you're saying that Stonecipher was "probably...

So you're saying that Stonecipher was "probably right" and "incompetent."

Nope. I'm saying that while the JSF requirement was written around a single main engine (lift/cruise in the STOVL version)...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2019, 16:38
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Stonecipher admits that the MDC-led team's near...

Stonecipher admits that the MDC-led team's near tail-less aircraft design and complex engine installations were a calculated gamble. The concept included a lift-plus-lift/cruise STOVL configuration....
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2019, 14:57
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

You can offer a fully equipped starship...

You can offer a fully equipped starship Enterprise that meets all key performance parameters, but submit the proposal one hour late, or miss just one CDRL item or one SOW item in your proposal and...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2019, 21:59
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Me: but presumably both NG-EADS and EADS offered...

Me: but presumably both NG-EADS and EADS offered a compliant solution... including provision for the cloaking device, defensive l@ser, atomic trebuchet or whatevs.

KenV: Ummmm, no.

Also KenV,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2019, 21:27
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Ken - Your guys won. And you can say what you...

Ken - Your guys won. And you can say what you want about the various capabilities of the KC-46, but presumably both NG-EADS and EADS offered a compliant solution (with or without an upper deck cargo...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2019, 13:42
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

On NG's decision to stay out: I would speculate...

On NG's decision to stay out: I would speculate that it was not all a matter of perceived difficulty or risk. Once the initial win had been overturned, it was established that there was no extra...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2019, 22:42
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Ken - May I remind you of basic Internet...

Ken - May I remind you of basic Internet etiquette: ALL CAPS is shouting. Please stop.

You're right about one thing. Boeing underbid on the initial contract. But let's get things clear: the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2019, 10:54
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

So, basically - saying that the A330 "doesn't...

So, basically - saying that the A330 "doesn't meet USAF requirements" has nothing to do with the basic MRTT system, but has to do with add-ons such as OBIGGS, support for future comms roles &c, which...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2018, 23:20
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Exactly. Their only option is to derail the...

Exactly. Their only option is to derail the program and give Boeing legal grounds to renegotiate the deal. But for the blinkered, it's evidence that the program is going fine.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2016, 21:56
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Really, Ken... ...

Really, Ken...

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Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2015, 16:39
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Tanker nerd trifecta! (Trifecta? Damn right...

Tanker nerd trifecta!

(Trifecta? Damn right I did.)
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2015, 12:25
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Brakedwell - Only insofar as they held extra...

Brakedwell - Only insofar as they held extra fuel. Later-modified versions (after the KC-135s came into SAC and the '97s went to TAC) had jet pods instead.

Looking for the answer, I found this....
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2015, 11:06
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

767-200s have a lighter structure but there are...

767-200s have a lighter structure but there are very few high-gross-weight -200s.

Also, IAI has developed a boom mod that recesses the retracted boom into the tailcone and solves the issue with...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2015, 11:46
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

On the other hand, Melmoth, if they are as...

On the other hand, Melmoth, if they are as competent as td says, that level of reasoning is likely to be beyond them.

I suspect that one of the issues here is that there are many other programs...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2015, 19:50
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Concur, Beags... Sure, there was a B9/B11...

Concur, Beags...

Sure, there was a B9/B11 and then a TA9/11, paper studies both, but the real A330 was developed as a new airplane with its own TC and is no more a Frankenplane than the 737, using...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2015, 21:33
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

By "twice before" I meant 767 tankers. Do...

By "twice before" I meant 767 tankers.

Do you Airbus folks realize the A330MRTT was kludged together from stuff from the A300, A310, A320, and A330?

Not an Airbus folk, but no, I don't know...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2015, 15:21
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

There's no freude like Schadenfreude... ...

There's no freude like Schadenfreude...

Someday, the story about how the Big B messed up something that they had already done twice before will be told.

If I had to guess at root causes (with...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2015, 21:27
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

And they consider the Super Hornet to be "too...

And they consider the Super Hornet to be "too much airplane", so they also need a replacement for their "Classic Hornets".

Errrm - the F-35B is near-as-dammit the same OEW/thrust/internal fuel as...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2015, 22:17
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Perish the thought, BomberH. They were...

Perish the thought, BomberH.

They were merely told that no other U.S. fighter would be available after the Super Hornet, which has constrained their options.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2015, 11:10
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

"It will fly when it's ready." Words you...

"It will fly when it's ready."

Words you never want to hear from your prime contractor.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2014, 13:30
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

"Aerodrome". Such a reminder of the French lead...

"Aerodrome". Such a reminder of the French lead in aviation in 1910-14. :ok:

The idiot fighter general must have been an F-16 guy, where the response to an engine failure beyond the early stages...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2014, 11:18
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

KenV - You are stretching the facilities argument...

KenV - You are stretching the facilities argument a bit.

Correct, lots of things are designed within the limits of C-130s and aircraft carriers. But those in turn are designed within limits: You...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2014, 18:08
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

KenV's points make more sense if "The Star...

KenV's points make more sense if "The Star Spangled Banner" is played in the background, at steadily increasing volume.

One-time MILCON is not a big deal. The total MILCON appropriation for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2014, 22:44
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

A converted passenger A330 or a tanker based on...

A converted passenger A330 or a tanker based on the pax airframe has a nose-down sit, but a KC based on a freighter has a modified nose gear.

And the secret "things" that Airbus "simply could not...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2014, 19:15
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

The Brazilians don't have anything with a boom...

The Brazilians don't have anything with a boom receptacle, unless I am overlooking something. Mind you, they say that around Copacabana you can find a few booms in places where you don't exp[That's...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2014, 12:30
Replies: 1,259
Views: 583,054
Posted By LowObservable

Beags - Not sure about the 787's tanker...

Beags - Not sure about the 787's tanker suitability, but back in 2005, when the 787 was new, I asked why used 767s (of which there were quite a few with plenty of hours left) could not be modified...
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