No cats and flaps ...... back to F35B?

[kbrockman]

B vs C vs A

Engines,

Aren't they also all rated for differing max G loads ,because of these different weights, structural strengths and wing area ?

I always find it baffling if we compare the navalized F35, the C, versus one of its competitors , the navalized RAFALE.
The F35C weighs a whopping 5500lbs more than its brother, the A version, while the weight difference between the landbased and seabased RAFALE is less than a 1000lbs.
All this while the RAFALE M is rated for almost an identical flight envelope than the RAFALE C, ie 9G/ -3.6G with a similar lifetime expectancy (10.000hrs/5000 cycles re. Thales numbers, before it was 7000/3500 acc to the AdlA)
The F35 however is limited to 7.5G as a C vs 9G as an A.


strange.

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edit, LO, I was writing while you posted, seems like we where having a similar brainfarth.