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Old 11th Nov 2014, 14:39
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T93,

Yes, the figures vary between variants. Best figures I can find (2012 DOT&E report) give the following for sustained G:

F-35A - 4.6
F-35B - 4.5
F-35C - 5

Note that the F-35C figure may be achieved at a lower speed than for the B and the A. (My error on sustained g in earlier post - sincere apologies).

KenV, I'd be a little surprised if the Advanced Super Hornet has more processing power (installed and operating) than the F-35. I was under the impression that the single company funded prototype focussed on the conformal tanks and weapons pod - I'm not aware that they've built a new avionics system as well. If you have any more info on this, please share it, I'd be really interested.

F-35 avionics architecture is quite radical and is designed to allow downstream upgrades in processors - but we will have to see how that pans out.

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