GK121 & RP
glad rag - there are no "stealth coatings" on the F-35, because they are a permanent part of the skin material of the aircraft.
This has been known, and discussed at PPRuNe, for a number of years.
Perhaps if you acquainted yourself with something other than blind anti-F-35 rants, you would have a better idea of such things.
From the Flight Global article:
An example is simplifying the way Lockheed creates the diverterless supersonic inlet (DSI) bump inside the aircraft’s two engine intakes. They now are created using a 5h process that requires a robot to build up coats of paint like layers of a pearl.
A new approach involves a second robot that inserts an injection mould into the engine inlet and fills it with a precise amount of stealth coating and allows it to cure. The process does not have to be done in the paint barn and allows work on other parts of the fuselage because it does not produce paint fumes or spray.
Did you not read the article completely or is the article wrong? Just asking
