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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2015, 02:37
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Courtney & O-P - valid point. Apologies. ...

Courtney & O-P - valid point. Apologies.

Here's a thought then, and run with me on this. Perhaps the flight report that was leaked was but one of a number about the same subject? For something...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2015, 22:00
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, It's not grammar pedantry to point out...

LO,

It's not grammar pedantry to point out what words mean. It's a little odd to correct someone because they use words like 'excuse' and 'arguably' within the generally accepted definitions of...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2015, 03:28
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

GTPerformer. You lost me. What on earth are you...

GTPerformer. You lost me. What on earth are you talking about?
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2015, 03:26
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, I'll try to sharpen up with my choice of...

LO,

I'll try to sharpen up with my choice of words and restrict myself to using the ones you like. Didn't realise I was getting my English homework marked against LO's Rules of Usage of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2015, 03:10
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, You have my sympathy if you take it all...

LO,

You have my sympathy if you take it all so personally and you believe LM are lying to you and the rest of the world. In the years I was hanging around the plant in FW I'm afraid all I saw...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2015, 11:48
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, Totally agree on cost & schedule. ...

LO,

Totally agree on cost & schedule.

If Typhoon had cost the UK the £7bn forecast in 1988 instead of the £22bn the NAO think it cost us (= 60% of 37bn...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2015, 02:55
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, Not sure what I'm supposed to have been...

LO,

Not sure what I'm supposed to have been drinking. I was just giving an opinion based on years of working on and flying the F-35, Typhoon and F-18 amongst others. Do you honestly believe that...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2015, 00:58
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

If I had to go to war again tomorrow, air-air or...

If I had to go to war again tomorrow, air-air or air-ground, I'd take the F-35B (at Block 2B standard) every single day of the week and twice on Sunday.

I've flown it, I've chased it in single...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2015, 00:45
Replies: 50
Views: 16,369
Posted By SSSETOWTF

If they were thinking about arm pain, then why...

If they were thinking about arm pain, then why did they leave the throttles so low down and put so many HOTAS switches on them? Are pilots not supposed to have any feeling in their left arm?

As...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2013, 12:59
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO & co, There's no church of fixed plate...

LO & co,

There's no church of fixed plate AESA, just common sense and my experience of working on both fixed and repositioning AESA radar programs. I know which one I prefer by a country mile and...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2013, 00:40
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,603,545
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Oh my sainted trousers! The bashing of the F-35...

Oh my sainted trousers! The bashing of the F-35 by the club of the uninformed has finally moved from being just a bit amusing to outright hilarious.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jun 2012, 07:36
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

I've flown the F-35B and I've chased it an awful...

I've flown the F-35B and I've chased it an awful lot in a legacy F-18. The F-35B easily out-climbs the Hornet in dry power and it out-accelerates it in burner through the transonic region. Whenever...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2012, 08:25
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

ColdCollation, I don't think there are many...

ColdCollation,

I don't think there are many that would dispute that a Super Hornet & UAV mix would be a very fine solution for the UK. But as we all know, military capability is but one of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2012, 05:22
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

NaB, I think we're in violent agreement...

NaB,

I think we're in violent agreement really. I'm looking forward to Ursula Brennan's next trip to the Public Accounts Committee to justify whatever decision is made.

I always assumed that...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2012, 05:27
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, NaB, Ok, I didn't even make the cut for...

LO, NaB,

Ok, I didn't even make the cut for Staff College so I'm more than happy to be told why I'm barking up totally the wrong tree on this.

So take the cost of hardware changes to the ship...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2012, 20:53
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Gents, In my limited experience, it is very...

Gents,

In my limited experience, it is very easy to overlook the amount of effort it takes to fully engineer what would, at first glance, seem to be relatively trivial changes. When all we wanted...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2012, 06:46
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Bastardeaux, I certainly didn't mean to...

Bastardeaux,

I certainly didn't mean to suggest that I thought the -B was inferior, it's just different. I flew the -B a fair bit, and spent many hours in the sim 'flying' the -C and I much...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2012, 06:13
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Backwards, I'll stick my head above the...

Backwards,

I'll stick my head above the parapet and say that I'm not convinced that cats and traps are the way to go.

The 2000lb class weapons in the bay of a -C is a complete red herring to...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2012, 19:48
Replies: 1,802
Views: 385,834
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Couple of points to throw into the -B vs -C...

Couple of points to throw into the -B vs -C debate in an attempt to add some balance:

The UK don't have a requirement or any intention, as far as I know, to buy 2000lb JDAMs. The only bomb we're...
Forum: Flight Testing
9th Nov 2011, 18:49
Replies: 22
Views: 9,633
Posted By SSSETOWTF

R755 I tried and tried to resist responding,...

R755

I tried and tried to resist responding, but when I realized you were actually being serious when you said 'expert commentary available at Air Power Australia' I couldn't help myself...

The...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2011, 19:05
Replies: 15
Views: 4,531
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Check your PMs Regards, Single Seat,...

Check your PMs

Regards,
Single Seat, Single Engine, The Only Way To Fly
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2011, 06:29
Replies: 88
Views: 13,010
Posted By SSSETOWTF

glojo, I can't say that your pictures look...

glojo,

I can't say that your pictures look very much like the IPP as I remember it, but I could be wrong.

The heat from the IPP exhaust was all terribly exciting a year or so ago, and legions...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2011, 06:29
Replies: 88
Views: 13,010
Posted By SSSETOWTF

glojo, To reply to some of your questions: ...

glojo,

To reply to some of your questions:

Who decided to opt for the STOVL version when it is technically a far more complex aircraft which would demand more servicing, less air time.' - Not...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2011, 16:52
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Systems like the SA-10 are already proliferating...

Systems like the SA-10 are already proliferating around the world. For open source, try - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_(missile) - and scroll down to see which countries have them, or are...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 22:23
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Ok, before you guys screw yourselves into the...

Ok, before you guys screw yourselves into the ceiling, go back and read what I wrote. I said you could 'have F-35s in RAF/RN markings flying in 2-3 years'. Based on the fact that we signed for our...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 20:31
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

draken55, A fine question, and only time...

draken55,

A fine question, and only time will tell.

The USAF and USMC have gone 'all-in' on the F-35 Program - do you think they'll let it fail? If I were a betting man, I'd say not. With...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 19:48
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Last time I checked no one was trying to convince...

Last time I checked no one was trying to convince the French to buy F-35.

It's not an endless black hole. The airplane has over 1000 hours of flight test on it. Previous cost estimates have all...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 18:36
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

And Typhoons can't land on ships. Yet (?)

And Typhoons can't land on ships.

Yet (?)
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 18:33
Replies: 47
Views: 17,879
Posted By SSSETOWTF

The RAF need the F-35 because it's a great bit of...

The RAF need the F-35 because it's a great bit of kit that can do things that Typhoon can't (and Typhoon can do things that F-35 can't).

In the 2020+ battlefield you'll expect (or at least you...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2011, 19:44
Replies: 23
Views: 5,548
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Hmmm, your glass must be much much less than...

Hmmm, your glass must be much much less than half-full if you think that re-designing a couple of components of a generator is going to be an insurmountable engineering challenge for the guys that...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2011, 18:38
Replies: 23
Views: 5,548
Posted By SSSETOWTF

LO, Generators - are you deliberately...

LO,

Generators - are you deliberately telling a half-truth, or are you uninformed? The aircraft would all have had their flight clearance pulled if you were correct. Not all of them have, which...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2011, 19:45
Replies: 23
Views: 5,548
Posted By SSSETOWTF

draken, Not quite sure what you mean by 'one...

draken,

Not quite sure what you mean by 'one of the few things about the F-35 that does (work), at least at present!'. Have you been working on a different program from the one I have? What is...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2010, 20:39
Replies: 7,449
Views: 2,396,240
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Going back a page to Double Zero's points: ...

Going back a page to Double Zero's points:

There's a lot of ill-informed comment about the thermal effects of an F-35B doing a VL. I've stood quite happily about 50ft away from BF-1 landing on...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2010, 00:38
Replies: 15
Views: 4,077
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Single Seat, Single Engine, The Only Way To Fly! ...

Single Seat, Single Engine, The Only Way To Fly!

(or SSSETOWTF for short)
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2010, 23:38
Replies: 314
Views: 102,427
Posted By SSSETOWTF

Rakshasa, Reasons for paying to be a Level 1...

Rakshasa,

Reasons for paying to be a Level 1 partner:

Getting in early has meant that over a hundred UK suppliers are now involved with building the aircraft and we have a very significant...
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