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Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2019, 11:28
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Super, Perhaps I can help here. ‘Hot’ weapon...

Super,

Perhaps I can help here. ‘Hot’ weapon loads (and unloads) are perfectly safe as long as you have:

1. A properly designed and properly installed Master Arming Safety Switch

2. An...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2019, 02:50
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

​​​​​​TDRacer, i thought it might help if I...

​​​​​​TDRacer,

i thought it might help if I replied to your post.

I’m not sure that it’s 27 years since the programme started, it’s 18 since the SDD contract was awarded in 2001. You can...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2019, 21:39
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Orca, Thanks for replying. No, you...

Orca,

Thanks for replying.

No, you can’t do a hot pilot swap on F-35. The USMC did look at whether it was possible for aircrew to exit and enter the aircraft by climbing along the wing and...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2019, 12:16
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

I’d like to respond to JTO’s really thoughtful...

I’d like to respond to JTO’s really thoughtful post. Firstly, I absolutely agree that there is no substitute whatever for practicing ‘real world ops’ flying rates.

The issue, as he so well points...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2019, 09:24
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Perhaps I could follow the leads of Gums and Orca...

Perhaps I could follow the leads of Gums and Orca and offer a few thoughts that may generate some thought on an important but seldom understood topic - military aircraft utilisation.

Managing...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2018, 14:17
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

JTO, Good link here to an February this year...

JTO,

Good link here to an February this year setting out the Japanese approach to the Izumo design.

Officials Admit Japan's 'Helicopter Destroyers' Were Also Designed For Jets - The Drive...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2018, 12:29
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

If I might offer a couple of thoughts here. ...

If I might offer a couple of thoughts here.

If the Japanese go for this, it's a big deal, militarily and politically. Militarily, it's not the first time that a navy has taken a ship originally...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2018, 19:30
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Glad, At the risk of pulling at an open...

Glad,

At the risk of pulling at an open sore, I was under the impression that 'F' stood for 'fighter'.

I lost count of how many light blue wearers told me that the Tornado F3 was handicapped...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2018, 16:38
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Glad, Thank you for that response - what an...

Glad,

Thank you for that response - what an interesting subject. Three quite different (?) responses on 2250 litre tanks on the F3. Perhaps, to square the circle, the big tanks generated some...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2018, 17:39
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

JTO, Very happy to be corrected on the F3...

JTO,

Very happy to be corrected on the F3 tanks. Very interesting how the aircraft could achieve a HIGHER cruise ceiling with all that additional frontal area and weight - there must have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2018, 17:24
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

tdracer, Thanks for coming back. Yes,...

tdracer,

Thanks for coming back.

Yes, I've seen these claims and, honestly, I am a bit sceptical. I don't know a single combat jet that didn't struggle with internal volume, and adding fairly...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2018, 11:21
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Perhaps I could help throw some light on the...

Perhaps I could help throw some light on the issue of conformal fuel tanks.

All fast jet combat aircraft face a common challenge - making space within the aircraft for enough fuel to do all the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2017, 14:32
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

PhilipG, My sincere apologies for a...

PhilipG,

My sincere apologies for a schoolboy error - I failed to fully answer the question. Sorry for that.

I think I answered the question about Block 3F. As far as I know, all of the UK's...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2017, 11:11
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

PhilipG, Perhaps I can help - although it's...

PhilipG,

Perhaps I can help - although it's over 7 years since I was involved with the programme, and I can only go by what's out there on the net.

Publicly issued information states that Block...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 13:30
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

ORAC, Perhaps I can help a bit here. ...

ORAC,

Perhaps I can help a bit here.

You're absolutely right that any change now to the A is going to cost. How much depends on a number of things that none of us are fully sighted on:

1....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2017, 15:50
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Perhaps I can add to the discussion here on the...

Perhaps I can add to the discussion here on the possibility of an A/B mix:

I've posted previously about this idea, and the numbers all depend on operational and fleet planning assumptions.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2017, 21:45
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

George, Okay, I'm done too, thanks....

George,

Okay, I'm done too, thanks. Discussion's always good.

Best regards as ever to all those actually doing the hard yards,

Engines
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2017, 18:20
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

George, I think it would be helpful if I...

George,

I think it would be helpful if I replied again here.

Yes, my terminology fail - the 'ORD' I referred to was the JORD. When the programme was awarded to LM, this document became the 'JSF...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2017, 14:36
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

George, Thanks for coming back - perhaps I...

George,

Thanks for coming back - perhaps I can help again here.

No, overall length was not constrained by CVS lifts. I can tell you for certain that the ORD did not require the aircraft to go...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2017, 12:08
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

FB and Others, Thanks for the supportive...

FB and Others,

Thanks for the supportive comments. I'm probably pushing my luck, but I'll try to provide some information that might be useful.

Wingspan constraints - Spaz is right on the money...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2017, 17:43
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

FB and others, Perhaps I can help a little...

FB and others,

Perhaps I can help a little here, as there seems to be a bit of confusion over how the UK got the B variant.

In the first place, the original UK requirement for a Harrier...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2017, 11:41
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

George (and others), Sorry if I'm repeating...

George (and others),

Sorry if I'm repeating myself here but....

The F-35B's vertical landing performance was not, and is not, 'deficient'. It meets the KPP set down in the user's requirement,...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2017, 08:36
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Perhaps I can help a little here... The...

Perhaps I can help a little here...

The problem seems to be made up of a number of parts - which is the normal position. In my view, they are:

1. The nature of the force being applied to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2017, 21:20
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

JTO, Perhaps I can help here. There's...

JTO,

Perhaps I can help here.

There's always been a challenge in locating large spaces on a carrier - which is always a crowded ship, no matter how big. The QEC class is unusual (for a UK...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2017, 19:39
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Glad, I'll try to answer the question as...

Glad,

I'll try to answer the question as best I can.

The F-35 requires some seriously high end mission planning capability. The RN has historically underestimated the facilities required to...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2017, 16:19
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Royalist, Sandie, Perhaps I can help a...

Royalist, Sandie,

Perhaps I can help a little here.

it's my understanding (from a very reliable source) that fitting arresting gear to the QEC carriers wouldn't be simple, is on the very edge...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2016, 15:14
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Airsound, Perhaps I can help. If the...

Airsound,

Perhaps I can help.

If the lift fan door jams shut, then the only option is a normal landing to a runway. At sea, with a STOVL ship, it's going to be divert ashore or take the...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2016, 15:38
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Hempy, Perhaps I can help a bit further, but...

Hempy,

Perhaps I can help a bit further, but I would stress that I'm not a data/comms specialist. The main differences between a system like MADL and Link 16 are to do with bandwidth and comms...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2016, 09:35
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Hempy and others, Perhaps I can help here. ...

Hempy and others,

Perhaps I can help here.

The link SpazSinbad posted was referring to use of the F-35's MADL link system. (Not AESA radar per se). This is, as far as I am aware, a new system...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2016, 15:02
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Glad, Perhaps I can help - although I'm...

Glad,

Perhaps I can help - although I'm definitely not an expert.

The steering is controlled exactly as MSOCS says. The only thing I'd add is that the F-35C is nimble about the deck because...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2016, 19:21
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

Spaz, many thanks - those are very surprising...

Spaz, many thanks - those are very surprising figures, but I am happy to be put right. So, about 15,000 pounds delta from A/B - now it all depends on how much 'grunt' the catapults can deliver over...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2016, 18:33
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

LL and others, Perhaps I can help here... ...

LL and others,

Perhaps I can help here...

1. The jolt on launch is noticeable and is probably associated with the forces applied by the catapult shuttle on the nose tow bar, which compresses...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2016, 16:45
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

ORAC, I owe you a reply on your post. First,...

ORAC,

I owe you a reply on your post. First, you got me. Age and infirmity will do that. Yes, the schedules you posted are the first approved SDD schedules. IOCs were originally 2010 for B, 2011...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2016, 15:58
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

T43562, Thanks for coming back. I understand...

T43562,

Thanks for coming back. I understand where you are coming from, but what I was trying to do (and clearly failing, for which my apologies) was to express some sense of appreciation for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2016, 14:32
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,426
Posted By Engines

HH, I'd gently point out that we're not...

HH,

I'd gently point out that we're not mentioning it's 10 years late, because it's not 10 years late.

I joined the programme in 2002, when we had an IOC for the F-35C that was 'around 2015',...
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