HMS Queen Elizabeth
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98elise said:
Piginapoke said:
98elise said:
These particular carriers, or carriers in general?
These carriers. Ayahuasca said:
98elise said:
Piginapoke said:
98elise said:
These particular carriers, or carriers in general?
These carriers. Condi said:
I know the decision was made a long time ago, but it still baffles me we have bought the world's most advanced fighter jet and then spec'ed the version with a huge central fan, and all the weight and complexity and cost that brings.
Feels a bit like asking Usain Bolt to run the 100m carrying 2 bags of shopping.
Because the fan system is made by a British company so we get a proportion of the work. Feels a bit like asking Usain Bolt to run the 100m carrying 2 bags of shopping.
And a just released video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_DN9WdrEmE
presumably there's at least one sub under the waves too?
presumably there's at least one sub under the waves too?
Condi said:
I know the decision was made a long time ago, but it still baffles me we have bought the world's most advanced fighter jet and then spec'ed the version with a huge central fan, and all the weight and complexity and cost that brings.
Feels a bit like asking Usain Bolt to run the 100m carrying 2 bags of shopping.
At the time the carriers were spec'd it was thought the technology to provide a suitably powerful catapult on a non nuclear powered carrier. So they were designed without catapults but with provision to fit one at a later date.Feels a bit like asking Usain Bolt to run the 100m carrying 2 bags of shopping.
As it turned out catapults were feasible after all so the order was changed to F35C, but then the price for fitting catapults turned out to be unacceptably high so the order was changed back to F35B.
Video of the jets taking off.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxB7fPiadg
How fast are they going when they leave the ski jump? On camera, they look slow but obviously that is an optical illusion.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxB7fPiadg
How fast are they going when they leave the ski jump? On camera, they look slow but obviously that is an optical illusion.
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