Originally Posted by
ryan1234
Well sir,
It isn't that the F-35 is not well-designed... I believe it isn't the best designed fighter. However you are certainly right in that it is improved over existing technology. It would just seem that there will be a lot of mx problems to come.... but hopefully that won't be the case. As far as asymmetrical warfare decreasing...there are many, many different possible outcomes for that... and I'm cetainly not the expert.
I don't know about the mx issues either - but I'll agree with you that every time I see that rear part of the engine rotating on the STVOL version I get a chill up my spine wondering how many pieces have to work perfect for that complicated machinery to operate as designed! Well...I don't worry about for myself but for the future aviators to come
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