Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "" video.

  1. F-35B's and F-35C's stealth coating with a high salt environment still has issues.
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  2.  @ReviveHF  For RAAF, in a visual range dogfight, F-35A Block 3F is superior to Super Hornet i.e. higher Gs + higher roll rates + higher acceleration + VLO rated stealth for F-35A Block 3F.
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  3.  @springbloom5940  Basic Wing loading without body and vortex lift. F-35A Empty weight: 29,300 lb Wing area: 460 ft² Wing loading: 63.04 lbs/ sq feet. F-16C Block 52 Wing area: 300 ft² Empty weight: 18,900 lb Wing loading: 63 lbs/ sq feet. F-35A's empty weight is 1.54X scaled from F-16C. F-35A's wing area is 1.53X scaled from F-16C. F-35A's 43,000 lbf thrust is 1.50X scaled from F-16C's 28,600 lbf. F-35A's 45,000 lbf thrust upgrade road map is 1.57X scaled from F-16C's 28,600 lbf. F-35A needs at least 44,330 lbs thrust to preserve 1.55X scale factor. There's a near straight 1.5X scaling between F16C to F-35A on basic wing loading, engine thrust, and empty weight. F-35A's wing area is influenced by weight growth and F-16C's empty weight wing loading target. -- F-35C is a different aircraft from F-35A.
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  4.  @springbloom5940  http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=5525&start=1335#wrapper From GTA4's post with OEM numbers, F-35A beating EuroFighter in acceleration. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/07/i-flew-supersonic-barely-at-th/ F-35C has 300 degrees per second roll rate. F-35A roll rate: 300 deg/sec. Video proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qceZALofOcg&feature=youtu.be&t=1m15s http://theaviationist.com/2015/05/01/aileron-roll-in-t-346a/ According to most reports a Rafale features a maximum roll rate of 270 deg/s, the Eurofighter Typhoon is able of around 250 deg/s, the F/A-18E Super Hornet has a maximum roll rate of 120 deg/s whereas the F-16 can roll at 240 deg/s.
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  5.  @springbloom5940  You can't handle the truth.
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  6.  @springbloom5940  F-35A can supercruise at Mach 1.2 while Super Hornet can NOT cruise.
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  7.  @tolson57  F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was born out of the failed McDuck A-12 Avenger II (F-117A like solution for USN) and killed NATF programs.
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  8.  @WALTERBROADDUS  Best thing about Super Hornet is the angle of attack feature which is higher than USN's classic Hornet which is superior to F-16 and classic F-15A/B/C/D/E.
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  9.  @puellamservumaddominum6180  >no but stealth is not that important if you make garbage airplane like the F35. Your argument is garbage. F-35's RCS is rated at VLO while F/A-18E's RCS is rated LO range.
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  10.  @springbloom5940  F-35A Block 3F has a longer combat radius when compared to F-14D and F/A-18E Block 3.
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  11.  @farmerned6  >BUT a F35A cant even survive against a 2 seat fully tanked F-16 That's pre-Block 2B F-35A AF-02 unit that can reach 6.5G. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOeGPrC1Do&t=156s From Top Gear, UK F-35B can reach sustained 7G. HAHAHAHAH LOL https://www.reddit.com/r/F35Lightning/comments/8a66ta/out_of_the_shadows_rnlaf_experiences_with_the/ Out Of The Shadows: RNLAF experiences with the F-35A - Combat Aircraft Magazine May 2018 1. Dutch F-35 Block 3F, "F-35 sits somewhere in between the F-16 and F/A-18 when it comes to within visual range manoeuvring'". 2. Lightest empty weight F-16A MLU air-superiority model needs to be clean (no weapons, no external tanks) to make visual range dogfight interesting against combat loaded F-35A Block 3F. 3. Dutch has acknowledged early F-35 Block builds being beaten by F-16s with external fuel tanks which are NOT applicable for F-35A Block 3F build. Don't use F-35A Block 2A/2B/3i numbers!
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  12.  @verdebusterAP  F-35 variants are only 20 to 30 percent common with each other. Lockheed effectively designed three separate fighter aircraft models under the JSF F-35 label. When compared to F-35C, F-35A is not designed to land on the aircraft carrier i.e. different internal airframes, wings, and horizontal tail.
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  13.  @Elthenar  F-15EX in recent war games has a mixed result.
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  14.  @verdebusterAP  F-35C is effectively another fighter design with 20-to-30% common with F-35A. McDuck failed to provide USN with an F-117A like solution with the A-12 Avenger II program, hence F-35C would be USN's 1st stealth fighter solution. Boeing's X32 project was worst than LM's. LM has delivered F-117A to USAF.
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  15.  @Elthenar  Your cited F-35 coating issue refers to USN's variant since they are different from USAF F-35A's due to USN's high salt operating environment.
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  16.  @Elthenar The F-14 also had the biggest and most powerful radar ever put in a fighter. F-14's radar is 36 inch or 91.44 cm. F-15 has a 95 cm diameter radar.
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