Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Super Hornet vs Tomcat a Top Gun Maverick Reaction" video.

  1. Hornet's vertical canted tail improves yaw (hammerhead) maneuvers at a high angle of attack. Combat radius F-14D: 930 km F-14D: 1694.58 km with two 280-gallon drop tanks jettisoned when empty F-35A: 1,407 km (internal A2A). F-35C has higher internal fuel storage. 1,407 km (internal A2A) comes from Israel. Israel is developing external drop tanks for F-35.
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  2.  @sabermaverick  From May 3, 2022, GAO’s Latest Report On The F-35 Fighter Acquisition Program Finds No Major Problems
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  3.  @sabermaverick  Hornet's vertical canted tail improves yaw (hammerhead) handling at a high angle of attack. During the angle of attack, F-14's vertical stabilizer is hidden by the aircraft fuselage. 🤣
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  4.  @sabermaverick  >F-35 program to deliver a plane that doesn't even meet the programs stated goals. Quoting Out Of The Shadows: RNLAF experiences with the F-35A - Combat Aircraft Magazine May 2018 specifically against David Axe's report Knight divulged a little more information about flying basic fighter manoeuvres (BFM) in an F-35. 'When our envelope was cleared to practise BFM we got the opportunity to fight some fourth-generation fighters. Remember, back the rumors were that the F-35 was a pig. The first time the opponents showed up [in the training area] they had wing tanks along with a bunch of missiles. I guess they figured that being in a dirty configuration wouldn't really matter and that they would still easily outmanoeuvre us. By the end of the week, though, they had dropped their wing tanks, transitioned to a single centerline fuel tank and were still doing everything they could not to get gunned by us. A week later they stripped the jets clean of all external stores, which made the BFM fights interesting, to say the least ------ 1. 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. 2. 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 Block 2A/2B/3i numbers! Try again.
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  5.  @gec-o2167  >I’ve never subscribed to the notion of a one plane does it all theory. F-35A and F-35C are only 20-to-30% percent common. F-35C has different wing and tail designs from the F-35A model!
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  6.  @sabermaverick  F-35C Block 3F is software limited to 7.5G just like F/A-18E/F's 7.5G, not including the extra 0.5G safety margin. The soft limit is for the Navy's life service hours target with a controlled crash (hard) landing and high salt environment.
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  7.  @kingjonstarkgeryan8573  F-35C replaces legacy F/A-18C. F/A-XX program to F/A-18E/F. You are wrong!
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  8.  @gec-o2167  > And I’m guessing the costs of maintaining the F-35 would roughly be the cost of running the other 2 platforms. From 19-F-1098_DOC_33_F-35_SAR_Dec_2018 PDF F-35A’s Maintenance and Sustaining Support cost per hour is $14,043‬ USD. $30,000 value includes system improvements, unit manpower, and unit operations. The hourly cost for the Finnish F/A-18 is $11,500 dollars.
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  9.  @Nr15121  F-35 Block 4 supports Meteor A2A missiles.
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