Comments by "faron tilley" (@forzaisspeed) on "Curious Droid"
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Yes and No the F-35 is good but not the best, in area's like Bombing runs yes it's good, but just cause it can see 300+km away doesn't really mean anything, the F-35 longest range at the moment is the 120D about 160km, and air to air missiles have a bad hit rate at distance, so no pilot will use its max range, pilots will wait until about 70-50km for example, for a better chance of a kill, but due to better and more advanced RWS's and then Defences missiles still have a bad chance of a hit, the F-35's Sustained Turn Rate is not the best at about 17 D/S the F-16 for example is about 18 D/S, and its Instantaneous Turn Rate about 26.5 D/S better then the F-16's by about 0.5, but is no where near the Eurofighter's or F-22's Sustained Turn and Instantaneous Turn rates, the speed of the F-35 is slow at 1200mph, yes speed is not the big issue but, having a higher speed means you can get in and out faster, plus the F-35 wouldn't be able to out run any jet, and the F-35 only holds 4 missiles being the B type, and 6 being the A and C types when and if there have a upgraded hard points in them, and as soon as it opens its bay doors the RCS goes up meaning easier to see at a longer distance, 4 F-35's may sound good flying around and hard to sneak up on them, but they will have to still get closer then you think, again to have a chance of a kill on the enemy jet's, remember enemy jet's have RWS's and Defences as well so it's not just a case of 300km fire get a kill, the F-35 only has a 50,000f ceiling as well, meaning it won't be able to out climb other jet's, in real life a fight is not always 70+km away amd Dogfighting is not 20feet between, a dogfight is WVR about 30km, and as soon as 1 or 2 enemy's jet's get close about 50-60km the F-35 is in trouble, Stealth won't work and yes the F-35 has Defences as well, but in a WVR fight guns can be used for example and it only needs 1 shot in the right place to take out a muilt million pound jet, the F-35A is the Only type with a inbuilt single 25mm gun but it still has trouble shooting straight, the B and C types need a Gun Pod a single 25mm but with more rounds.
So the F-35 is great for electrical warfare, and at 100+km away, but as soon as the enemy gets in about 70km, main Radars may only see the F-35 at about 50-60km but IRST Systems will see it 70+km away, and some jet's can use there IRST's with their Main Radar to help give there BVRM's a longer range on a stealth jet for a lock on, but again missiles have a bad hit rate at distance, so both sides are still having to get closer for a better chance for a kill.
The F-35 is good, but could be better.
The F-22 is old and outdated and just not good, jets like the Eurofighter and SU-57 are much better then the F-22 and F-35 in 95% of areas.
So the best jet is the Eurofighter.
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