Comments by "faron tilley" (@forzaisspeed) on "Curious Droid" channel.

  1. 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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  2. OK then how, please tell.
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  3. At 0.42 seconds in the video you are wrong 2056 mph is not Mach 3,1 to hit Mach 3 it’s 2301 mph 2056 mph is about Mach 2,6 and Mach 3,1 is about 2370 mph speed of sound is 767 mph it does not change. The XB-70 is a Mach 2,6 jet NOT a Mach 3,1 jet.
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  4. Bartonovich52 speed of sound is 767 mph does NOT change
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  5. If you knew anything about anything you would know that yes the F-35B can take off Vertical but taking off in a Short take off with the Ramp means you can hold more weapons and fuel then just going straight Vertical.
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  6.  @Benjd0  Plus using a ramp means no damage on the air frames, unlike the US Carriers even the electric catapults do some damage on the air frames less then the older steam ones but more then the Ramp, plus landing and tanking off is faster with a ramp and short landing with the F-35B.
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