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Boeing rolls out first F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test jet

boeing lockheed and GE are some of the main reasons USA is ahead of world in aviation


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You left him out (my favourite)...see what you did, he's gonna cry.

Also you left out my employer (pratt) but thats ok, we are toughies, we can take being excluded from your "list"
 
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Not enough aircraft being produced. Lockheed was making about 100 aircraft a year, but the problem is that you have 3 different branches waiting for their aircraft and you have allies overseas waiting for their aircraft, obviously the U.S. Navy will not get them all, and they need replacements immediately. Hence the SH3.

That's exactly it. There are barely any C models coming out of the assembly line (the C being the one designed for the navy only with larger wings and a few other specifications) as of right now to make an adequate change. It seems like LM is mostly concentrating of producing the A and then the B first and the C is dead last.

Although I must say, as a huge F/A-18 fan, it would be pretty sad to see this incredible aircraft get replaced by anything. And it's nice to see newer and better models coming out. That'll only challenge the F-35.
 
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F18 Super Hornet replaces F14 Tomcat
F35 replaces A6...which due to delay was replaced with regular F18 Hornet.

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Kindly shed some light, The pic I quoted here,

How it transformed from A/B to an enlarged C/D, If at all we can practically do with our own Thunder ?

I know it is easier to design an all new fighter than to modify existing, But lazy people think like that.

How much span it took for the development from designing to Prototype of this C/D Block lll ?
 
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F18 Super Hornet replaces F14 Tomcat
F35 replaces A6...which due to delay was replaced with regular F18 Hornet.

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In the F18 C/D the flight parameters have already been established---. The predictability of what the aircraft is going to do is already known---. That was the most difficult part---.

Now the F18 E/F is a much larger aircraft---the navy calls it similar---the engineers claim it to be different but for the shape---. The structure is larger in all dimensions.

But to think that it is difficult is simply not knowing what the person is talking about---.

In a similar manner---for the J3---would not be any miracle if the fuselage structure be replaced with a single high performance engine---and the nose wings and tail adjusted in size to fit that fuselage.

That example is right in front of us---the Northrop F 5 and the F 20 Tigershark.

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Now compare these two---it is a step down from a F-5 twin to a single engine F-20---.

There are a few differences---but that is because the F20 was a more modern aircraft---.

Down sizing is comparatively much easier---here comes physics---longer the lever arm---meaning bigger the structure---more flex to it---shorter the lever---more rigid it is---.

But if you are keeping it within the framework of a slightly larger fuselage for the JF17 like in case of the Gripen Ng---the chinese should be able to do it within a year and a half once the changes that need to be made are finalized---for first flight.

for the J31---I would say down sizing it to single engine---even less than two years will full commitment---for first flight.

Now I want to share something with you about TEJAS---the Tejas was a successful aircraft design---except the inidian air force never got satisfied with each step of the aircraft development and kept on adding more and more---HAL saw it as a cash cow and kept building on it more and more as the IAF demanded---.

In a similar manner---the indian Tank Arjun---nothing wrong with the setup of the tank---but army wanted more of this and more of that and the manufacturer recognized the cash cow and kept on milking it---.

The reason I gave these example that people think are failures---there is nothing impossible in modern day engineering---. The level of difficulty is in the mind only---some people climb the K2---other dive deep into the oceans---and then there are others.
 
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F18 E/F Block III will be a good compliment for F35C

the mix on future carriers will be 24 x F35C + 24 x F18 E/F Block III

potent mix
 
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boeing lockheed and GE are some of the main reasons USA is ahead of world in aviation

Engines too. Not only powerful but more importantly long lasting

http://www.fi-powerweb.com/Engine/PW-F135.html
The Pratt & Whitney F135 two-spool afterburning turbofan engine powers all three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Joint Strike Fighter. The F135 propulsion system is the most powerful fighter engine ever developed.


Engine evolution
F100 (used in F15/F16}->F119 (used in F22)->F135 (used in F35)
 
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