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F-35A Mishap

Post by plmc135 » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:03 am


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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Agent K » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:21 am

Oh dear Lord don't tempt the armchair expert brigade out................. I mean, no other aircraft has ever suffered an undercarriage collapse has it?, must be that the F35 is cr@p...... :roll:
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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by anthony martin » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:33 am

Well said Agent K

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Seahornet1 » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:41 am

Knee-jerk reaction, to kick the dog with a bad name. With so little information, and so many possible causes / contributory factors, the there's little point speculating. Certainly, there's nothing to suggest that any specific issue with the aircraft type is involved.

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by gamecock » Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:34 am

Why not discuss it? Is the F-35 some sort of sacred cow?

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Seahornet1 » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:37 pm

gamecock wrote:
Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:34 am
Why not discuss it?
Please do; what do you know...? :unsure:

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:46 pm

Seahornet1, you must remember that specific members of this forum have far more knowledge about the F-35 and parts thereof, than the companies who designed and manufacture the jet, and the military who operate it.

You must learn to bow to the superior knowledge. Failure to do so may be your undoing.....

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Ghastly Whisper » Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:21 pm

Seems by the amount of replies that nobody gives a :Oops:
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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by gamecock » Tue Aug 28, 2018 8:35 am

Please do; what do you know...?
I know sweet FA about the F-35, which is why I didn't offer any comments on the incident. I just don't understand the need to immediately shut down any discussion of it.
Seahornet1, you must remember that specific members of this forum have far more knowledge about the F-35 and parts thereof, than the companies who designed and manufacture the jet, and the military who operate it.

You must learn to bow to the superior knowledge. Failure to do so may be your undoing.....
I don't know if that's aimed at me Chris, but that's not how I behave on forums.

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:00 am

Gamecock - not specifically at anyone at all. We just seem to have a number of armchair experts who know more about the F-35 than the actual experts.

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by wolfie138 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:06 am

wonder what the in-flight emergency was..

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by gamecock » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:51 am

That's half the fun! :P

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by slogen51 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:18 pm

Won't happen to us we have the boat version - the undercarriage will be built like tree trunks

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Agent K » Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:58 pm

slogen51 wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:18 pm
Won't happen to us we have the boat version - the undercarriage will be built like tree trunks
But we don't have the boat version.... not the fill CATOBAR "controlled crash" C variant anyway.... we have the B variant.

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by slogen51 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:05 pm

Oh yes of course I forgot about the C version

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Agent K » Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:19 pm

slogen51 wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:05 pm
Oh yes of course I forgot about the C version
Whether the 'B' landing gear is uprated compared to the 'A' I don't know, it isn't. however, the full C twin wheel nose gear and fully beefed up undercarriage.

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by reheat module » Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:14 pm

..."Whether the 'B' landing gear is uprated compared to the 'A' I don't know, it isn't. however, the full C twin wheel nose gear and fully beefed up undercarriage." ...


Sorry, having read and re-read this a number of times, I am still saying...
What ???
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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Seahornet1 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:39 pm

slogen51 wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:18 pm
Won't happen to us we have the boat version - the undercarriage will be built like tree trunks
The report indicates that the nose gear 'collapsed' after the aircraft had parked up. That sounds like a system failure or accidental retraction rather than a mechanical failure, so the physical strength of the undercarriage is probably not a factor. :unsure:

Oh, regarding my earlier comment that "there's little point speculating...", I'd just like to point out that I always reserve the right to disagree with myself.... ;) :Oops:

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by Agent K » Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:49 pm

Seahornet1 wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:39 pm
slogen51 wrote:
Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:18 pm
Won't happen to us we have the boat version - the undercarriage will be built like tree trunks
The report indicates that the nose gear 'collapsed' after the aircraft had parked up. That sounds like a system failure or accidental retraction rather than a mechanical failure, so the physical strength of the undercarriage is probably not a factor. :unsure:

Oh, regarding my earlier comment that "there's little point speculating...", I'd just like to point out that I always reserve the right to disagree with myself.... ;) :Oops:
There's idle speculation, or informed debate (analysing the facts and proposing a sensible discussion point). Yours does err towards the latter...... although I disagree with your right to disagree with yourself........... :D

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Re: F-35A Mishap

Post by PR9 » Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:13 pm

Boo! Should have bought Super Hornets. And so on and so forth.... :Wow:
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