Yep. So much of it is still classified normal plebs like us have no clue and won't until decades later. Even "known" basic stats such as range and max speed are only approximations, good enough for public consumption but not accurate enough for enemy nations such as Russia and China to rely on for actual combat situations. Western nations are known to publish under-performance figures while Russia and China generally post over-approximations.
Most definitely true. Even a lot of maintainers don’t know that much until they start to gain a higher skill level obviously, but there is a lot more public knowledge on the F35 as opposed to the F22
Honestly man I used to think that the MIC was all bloated and corrupt. But seeing how niche and wild some of their products are, the costs genuinely make sense. I just wish it has less bureaucracy. But what can you expect from the government lol.
@@honkhonk8009 Why less bureaucracy? We're spending money on our own domestic industries, as long as there's no national emergency, it makes perfect sense to spread the labor out.
@@honkhonk8009 defense contractors are definitely fucking us over on what they charge for their products, we should be paying a lot less for the same tech. I do love the kind of R&D this buys tho
According to stuff I found elsewhere, it can apparently do so but o my for a short time. My guess would be the engine can handle it, but the extra strain it puts on the engine would make its maintenance more expensive
@@tobilikebacon that makes sense too, drag increases massively neat Mach, but drops quite a bit as soon as you're past. This can be minimised by area ruling but stealth took priority over area rule in the 35
@@d.thieud.1056 It wouldn't really make sense anyway. It's only permitted to exceed mach 1 for relatively little time during a flight to minimize wear on its RAM. Of course, in a desperate situation they'd exceed these limits if necessary, but at that point they'll turn on the afterburners anyway. Supercruise might be useful for something doing an intercept on a high speed object but also needs to also conserve fuel, but the F-35 isn't an interceptor.
@@slightlyirradiatedmuffin3257 going supersonic has more uses than just going some place fast. Pushing past the sound barrier, and the immense drag-spike this causes, allows missiles to go much further. A missile fired from Mach 0.98 will have a surprisingly significant reduction in range and top speed from one fired from Mach 1.01. Another reason besides fuel consultation this is extremely valuable is IR signature. Being detectable by radar only from 15km away is theat valuable if you're easy to spot from, say, 40km by IRST. The F-35s bleed air shrouded exhaust addresses that problem and probably fixes it when it's not afterburning, but if does it might get itself detected while trying to make its own missile more lethal
Wonderful informative video. The F-16 , F-35 , F-22 are all very capable jets. Yes All of the F-35's and F-22 can be used in a manner like Other fighters - with weapons and fuel tanks mounted under the wings. If your worried about the planes RCS being compromised you could have some configured in a standard manner and other's setup for stealth so the planes with a standard configuration can be accompanied by and protected by the stealth configured jets.
The networking is prolly the biggest part. Just because data is really important in todays battlefield, especially with AI. Theres a reason why Palantir used weather data in their algorithms, to predict terrorists. Same algorithm that killed bin laden. The truth is, America ever since WW2, has blurred the lines between military and civillian industry. The microsoft holo-lens you saw used for minecraft, is now used in the marine corps. Everything from the corporate culture to the management paradigms is heavily related to teh civillian industry, since we dont have a military history to begin with.
I was at Eglin with LM and trained the military how to maintain the F-35. Best visual I can give you about facing a F-35 is put a blindfold on in a pitch black room. Wear a pair of headphones with music turned up full volume. Now stand in the room blind and deaf and wait because I am eventually going to punch you in the mouth you just don't know when. That's what it is like in a dog fight against a F-35 or F-22 fighter. You're going to feel the suck.
Bruh this is exactly what I thought it was going to be; the pilots knew that almost everything about the jet was classified, and thus couldn't say many things they wanted to say. For example, I bet they weren't allowed to talk about the engineering of the F-35B's VTOL abilities, or the tape that covers all the edges of the plane, or the fact that there's so much bleeding edge technology in the stealth design of the plane.
that's what I said lol. When they answered the "parts" question they told nothing about the parts or the materials but told us where they were made lmao
Funnily enough I could search up more info on the f35 than what these pilots provided. Weird considering in Lockheeds other videos we got more "detailed" info on the f35
This is a good promotion video for an advanced fighter that’s probably already the most successful one to date purely because so many countries have bought and deployed it. What really makes it successful is that its fighter doctrine which is based on data fusion will collect and store data from more sources than simply any other fighter. Data is the new oil and authoritarian countries dare not share their secrets widely so the F-35 can maintain, and only grow, its superiority and capabilities from here on.
Thank you both of you F-35 Pilot I learned a lot of things when I listening to you , I wish Lockheed Martin can create 6th and 7th gen jet advance fighter. 🙏🙏🙏
Another fact the F-35 is the world's most powerful single engine fighter.. the engine in full burner about 45,000 lbs of thrust.. the F15 with two engines puts out about the same combine in full burner .. I wish Lockheed would make a twin engine fighter down the road using the F-35 engines👍😄 also those HUD carbon fiber helmets aren't cheap at all about $400,000 ea...
The B-21 uses 2x F135 engines, which makes me think that might be an excessive configuration for a 4th/5th gen style fighter. 6th gen seems to be big enough to make use of the extra thrust, but they're aiming for adaptive cycle engines for that.
I like to imagine them being picked for filming this video like the scene where they picked John Glenn for Mercury in the right stuff. Carrier landing then these lads go to the people in suits asking for them and then they're briefed while jets and the seas are roaring in the background. It's funny because this isn't Mercury but they're pilots and I think they find themselves in that situation a lot.
Quick question and I know no secrets were said but even the little bit of information you just gave (althought I loved it), are you nervus the enemies are looking at this and building their version to match it or beat it???
I think they use a sidestick. it makes sense to use a sidestick anyways since your gonna want to be manning all the other systems onboard aswell. Its also less alienating to pilots since most guys training for this are gonna be used to using a mouse for video games
As honk says, it is a side stick. It looks very much like a joystick you might use to fly a combat flight sim on your PC at home. It is mounted on the right side of the cockpit where it would be comfortable to hold onto it in a relaxed sitting position, with your arm like it is sitting on the armrest of a chair. Fun fact, the F-16 also has a side stick arrangement. However, the button / switch layout is different between the two.
These questions aren't that bad actually. Ive seen a lot more aggressive, for lack of a better term, questions like "How can you support something that can easily be destroyed by an F-16?" or "How can the F-35 be good if it cant dogfight?". I was hoping to see questions like these in here, but what you did have was decent.
I'm kinda disappointed at the VTOL question... I always thought that at least the internal ordinance wouldn't be a factor for the vertical operation; makes me wonder if the extra weight and complexity are actually worth it.
So he didn't go into too much nuance but, the F-35 can take off with a weapons load but a very reduced weapons load, maybe just 2 aim-120s and that's it, no ammo for the gun and very little fuel. However the VTOL aspect does help the aircraft take off much quicker (STOL) so it can operate at sea on helicopter carriers and assault ships and very short runways. The biggest advantage however is that regardless of loadout it will always be able to land vertically which means it can land on some helicopter pads. So it can't magically take off vertically with a full load of weapons and fuel but it can take off very quickly with VTOL mode assisting and it can come back and land vertically on very small spaces. If it gets a engine and lift fan upgrade in the future it may be able to take off with a full fuel and weapons load.
The F-35B isn't a VTOL aircraft (nor is any other aircraft for that matter). It's a STOVL aircraft (Short take off/Vertical landing.) In order to take off vertically, the plane needs to have at least a 1:1 thrust to weight ratio. The empty weight of an F-35B is 32,410lbs. The amount of combined thrust between the engine and lift fan is ~40,000lbs. As soon as you add a pilot, that's another 150-250lbs. You're left with ~7,400lbs, to split between fuel and weapons. If you're carrying 2 JDAM and 2 AIM-120, that means at most you've got 4,700lbs of fuel. By the time you taxi and take off, you'll only have ~3,700lbs of fuel. Of that 3,700 you'll have to factor in contingency, diversion, and final reserves, along with trip fuel. Which basically means that you're taking off and landing at the same base, with no combat radius/persistence. It's an emergency feature only, and not operationally useable.
There's no upgrade that will allow VTOL with full fuel and weapons. Even full fuel and full internal weapons would require 50,000+lbs of thrust (or a ~10,000lb improvement over the current thrust.) To take off with full fuel and full weapons (including external ordnance) would require 60,000+ lbs of thrust.
How come some of the questions were not answered at all? And why didn't they go in order? Is there a longer version out there? I mean I get that they can't just answer any question, but then why have it on the list in the first place?
Okay but how many results got removed because *classified* as I know a ton of simmers must of looked up some juicy Info hoping to find it somewhere knowing full well it would be illegal to post
now this is innovation far from movies and close to reality, connecting to your people and dominating your competition because your confident tested proven to the public and me as myself agree
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Cada año es mejorado y con nuevas prestaciones de sofware y hardware, si fuese tan malo, no fabricarían 800 o 900 unidades. Es el primer avión que puede mandar drones de ataques como el Valkyria, que se estan construyendo, en realidad el avión solo mandará a los drones ejecutar las acciones, mientras el capta toda la información posible.Es una supercomputadora dentro de un avión.
They were carefully and tactically cagey about answering some of the questions. For security and operational reasons, they obviously can't reveal everything about America's most advanced operational fighter jet. The enemies are listening too.
@@ghostyt2950 Well I'm not exactly sure what info China has but 1 thing for sure is that they do have some info on the plane. Lockheed Martin's been hacked by China before.
Thank you very much,I am trying to work with you all but I had a delay for some time,first I have to get all my paper works back in place with the department of defense,also I have to do some traveling for 18 months,and work with you all,I know your work time 4-10 hours days,it will give me time to get every thing in place,first I just want to get in the door with all the paper works in place ,I like helicopter ,F-35 air craft ,chinook helicopters ,but I want to be trained in all air craft,went it time to defense this country,you have to be ready to go to work.
Can't believe her call sign is "Siren". That is the best other than Phoenix or Valkyrie. Don't know if they were too cruel or too kind. I am living vicariously through her. Love it. BTW...They are just like Bob from Top Gun. Quite unobtrusive. All the pilot reviewers said Bob was the closest to real pilots in terms of manner. Excuse me...weapons specialist.
Can you guys give me an F-35? I love the F-35C but the F-35A is also good, I'm kind of concerned with the F-35B because I'm not really good with maintaining moving parts.
It is funny how armchair critics badmouth the F35, but the Air Forces and pilots who actually use it seem to love the aircraft. It is an amazing platform whose greatest act lies in the future as loyal wingman drones, and drone swarms become a big deal over the next 20+ years. It is designed for the future. If an aircraft pleases the Israelis you know it has to be very very good.
It's most likely more as the top speed for many US weapons is underreported. For example the supercarriers can go over 40 knots but their listed top speed is 30+.
Yes. All 3 variants can reach M1.6+ in combat. The restrictions on the B/C are for training only, to reduce sustainment costs over the life of the airframe, much like they're G restricted as well.
How important is the Neuron density in the Caudate Putamen of the Human brain in selecting for pilots who can actually mind-meld with the UFO's yall have stored and actually pilot them?
1) The cost per flight hour has no relevance to supercruise capabilities. 2) The cost per flight hour isn't $44k/hour. It's closer to $31k/hour vs $27k/hour for an F-16.
@@rogerbiggerstaff3293 1. Supercruise uses less fuel. Less heat, less strain to engine, less operational maintenance, less CPFH 2. Some sources say 44k
@@watermirror supercruise uses less fuel than afterburners, but it doesn't use less fuel than subsonic cruise. It's still irrelevant to the CPFH computation.
@@rogerbiggerstaff3293 supercruise isn't always used, it's not like it needs to always go supersonic. But during supercruise, aside from less fuel, the added heat is still much less than afterburn, so less wear & slow ageing not just for the engine & nozzle but also for the tail parts, unlike the superhot afterburn. To start, the mach 1.6 max speed should've meant less CPFH since it means less fuel use & less heat produced compared to the similar weight but faster ones, but yet it's $44k. Weird. CPFH should've been much less compared to same weight but much faster & twin-engined F-15, or even less than the same weight & same speed twin-engined Superhornet. But it makes sense since reports stated that F-135 engine has serious issues esp insufficient cooling system, & the tail hugely affected by afterburn (entailing excessive heat for a mere mach 1.6 speed). So 44k CPFH (in relation with 30t weight & only mach 1.6 speed) tells us it's NOT supercruising Anyway, why is 44K wrong? And why is 31K right?
I wish Canada invested more into our military. I don't think we will even get one new plane for years to come. Also we use to have over 200 fighters and now we are buying less. It is not like our country is smaller. At least for now until someone takes it.
Supercruise is a loose term. Can it get to supersonic speeds without AB? Definitely yes. Can it maintain it? No. It will have to use AB. Though how long can it maintain supersonic flight without AB is what I don't know.
@@johnsilver9338 150nm after burning to Mach 1.2 and cutting it to mil. They don't throw around supercruise much because operationally it's not particularly game changing: the difference between Mach 0.9 and 1.8 over 200nm is like 12 minutes or smth and while supercruise is more efficieent than burner, its not more efficient per mile vs transonic cruise. Either balls to the wall or sit back and relax
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You missed a few: Why is the f-35 called fat amy? If the f-35 is a fighter, then why does it get its ass kicked by 4th gen fighters in a dogfight? If the f-35 is so good, why is the air force going back to the f-15ex?
