Engine fault grounds entire F-35 fleet in latest blow to Britain's stealth fighters

[MR-X]

[QUOTE=darunner;45286132]The Harrier was risky to fly, and a threat to it's pilots. The nozzles could move independently at times, causing loss of control. Plus, people on the wings could get knocked off and stuck on ordnance hanging from the hardpoints below.[/QUOTE]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3Kyv_iaNs[/media]

[Sableye]

[QUOTE=Saxon;45294905]Funny enough it could be worse

[t]http://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-32/images/df-sd-03-15738.jpg[/t]

This was the plane that managed to be worse than the F-35. Just watch a documentary about the JSF trials to see.[/QUOTE]

idk why it was worse, it basically copied the harrier with some modern updates to it

[meppers]

Just a friendly reminder that the f-35 costs 10x as much as the entire Apollo program from 1960-1970 after accounting for inflation

[TheTalon]

To be fair, almost when any aircraft has mechanical issues, every plane using the same components is grounded and checked

[darkrei9n]

[QUOTE=meppers;45296587]Just a friendly reminder that the f-35 costs 10x as much as the entire Apollo program from 1960-1970 after accounting for inflation[/QUOTE]

To be fair the F-35 has been in development since 2006, and the prototype that led to the F-35 was started in 1996. That's a fair bit longer than 10 years.

[Saxon]

[QUOTE=Sableye;45296573]idk why it was worse, it basically copied the harrier with some modern updates to it[/QUOTE]

It nearly crashed during its hover demonstration for the exact reason why they want a harrier replacement. Hot air pockets form underneath the vehicle and get sucked into the intake and cause an engine stall.

The design parameters stated like 5 times that they didn't want a vehicle with this problem which is why the F-35 has the lift fan. They went and designed and replicated the exact same problem from the harrier.