I thought the B version was the more expensive one with all the new fan lift tech
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What is up with the F-35? Part II
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Zinja, I thought the exact same thing as you stated in your last 2 comments. BTW- the F-35 made it's first vertical landing at sea today:
F-35B Makes First Vertical Landing at Sea - Defense News
"An F-35B has made its first vertical landing on an amphibious assault ship on Oct. 3, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program officials confirmed.
The aircraft, called BF-2, made the landing at 3:20 p.m. Eastern time over the Atlantic onboard the USS Wasp
Over the next two-weeks, the JSF program hopes to conduct 67 landing while Wasp is underway, according to Tom Burbage, Lockheed Martin's F-35 program manager. The U.S. Marine Corps' deputy commandant for aviation, Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, said recently that Wasp is available for six weeks should there be any anomalies in testing.
BF-2 is the second short take-off vertical landing variant test aircraft."No One Kicks A$! Without Tanker Gas
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No One Kicks A$! Without Tanker Gas
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^ Damn, look at that deck.
Originally posted by Zinja View PostWhat is so significantly different with the Carrier variant that it is almost 1.4 the price of the other variants?
Originally posted by Phoenix10 View PostSo if this is right and the F-35As and Bs cost about $110 million, that is a lot more than the $60 million that they were originally supposed to cost. However, is this number really so shocking or terrible? From what I've gathered online late model F-15s cost around $100 million and the EF-2000 and Rafale are over $100 million. If this is all true then the F-35 sounds like a bargain.Last edited by Jimmy; 04 Oct 11,, 00:52.
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Originally posted by Jimmy View PostLarger wings, beefier airframe/landing gear/tailhook. I'm surprised at the price of the B-variant though. I don't understand how it's cheaper than the conventional A-variant.
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Originally posted by surfgun View PostAt the reported prices, it may be a hard sell for congress to pay 3X more for an F-35C versus a Super Hornet. I'm sure the F-35C may be twice the jet, but three times?
They need the F-35B for all of the flat top gators, as a force multiplier.
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Originally posted by Zinja View PostCome to think about it honestly, is the F-35C comparable to the raptor?No One Kicks A$! Without Tanker Gas
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Originally posted by Zinja View PostWhat is so significantly different with the Carrier variant that it is almost 1.4 the price of the other variants?
The unit price reflects the lot size.Last edited by highsea; 04 Oct 11,, 02:34."We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way." -President Barack Obama 11/25/2008
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Originally posted by Zinja View PostI hear you but i find it astonishing that to beef up landing gear and using slightly more 'raw material' for wing surfaces is worth more than the entire technology and raw materials of an apache, shocking!
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Originally posted by highsea View PostWhat is so significantly different is that there are only 4 CV frames being built in this lot. There are 10 CTOL and 17 STOVL frames in the order.
The unit price reflects the lot size.
Come to think of it then, we can then expect the price to drop significantly once the full production rates kick in.......probably below $100m?
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