Hehe, kul att läsa de gamla kommentarerna här efter flera år, särskilt när man hunnit glömma vad man skrivit. Har fortfarande svårt att se F-35 någonsin bli anpassad för krig, även om den säkert ett värde som "first strike" där användaren ej hunnit hamna under verklig press. Den är dyr och jag har sett siffror på att bara 50% kan hållas på linjen. Förstår inte hur den ska kunna mäta sig mot utvecklade varianter av våra "Eurocanards", Su-57 osv. Den som lever får se, och kanske sipprar det fram intressant info från våra norska användare efterhand. Postar igen 2040.
X32 Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter | The X Planes Series by PilotPhotog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWXTGAVWKsYIntressanta kommentarer även om videon bara hunnit bli en dag gammal. Här är några utvalda.
nJuhNeer
för 2 timmar sedan
This is probably the most detailed, accurate account I have heard of this aircraft, with maybe one small exception: the reason the X-32B could not achieve supersonic flight after an STO and before a VL is that the intake cowl was fixed in place rather than actuated fore and aft as originally intended. The intake cowl was designed to translate forward, allowing higher intake airflow for slow takeoffs, hovering, and vertical landing. Boeing had to remove the actuation from the prototype to offset hundreds of pounds of tools left in the wing box by disgruntled technicians during production. As I recall, all the tooling was left in one side of the wing and ballast had to be added to the other side to restore the balance, but the added weight irreversibly threw off the design CG (fore/aft).
nJuhNeer
för 24 minuter sedan (redigerad)
FlyingBrickyard Truth is often stranger than fiction. I worked on the X-32 program, and all of the above is true. The wing box was the largest single bonded composite layup at the time, and after the upper and lower halves of the delta wing were joined, they couldn't be separated. Mechanics dumped huge hand tools inside the wing box just before joining, after final inspections of the upper and lower wing sections. Shortly after, they went on strike.
The problem wasn't discovered until the completed wing was weighed, and it came up several hundred pounds overweight. X-ray analysis revealed the problem. Engineers decided to drill a few small holes and inject potting into the wing to stabilize the loose tools. Subsequently the balance issue was addressed by adding ballast to the opposite wingtip. Only the X-32B was affected.
Elthenar
för 2 timmar sedan
The 35 was just a better design. The VTOL system was clearly better. It had none of the issues with ingesting hot gas and it was far easier on the flight decks. It also was able to have it's engine conventionally mounted, making the non VTOL versions better.
The 32 did have one big advantage, it would have been able to carry 6 air to air weapons by default. The 35 is scheduled for an upgrade to do the same but it still hasn't happened.
XYZ AERO
för 1 timme sedan
The X-35s lift fan is actually also 1000 Kg dead weight like lift engines. That is the reason why the F-35 B has no internal gun.
robert griffin (bästa kommentaren)
för 5 timmar sedan
I think both should have gotten a contract. X-32 was a cool if sorta ugly bird. Kinda like me!
Napolian Solo
för 5 timmar sedan
Thanks for making this video! I like the X32 cause it looks so much like a lifting body craft.
P Mullins
för 9 timmar sedan
One-airframe-fits-infinite combat-aviation needs, is a Big Lie.
That's always corrupt-political Marketing Propaganda.
Daniele Delfino
för 7 timmar sedan
@PilotPhotog well... x32 is revolutionary tech on many aspects... its engine alone can take a video, but at least some details about its closing exaust, or plans for its intake..
Bill Kong
för 6 timmar sedan
If you actually look at the plane without the intake it's very sleek. Could have been a good looking light fighter with two intakes and g404's. Doesn't look like they can accommodate a very big radar.
EliteF22
för 4 timmar sedan
The X-32 would have suffered the same the fate. The requirement to build a common airframe for three services clusterf@@ked the JSF program from the start. Just take a look at how much larger the F-35 is compared to the X-35 to see how much work remained to develop the tech demonstrators into combat aircraft.
Kabayoth
för 4 timmar sedan
If the X-35 has shown anything, the premise of the JSF program was severely flawed. The X-32 never had a chance. The notion of making either of these birds replace an A-10 is laughable. The do-everything concept turns into a cargo plane very quickly.
As much as I despise these two planes, I quite enjoy the content. Keep up the good work.
nJuhNeer
för 3 timmar sedan
The USAF and USN test pilots on this program said it handled great. It would've made a great CTOL / CV aircraft. I agree the tail redesign had nothing to do with its losing the competition.
Chris Huber
för 9 timmar sedan
Honestly, the tail wasn’t the issue. The intake and the limitations it put on the STOVL variant was its undoing. It would have been a great carrier and land based fighter, but STOVL needed work.
Jason Lee
för 8 timmar sedan (redigerad)
It was internally nicknamed the Guppy. The "Monica" was a derogatory nickname given by test pilots who did not like it, and likened its large intake to the person at the focus of the Presidential scandal that just completed.
Verkar som att den gamla dokumentären från 2003 tagits bort i tidigare länkar. Här är den igen från två olika uppladdare.
Battle Of The X-Planes (JSF documentary from 2003) - Lockheed X-35 / F-35 and Boeing X-32 | MDx media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_WPLeDmU6oBattle Of The X-Planes (JSF documentary from 2003) - Lockheed X-35 / F-35 and Boeing X-32 (1:55:26) | Voldorac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-9ZfpjSyeMPlus lite annat
2018/09 LECTURE: The X-35 vs X-32 - The F-35 Competitive Concept Demo | RAeS Heathrow Branch (ny för mig, ej sett än) (1:17:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxUmxUYqcUBoeing X-32A/B JSF competition video compilation (all videos) | MDx media (20 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDIrnqJnHwUnderstanding The Boeing X-32 | Military Matters (4:20 min lång, kort sammanfattning från uppladdaren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpjsBe0880UBoeing’s F-32 Joint Strike Fighter is Better Than Lockheed Martin’s F-35.? | All In One A-1 (intressant sammanfattning från 03:00 om hur slutvarianten skulle skilja sig mot prototypen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPrnKtuk1gYF-23 The World's Only INVISIBLE airplane | InVisibleTechTV (reklam för en köpfilm "Web of secrecy. Black Widow II declassified.")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPgm-4TZ9KkHar ej sett denna på tuben men verkar extremt intressant. Uppladdningen är 9 år gammal. Länken
www.yf23fighter.com funkar och leder sen till
https://yf-23fighter.vhx.tv/ där man kan köpa eller hyra filmen digitalt för 3-5 USD. Länken till DVD funkar inte.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044076/ Ok, en googling leder hit
https://www.flixhouse.com/cat/documentaries/video/web-of-secrecy-yf-23-black-widow-ii-declassified?t= och det verkar exakt samma som från Western Museum nedan.
YF 23 black widow II | Western Museum of Flight (51 min, 4,9 mn visningar för 5 år sedan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYLiMYGBE2Q