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Lockheed Martin F-35 a Lightning (final)

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Auto Credit Based on kikasshes's Lockheed Martin F-35 a Lightning

Huge thanks to kikasshes for making the thing fly straight and mixing the engine to be faster.

Well this one was a long time coming.

A project that I ment to release for getting 5000 points/turning gold, I failed to finish this thing in time. I then though "meh, I'll release it when I turn 6000" clearly I never did, then I totally forgot about it until I hit 9000 points and then realized whilst going through my plane list, I never uploaded this thing, so I decided I would release this when I reach 10,000 points.

So here it is! One of the planes I've been holding back for a very long time, before the times of small rotators, and sizeable wheels, here is the F-35!!!

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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters undergoing final development and testing by the United States. The fifth generation combat aircraft is designed to perform ground attack and air defense missions. The F-35 has three main models: the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant, and the F-35C carrier-based Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) variant. On 31 July 2015, the first squadron was declared ready for deployment after intensive testing by the United States.[10][11]

The F-35 is descended from the X-35, which was the winning design of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin. Other major F-35 industry partners include Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney and BAE Systems. The F-35 took its first flight on 15 December 2006. The United States plans to buy 2,457 aircraft. The F-35 variants are intended to provide the bulk of the manned tactical airpower of the U.S. Air Force, Navy and the Marine Corps over the coming decades. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled to be completed in 2037[12] with a projected service life up to 2070.[13]

F-35 JSF development is being principally funded by the United States with additional funding from partners. The partner nations are either NATO members or close U.S. allies. The United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Turkey are part of the active development program;[14][15] several additional countries have ordered, or are considering ordering, the F-35.

The program is the most expensive military weapons system in history, and it has been the object of much criticism from those inside and outside government—in the US and in allied countries.[16] Critics argue that the plane is "plagued with design flaws," with many blaming the procurement process in which Lockheed was allowed "to design, test, and produce the F-35 all at the same time, instead of ... [identifying and fixing] defects before firing up its production line."[16] By 2014, the program was "$163 billion over budget [and] seven years behind schedule."[17] Critics further contend that the program's high sunk costs and political momentum make it "too big to kill."[18]

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Lockheed Martin F-35 a Lightning
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 34.7ft (10.6m)
  • Length 42.7ft (13.0m)
  • Height 13.0ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 11,086lbs (5,028kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,237lbs (8,725kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.752
  • Wing Loading 44.8lbs/ft2 (218.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 429.0ft2 (39.9m2)
  • Drag Points 6797

Parts

  • Number of Parts 96
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 417