X-32 JSF weapons bay tests

[denbou78]

Form follows function sometimes in a ugly but anyhow still facinating way.

[cablebeach1]

How the hell does the bomb drop is my question O-o

[RoxxieT]

It has a rolling mechanism to drop the weapons vertically, you can see it at about .50-1.30 in this video

[packgen]

ugly as shit plane

[oisiaa]

Think of the thousands of man hours of engineering that went into such a complicated machine only to build one.

[Sparky151427]

No there is not. It lost out to the X-35 which was a far better fighter design. The production designation F-35B will replace the Harrier.

The X-32 will never fly again and has not since 1999.

[ahc25wn6]

maybe the f-35b would replace the harrier, if the countrys that invested and made the plane possible would get more than just a f22 with the force of a f16, they dont really fit. plus, bush is a dork

[michael3005]

there are plans to put it into service it's replacing the harrier

[planefreak3]

you mean F-35 dude

[ripsondrums1]

multirole, but there are no plans to put it to service

[Z971]

What kind of tasks is it designed for ?