CF-18 "Century Hornet" Demonstration Airdrie Airshow 2009
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@101andrewj I don't think so either. I just think you were misinformed or may have misinterpreted a story or particular comment.
snowbird552 8 months ago
@snowbird552 i didnt just pull this fact out of nowhere.. i remember somebody saying it in a documentry i was watching about the plane
101andrewj 8 months ago
@snowbird552 could be means the plane was designed for it, they just have to change the software...
101andrewj 8 months ago
@101andrewj "COULD BE", like any other aircraft, it could be converted to be used as a 'drone' with enough development time, and with the computing power of the F-35 i'm sure it's completely possible that Lockheed could develop it into an unmanned platform as well. However; it was still never designed from the outset to be optionally manned, just a possible design feature that COULD be developed if a customer wants to pony up the dough to pay for the research and development costs.
snowbird552 8 months ago
@snowbird552 Lockheed Vice President Frank Mauro said at a briefing yesterday. He provided few details but said the plane could be built as an interchangeable hybrid -- manned by a pilot for some missions and operated remotely for others.
101andrewj 8 months ago
@101andrewj I'm afraid that's incorrect. Sources were qouted in 2006 as saying that Lockheed Martin was "developing an optionally manned F-35" as part of their efforts to keep pace with increasing developments in the UAV world. I don't doubt that it's possible, of course it is, but it was not programmed into the plane from the beginning as you suggest. If you can provide information to the contrary, i'd be happily corrected.
snowbird552 8 months ago
@snowbird552 its flight computers wer designed by lockheed first to work on a manned/unmanned platform... but they later changed the plane to only manned, but the capabilitys remain
101andrewj 8 months ago
@101andrewj The F-35 was never meant to be unmanned. The aircraft originated as the X-35 and was a manned platform from the beginning. It has never, nor does it currently, have the capability to fly unmanned. It could be converted to a drone like the RF-4's and recent RF-16's though, but that is a long ways off.
snowbird552 8 months ago
What a gorgeous sky!!!!
AV8R4HM 1 year ago
Boy that initial pull up bled off a lot of energy!
AV8R4HM 1 year ago