Never buy Version 1.0 of anything. (Reply #3)

In the discussion thread: More problems with F-35 joint strike fighter are revealed [View all]

Response to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:09 AM

FarCenter (19,429 posts)

3. Never buy Version 1.0 of anything.

Too many conflicting requirements.

Being invisible to radar and being able to fly.

Being able to operate from runways, from aircraft carriers, and with vertical takoff (F-35A, B and C versions respectively).

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
More problems with F-35 joint strike fighter are revealed [View all]	unhappycamper	Dec 2011	OP
10,000 lbs. overweight for a dogfighter, single-engined,underpowered and too slow for air supremacy.	leveymg	Dec 2011	#1
"Too big to fail"	caraher	Dec 2011	#2
Never buy Version 1.0 of anything.	FarCenter	Dec 2011	#3
This is scarcely the first "stealth" aircraft	caraher	Dec 2011	#4
The F-111 is probably the best analogy	FarCenter	Dec 2011	#6
The Marines want to replace the Harrier	jmowreader	Dec 2011	#7
this is what military pork looks like.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#5

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