Tuesday, August 27, 2013

F-18 w/conformal fuel tanks via Amy Butler & Aviation Week.

One Boeing official says the aircraft actually has less drag with the fuel tanks than a clean base model without Them.

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  1. This is a formidable platform with the conformal fuel tanks, a chin mounted infrared search and track, and enhanced perfromance engines. The entire package costs 10 million a plane according to aviation week. Well worth the money in my opinion.

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    2. I doubt the whole plane costs 10M, most are in the 100-150M range these days. My guess is the 10M is just the fuel tanks, FLIR and maybe the engines, not the plane itself.

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