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| Boeing and its industry partners are flying a prototype of the Advanced Super Hornet complete with conformal fuel tanks, enclosed weapons pods and signature enhancements. We will announce our findings from the series of test flights later this month. |
Friday, August 09, 2013
Ultra Hornet flying with CFTs and Stealth Pod. via ELP Blog.
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Needs more drag... could you add pylons? not just any pylons though, big toed out pylons
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DeleteThe CFT would be perfect for the Super Hornet. The stealth pod, I have my doubts
ReplyDeleteI agree, but for a straight interceptor it may work. It can carry 4 AIM-120,s or 4 SDB + 2 AIM-120's. I think Boeing is being sly, the F/A-18E/F should be able to carry 3 of these. However I am not sure how much the hurt the performance of the aircraft. But 12 SDB and 6 AIM-120's is a nice load out.
ReplyDeletea big radar up front with E-2D's directing....add drop tanks with the CFTs and buddy refuling and you have an airplane that can go far from the carrier with with AMRAAMs flying a combat air patrol far from the deck turning circles in the sky for a relatively long time before it has to be replaced. add long range air to ground missiles and you have a plane that can launch strikes from outside the integrated air defenses and get home without ever being in danger.
Deletea different kind of warfare but a type that can work...
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DeleteCan it work for Close Air Support? The primary mission of Marine Corps air?
Deleteif no, then it can't work for the USMC
May I hazard a guess? You need the extra fuel in the conformal fuel tanks to make up for the drag from that barn door you have latched to the bottom of the plane.
ReplyDeleteThey need to add the ge enhanced performance engine in addition to the above package. The 20 percent increase in thrust would more than negate the increased drag from the conformal fuel tanks. It also bigs you more kinematic performance to deal with the Sukhoi threat.
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ReplyDeleteI can assume from all the removed comments sferrin was making good points...
ReplyDeleteHow much junk and money can you add and spend to an F-18 to make it actually worth while?
The same thing can be said about the F-15 & F-16 and those aircraft are approaching their 40 year mark of active duty service. What the military is doing is actually quite smart. The F-35 is 5 years behind schedule due to engine maker lawsuits, rising costs, mismanagement from Lockheed, the Pentagon, and other Governments/Corporations. By keeping existing air frames up to date with the same technologies that will appearing in our next generation fighting systems, the military is able to maintain fighting effectiveness and when newer systems are available upon delivery, they will replace older fighting systems that have the most fatigue or are ready to be written off. Pretty much like switching one cog for another.
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