The F-35 thread

https://www.defensenews.com/air/202...-to-buy-f-35s-from-lockheed-as-cf-18s-retire/
WASHINGTON — Canada on Monday announced plans to buy 88 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters for CA$19 billion (U.S. $14 billion).

Defence Minister Anita Anand said in an online briefing the Royal Canadian Air Force would receive its first four Lockheed Martin-made F-35s in 2026, with the next six in 2027 and another six in 2028. The remainder would come in subsequent years.

The fifth-generation fighters will replace Canada’s current fleet of CF-18 Hornets, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s version of the F/A-18, Anand said. Canada expects the full F-35 fleet to be delivered in time for the service to phase the older fighters out by the end of 2032.
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Dave said:
TIL that the F-35 uses propellers...
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The F-35B Integrated Lift Fan Propulsion System uses a ducted fan system. So, they weren't technically incorrect as ducted fan systems are often called ducted propellers or shrouded propellers.
 
Wut said:
The F-35B Integrated Lift Fan Propulsion System uses a ducted fan system. So, they weren't technically incorrect as ducted fan systems are often called ducted propellers or shrouded propellers.
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I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the f-35 lift fan as a propellor.

Are you going to tell me that the big rotors on top of a helicopter are also called propellers? Should the fan blades in a jet engine be called propellers as well?
 
Dave said:
I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to the f-35 lift fan as a propellor.

Are you going to tell me that the big rotors on top of a helicopter are also called propellers? Should the fan blades in a jet engine be called propellers as well?
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Really? Reckon it's an education thing for you then :unsure: But then again... they are quite easily confused.

Fans are in a fixed position pushing a gas/fluid in a specific direction, they don't actually use that force to move themselves or any attached fixtures. While propellors do what their name says and propel themselves and things attached to them through a gas/fluid. The term fan is incorrectly used in ducted fan systems in aircraft, but there is a reason for that as the design was inspired by ducted fan vents in buildings.

For helicopters they are rotors due to them controlling rotation and movement around all axis, they don't just propel something.

The blades in a jet engine control compression by pushing the air into a combustion chamber. They don't propel something either as the thrust is generated in the nozzle at the rear and not by the blades.
 
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Dave said:
An unexpected country considering the F-35, Thailand is saying they want 8-12 F-35's.

Interesting to see they are now cheaper than the Gripen according to them.

www.bangkokpost.com

Air force eyes F-35 stealth jets

The Royal Thai Air Force is eyeing the procurement of eight US-made F-35 stealth jets, the world's most advanced warplane, to strengthen national defence, said its commander-in-chief ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya.
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The Royal Thai Air Force is eyeing the procurement of eight US-made F-35 stealth jets, the world's most advanced warplane, to strengthen national defence, said its commander-in-chief ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya.

ACM Napadej said the air force needs a new fleet of fighter jets as the ageing F-5 and F-16 aircraft have been in service for more than three decades.

The F-35 jets, manufactured by US defence giant Lockheed Martin, have emerged as the best choice now that costs are lower, down to US$82 million (2.7 billion baht) each from $142 million when the model first hit the market, he said.

With the new Swedish-made Saab Gripen priced at $85 million per unit, Lockheed Martin's product is not out of reach, ACM Napadej said. Depending on negotiations, unit prices of the F-35 can be brought down to just above $70 million each, he said.
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Wut said:
I highly doubt they will get them though. The military junta government is constantly cozying up to the Chinese. It's almost certain that the systems would be hacked or reversed engineered from there.
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I mentioned that I doubted Thailand would get them.

gagadget.com

US rejects Thailand's request to buy F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, but offers F-15E or F-16V in exchange

Thailand wanted to order fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for the Royal Air Force. However, the US rejected the request. Nevertheless, the Pentagon is offering two alternatives at once.
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Two of our drones have been tailed by a few stealth aircraft over Jordan in the past two days. No transponders so our ground radar team cannot identify them. Radar cross sections seem too small to be F-35s unless the latest upgrades have improved their stealth capabilities.
 
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