Really, the list is very long. I remember the F-111 was far worse. Then don’t forget the F-14. Even the F-16 had many issues.

Indeed, they had issues. A lot of programmes have had their faults however, lessons learned, especially in LM’s case…

As a matter of fact many of this forum seems to forget the issues with the Typhoon and A400. With the latter almost being canceled.

The A400 has had all sorts of issues. But Typhoon? I remember an issue with it’s FCS in the early days but it wasn’t that significant and was fixed without drama.

Edit: Thanks for the table, SpudmanWP.

As a matter of fact the F-35 is experiencing far fewer problems than similar programs of the past.

Which other programmes?

Which, is remarkable considering the F-35 is the most advance fighter ever designed.

One will take that as marketing hype.

If this were a typical fighter development & procurement I would almost agree with you. However, unlike recent programs like Eurofighter & Rafale, the F-35 program already includes a plan (and more importantly some money) to upgrade early LRIP F-35s to a later Block standard.

Different priorities, requirements. Apples & Oranges…

Besides, you don’t seem to know whats going on with the likes of Typhoon at the moment.

I’m not sure why the Martin-Baker Mk-16 ejection seat is being blamed for aft visibility and “survivability”. It’s the same seat one would find in a Typhoon albeit with a much narrower head rest to that of the one fitted to the F-35. Theres a perfect good for this, the Typhoon has a bubble canopy to allow the pilot to look out over his/her shoulder. The F-35 simply doesn’t, just like the Harrier GR1/GR3. Its just the design of the airframe, not a ‘bad’ design per se, it is what it is and since the aeroplane was designed with a primary A/G role in the first place, they knew what they were getting when they first jumped at the chance to ask for it.

Thank you, Aereo. Very interesting information from the Spanish perspective. Is there any more recent information and images regarding the 2,000lb GBU-10?

Very much appreciated.

Any rating on the inner wing plyons of eurofighter? can it carry a harpoon missile?

Why didn’t Eurofighter use EAP configuration where it can have 4 heavy hardpoints on the wings?

The EAP was a demonstrator largely optimised for A/A with very little or nothing at all regarding inner A/G wing pylons. The airframe as we know it today is very different indeed.

Technically on Typhoon’s airframe there are four hard points capable of carrying heavy weapons: Stations 5, 6, 7 and 8. Wet and inner, able to carry upto 1450kg and 1300kg respectively. It would be safe to say given the weight and dmensions of Harpoon that Typhoon will be able carry Harpoon on it’s inner stations.

…Customers are irritated with the delays, but badly want the F-35.

Despite cutting orders… :rolleyes:

Over a year ago or maybe longer, I mentioned on here somewhere a 9 string, (yes NINE), will be built by Ibanez. And when I seen the early production of my custom 8 string being put together in Japan I got snippets of a 9 string. And here it is, or one of.

I’ll have mine in transparent matt black… I will! :diablo:

I’m very sorry to hear about what happened to you, Peter. I wish you the very best of health. 🙂

Excellent! How old is your son? Indeed, he’s very talented and very confident too I might add. And a very nice Guitar too! I can only imagine how proud you are of him! 🙂

At 31 years old, I’ve only been playing Guitar for 16 years though I never had any lessons. I got a hold of a Squier Fender Stratocaster (USA copy from Korea) from my uncle, it belonged to a brother I never knew I had that passed away a few years earlier, never met him & all. That was my first Guitar and I still have it to this day & every now and then I get it out for a bit of a session. Cherry Red, white pick guard and pick-ups & Rosewood fretboard, 1982, same age as me which I find strange. Very lucky to have it since those Squiers from that period were a bit “too good” to be sold as a budget Guitar so they soon made them “not as good”… I’ve thought about changing the pick-ups but I just can’t justify it. It’s a special Guitar to me and I wouldn’t really want to change anything on it. I’ve even left the dents on it.

I do hope you get the chance to pick up the Guitar and play again, Peter. I know exactly what you mean about the emotions. I’ve had some life changing situations happen to me the past few years and when you pick up something like a Guitar, a lot comes out you didn’t know you had before when you think about certain things. I’ve found myself to be a hell of a lot more creative than I was before…

… funny where influences come from, ain’t it.