Some updates on the construction work going on in Govan:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/everything-s-shipshape-on-this-big-build-1.1077658
Holy hell. 😀 It sure sounds impressive everytime.
Liger! you should be ashamed of yourself…..an on topic post
It does not lists details of how the missiles are carried, but the configuration of the F35 weapon bay means that it is highly unlikely you could fit anything other than an AA missile on the AA pylon.
These invece are an AMRAAM and a SDB launcher in an F22 weapon bay:
A BRU-61A launcher with 4 SDBs weights: 320 pounds (145 kg) empty, 1,460 pounds (664 kg) fully loaded.
Its dimensions (L x W x H) are 143″ x 16″ x 16″ (3.6 m x 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm).The BRU-61A is to be integrated on the F35 for the US, and it is fully cleared for internal carriage.
The Model 100B launcher will most likely have very similar sizes, and the missile, prior to launch, will thus be around 1.8 meters long x 200 mm wide.If you consider that the Storm Shadow at 1230 kg is 0,48 meters wide, a 100 Kg weapon could perfectly well be 0,20 meters wide or even less.
I don’t see any real reason to doubt of the 4-per-bay figure.In fact, the F35C weapons bay can easily take on a 2000 lbs JDAM which is 3.89 meters long and with a wingspan of 630 mm, so there’s space available.
Liger don’t throw the toys out of the pram but this should be on the F35 thread buddy. Can you help PPP out with his on topic request? I can’t at the moment could you find some information?
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