U.S. F-35C aircraft engines to air carrier can not be too heavy (Figure)

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U.S. F-35C aircraft engines to air carrier can not be too heavy (Figure)

Date:2011-08-20Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0

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Global Network reporter Zhu Ying library on November 30 reported that the U.S. “Defense News” weekly 29 reported that the latest model of the U.S. F-35C fighters face a major test, because the Navy suddenly found that the existing The F-35 transport aircraft can not be shipped to the engine on the aircraft carrier.

According to Taiwan’s “Zhongguang Wang,” 30 reported that 29 of the United States listed the latest issue of “Defense News” weekly that the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier itself with some of the aircraft engine, if there is need, transport by ship transport from the land base supplement.

Recently, however, suddenly found that although the United States the latest model of the F-35 engine can be divided into five parts, but the engine a part of the largest and most important in any case fit into the existing carrier-based transport aircraft C -2 in. How will the engines shipped from the shore to the carrier, a major challenge.

reported that the U.S. Navy said the solution may also purchase larger Navy transport aircraft, such as V-22, but this involves the budget, concept of army building and other complex issues. It was suggested that another solution is to store the backup engine in the supply ship, supply ships from the sea by a supplement to the aircraft carrier. But the problem is, components weighing 4300 kilograms, only the “Ford” class aircraft carrier have the ability to receive, and the first one, “Ford” class aircraft carrier to the earliest and completed in 2015. Therefore, the new F-35 fighter engine is currently not loaded on the aircraft carrier.

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