explain.

>>32148659
Boeing is a joke.

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>>32148659
"Lockheed took one of the only workable concepts for a decent lift system so we had to improvise".

>>32148659
X plane

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>>32148659

It looks like they where inspired by whales.

>>32148693
Dat ass?

I don't know how to feel about this.

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>>32148659
>>32148693
T H I C C

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>>32148659

>>32148659
designed and prototype already in production before the requirements changed
not sure if the conventional layout would have done better though
and like the yf23, its people drooling over what could have been

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>>32149882
>Proposed tailless design couldn't work at all, so they added vertical stabilizers between acceptance and the fly-off
>Could barely do any of the conventional flight tasks
>Basically had to be stripped bare to do VTOL
>Already planning a fraudulent major redesign before the competition even started - see pic
>No space for munitions in the design
>Questionable stealth quality
>Ability to build one-piece wing was low in likelyhood

Meanwhile the X-35B passed flight tests easily with no modification, and even did a vertical takeoff and supersonic flight in one flight.

>>32148864
happy whale

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>>32148659
its just happy to have competed

>>32151338
You wanna know how I got these radar blockers?

>>32148659
Looks like a pelican

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>>32148659
I often wonder why Boeing wasn't able to make a plane that did anything better than the YF35.
that X35 was trash

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>>32153308
>>32148659
>>32148691
>>32148693
Lockheed had worked with DARPA since the 1980s, so it clearly had the advantage. It also bought out General Dynamics' bird division, effectively routing out part of the competition.

Boeing was way behind the curve and had to scramble to come up with a workable prototype.

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>>32148659
Copycats. That's why.

>>32153308
>that X35 was trash
>Performed every requirement with ease
>Excellent STOVL performance
>Trash

See >>32151034

>>32148691
Lockheedfag get out.

>>32154494
Tbh I like both companies especially boeings airliners but they just had a shit design.

>>32148659
Was only a cursory attempt to win contract the prototype was actually a test bed for drone tech

>>32154578
Yeah, no, I think they just assumed LockMart's submission would be about as bad.

>>32153395
dat shit eating grin

>>32153376
Boeing had part of the team that built the YF-23.

>>32159312
Boeing was also a major subcontractor to the F-22.