"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:55:54 +1100, John Cook
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:41:12 -0600, Alan Minyard
wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:51:06 +1100, John Cook
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:26:57 GMT, "Mitch Benjamin"
wrote:

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is projected to cost
$5.1
billion, or 17%, more than budgeted, forcing a one-year delay and a
cut in
the number of planes produced, according to Pentagon documents.

And only two years into the program.



I also heard that at the last design review that the STOVL is 350kg
overweight, but still within the "not over this weight" catagory, but
more alarming is the CV which is 35% overweight....

I also heard they were reviewing the quick build method (where large
sections are bolted together with quick mate surfaces) to a more
time consuming and labour intensive conventional method to save a few
hundred kilos the quick build method entails.



Cheers


John Cook

Any spelling mistakes/grammatic errors are there purely to annoy. All
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What you "heard" is bullsh** You are not on the design team, and
certainly
are not cleared for such information.

Hmmm... It maybe bull! but it was published in "Aero Australia" so
you don't need to be so aggressive in your post and while I'm not on
the design team I can gain certain insights into a program from
numerous sources....

I'll post an exerpt from the article below, and you can assess it for
yourself...

Perhaps if you have any real insight you could share it with everyone
here on RAM, I really would like to know if the rumours are
true...


Quote:-



I've seen the thing about assembly going back to the old way rather
than doing it modular like they did with the F-22 but I've never seen
the 35% increase in weight mentioned anywhere. I'd think 35% would
make headlines EVERYWHERE

It wouldn't matter what was pubished, Ferrin. You would still make the same
ass of yourself WRT Lockmart products.