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Here is Canada our government is insisting they are going to buy some F-35 jets. People have complained other than its complexity the single engine is bad if y
by dhughes 15y ago
Here is Canada our government is insisting they are going to buy some F-35 jets.
People have complained other than its complexity the single engine is bad if you are over the Arctic and the engine fails, most modern Canadian jets have dual engines.
- javert 15y agoPeople have complained other than its complexity the single engine is bad if you are over the Arctic and the engine fails, most modern Canadian jets have dual engines. I wonder if the F-35 has a particularly reliable engine.
- dhughes 15y agoI'm not sure but if it's a vertical take-off and land (VTOL) it must be pretty durable. Found this gem on Wikipedia under Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Canada had previous experience with a high-accident rate with the single-engine Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter with many accidents related to engine failures. Defence Minister Peter MacKay, when asked what would happen if the F-35’s single engine fails in the Far North, stated "It won’t"