July 07, 2008
High-tech how-to for kick-ass ace-maker
Wouldn't it be cool if you could find a step-by-step assembly guide for the F-35 Lightning, America's latest sky-dominating fighter?
I'm not sure where to get the parts needed to put it all together, but the folks at Gizmodo suggested this shopping list for starters.
F-35 Shopping List
29,036 pounds of composite, aluminum, titanium, and miscellaneous alloys for the fuselage.
1 × Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan.
1 × Rolls-Royce Lift System (for STOVL model).
1 × Multi-Mission Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar.
1 × Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System, for full 360º situational awareness.
1 × Electro-Optical Targeting System + 1 × Sapphire Window.
1 × Helmet Mounted Display from hell.
1 × GAU-22/A 25 mm cannon.
1 × 8" x 20" Multi-Function (panoramic projection) Display System
Head on over to Gizmodo to check out photos from the assembly line; you can also download the high-resolution version of the chart, too.
Posted by Mike Lief at July 7, 2008 10:10 PM
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