What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit

Re:What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit by xnomad on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:36PM (#25867120)

I'd hate to be a carrier pilot and the helmet fails on blue water ops, you can't land, only option is to go for a swim. And single engine too over water... hmmmm no thanks. No backup instrumentation either.

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Re:What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit by scarier on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:43AM (#25868719)

A lot of the references you use to land on carriers are outside the aircraft, and the process is becoming largely automated. Besides, we've been flying single-engine aircraft blue-water for decades--it's not THAT bad in the grand scheme of things...

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Re:What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit by nabla9 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:08PM (#25867375)

Carrier landings should move eventually to JPALS (all-weather landing system) in some time in the future. It's military Autoland that works even for carriers and amphibious assault ships).

Drones will also be using it, I think.

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Re:What is good and bad about the F-35 cockpit by kart23 on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:30AM (#25869354)

The carrier f-35 can hover. You can just line it up by sight.

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