On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:25:02 GMT, "Thomas Schoene"
wrote:

"phil hunt" wrote in message
rg
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 01:48:52 -0600, Scott Ferrin
wrote:
Well it's good to dream but I'd say wait until the F-35C is flying
before making that judgement. That big wing, 56k lbs thrust (so
says RR)

Who's RR? The figure I've seen for thrust is 35 klbf (15900 kgf),

Rolls-Royce. They're working with GE on the F136 engine, which is the
alternative to the Pratt Whitney F135 specified for the first JSF batches.
The 56,000-lb figure came from Rolls-Ryce a couple of years ago; everyone
else is sticking to "40,000-lb class" for both F135 and F136.


Pretty much everybody was/is skeptical of that figure from RR but it's
notewothy that the PW version used on the non VTOL X-32 hit 52,000 in
afterburner. Considering that several years more developement time
are going into the production engine AND that GE will want to have
SOME reason for the buyer to choose their's over the P&W engine I
don't think 56k is beyond believability. But almost.