Assuming no consequences, I’d love to open various panels and try and figure out what does what. It’d be really cool to see inside one of those.
Aaaaand this is how you get suspected of being a Chinese spy.
I said no consequences…
Grab any modular electronics, charter a boat to the Bahamas, divert to Cuba after stashing them on a deserted island along the way. Use a thumb drive of pictures to bargain for the gps coordinates to China.
Unless I thought of something better along the way.
Couldnt china get the same hardware from Afghanistan?
China has probably gotten more from their various intel ops in the US supply chain. There isn’t a lot they could get in the field without risking serious repercussions.
No. This is the first F35 to crash.
Is it wrecked or perfect?
If perfect: I’d totally try flying it. Probably crash, but it would be worth it to see how good all those flight sims where I’ve flown an F-35 stand up to reality.
Is it wrecked or perfect?
The pilot ejected…so the first one.
Scrapping it for parts. Though I’m not sure how to get in contact with black markets that would want the weapons. 🤔
The hard part isn’t getting in contact with them.
It’s doing so without also being tried and executed for treason
It’s a Marine F-35B and likely crashed into a lake.
ba dum tss!
Return it to Pepsi.
Considering it is apparently a federal offense to tamper with aviation debris or accident scenes (assuming the plane looks intact) absolutely nothing, call local cops, they call AF.
Oh boy, aren’t you the life of the party
Sit in the cockpit and make plane, missile, and machine gun noises since I don’t even know how to turn one on let alone fly it.
Pretty sure this one comes without a seat, and the aftermarket prices are ridiculius!
Just a reminder, the last guy to fly it took the seat with him.
Stay away from it, I am fine flying paraglider or ultra-lights , but the F-35 crashes way too much to my taste
Two chicks at the same time
Thats it? If you had a fighter jet, you’d do two chicks at the same time?
Chicks love fighter jets
Well, not all chicks love fighter jets
If you don’t like fighter jets then you ain’t a chick
Well, the type of chicks that would double up on a dude like me do
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You can’t pickup chicks in a fighter jet
Maybe you can’t
Oh, you know what? You could bitch about anything couldn’t you? We’re going to get a fighter jet, and you’re worried about chicks. What chicks are we gonna pick up, man? And secondly, how are you gonna pick up chicks in a car that looks like that?
Not with that attitude
T. Least sane lemmy user
Let’s ask that General who just stopped by to pickup the flag what he thinks.
Tom Cruise begs to differ
And it’s really hard to have sex in a fighter jet. It’s not exactly a roomy interior.
For having sex, the best experience is a minivan.
Well then trade it in for a minivan, duh.
Announce an auction for the location on the War Thunder forums
Treat that mid thirties lady to a nice relaxing spa day. Somewhere romantic, lots of targets and no hard deck.
Love is in the flair
Fill out with dirt and plant flowers inside … and put a statue of the Virgin Mary in the cockpit
How cool would it be to hook the joystick up to your PC? And a panel of switches or three.
They, uh…. Sell those control sticks for thst exact purpose.
Yeah but, this one is free, and authentic
well, those are authentic too… maybe not free.
you’d be surprised what turns up at swap meets.
You just can’t let a guy have a dream, can you?
Depends on the dream. The ejection seats are harder to come by, btw.
Assuming I could figure out how to turn that thing on, I would definitely:
- Take off
- Go to maximum velocity
- Burn out all the fuel
- Acknowledge that I have no idea of where or how to land
- Look for the button to the ejection seat
- Glide down towards the equator
- Eyeball the necessary altitude
- Push the button
- Pull the parachute cord
- Flip both the birds
- Land on a beach
- Walk up to the bar
- Ask for a beer
- Run from the bill
take off
Knew you meant it as a joke but i thought it interesting to share that Fighters don’t have a simple “start” button, here’s a F-16 startup sequence for reference.
Most of that isn’t involved in actually starting the plane.
They are things that would be good to have done to fly safely. Something analogous to turning on and tuning the radio in a car. You can absolutely start the engine and drive the car without doing that.
Good thing I’ve watched that video, twice then!
Minor detail, the original pilot left it via the ejector seat…
I’ll bring a lawn chair then.
This one doesn’t have an ejection seat, remember?
Limp to the bar, stumble away from the bill.
Ejection seats often cause career-ending musculoskeletal injuries to the lumbar spine and hips. It’s is a very violent way to leave an airplane, but much less violent than the alternative.
There’s also the teensy problem of the last guy to fly the plane took the seat with him.
