LegionnairE
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F-110 was among the candidates.. but EJ200 was chosen due to better thrust to weight ratio... from what I understoodWe won't use basic EJ200. It will be upgraded. Maybe EJ270 or we can simply use upgraded F-110's
F110 wouldn't fit on an aircraft that was designed for EJ200... there wouldn't be enough structure. You couldn't do that.
F110 would be better right now because it's the same engine on F16 and we already have a flow of spare parts and technical expertise on it. But it'll be very, very old by 2023
The best foreign engine for TFX would be F135 to be honest... but I feel twin F135s would be a bit of an overkill. It would provide enough thrust to lift a bomber plane...
like B1 lancer or B2 spirit...
actually... now that I think about it... maybe we should make something like that?
because let's be honest F35 is filling every role that we can imagine for a fighter.
maybe we shouldn't make another fighter? maybe we should make a bomber?
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