Andrew Trask says a viral Potomac River F-35B flight video fails to capture the aircraft's extreme decibel levels

@growing_daniel Always have been

@growing_daniel This video doesn't remotely describe how soul-shatteringly loud this thing is.

@the_engi_nerd It was less cool when it was still in development and getting delayed a bunch with huge cost overruns and all kinds of random problems

But now, hell yeah!

@growing_daniel BOL “now”🤣🤣🤣

OMG OMG look it’s 1967 era super tech navy space magic

Look I found more 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

@growing_daniel flexing that f-35b :) the b variant is the coolest one. tradeoffs to have the svtol but its rad

@growing_daniel Agreed. The Marines' V/STOL-variant is legit sci-fi-level awesome.

@Pierre_Precieux @growing_daniel Didn't get shot down. Made it back to base safely after surviving a hit.

@growing_daniel @grok is the F35 more less than ten years a way from irrelevancy, given new drone fighters like the shield ai vbat and Anduril’s Fury?

@growing_daniel Everyone thinks their 5th gen fighters are cool until they see our F35B hover.

@growing_daniel thats like a very loud hummingbird

@growing_daniel A single 10k $ kamikaze drone can take it out. Modern warfare has changed quite a lot

@growing_daniel It's like it stopped in mid-air, said, "Are you talking to me," slowly and menacingly turned to the camera, heard, "Uh, no sir," then said, "I didn't think so," and slowly went back to what it was doing.

@growing_daniel They are the most cost-effective plan of their quality in the world, which is why they're booked out for export until 2035

@RaceGated @growing_daniel Those were extremely hard to control

@growing_daniel Harrier jump jets did this in the 80’s

@BenjBenjBenjM @RaceGated @growing_daniel no honey, f35 is balanced by a computer; Harrier needed manual control over hovering

@GrocholskiJack @growing_daniel Again, you’re wrong. The osprey has a lower mishap rate than the Blackhawk. You should probably research things instead of just regurgitating random internet narratives.

@growing_daniel Still got shot down in Iran by old heat seeking tech though

@RaceGated @growing_daniel The VTOL on the F-35B is completely different from that of the harrier

@growing_daniel $20 billion jet vulnerable while hovering by $20 thousand drone. Great investment!