None of the subassemblies are the same.

i was not aware the f35 design was publicly available

They have concepts

a vtol HAS to have ports in places there are none on the other two

it has to have ducts, vents, actuators

yes, and a keyless ignition care has a spot for the key ignition

are they going to make all three have the same bloody ducts the vtol has?

just like a steering less car has a spot for the steering wheel

is that going to be a void?

what will replace it structurally?

on the outside why not? put in a plate that bolts in place like every other panel.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/F-35B_Joint_Strike_Fighter_%28thrust_vectoring_nozzle_and_lift_fan%29.PNG look at this shit

what goes where that lift fan is at?

second cockpit?

ammo

bombs

extra fuel (although that causes balance issues) or nothing if you are aiming for more underwing armament

the F135 has distinct variants for each F35 configuration

so how much of this supply is going to be shared?

sure, they might come from the same factories

but what do you get? you don't get interchangeability

you're not going to be building F135 variants into eachother

what exact value do you get out of this?

the fuselage is all different, the engines are procured separately, the cockpit is placed differently

"The variation between models allows military forces to achieve service-specific mission capability, while still taking advantage the economies of scale that result from the parts and processes that are common to all three variants"

sure, but that didn't require attempting to have them share an external dimension

anyway

I'm sure they'll figure out how to do something useful with them eventually

after enough retrofits

but that won't mean that their best intentions for this strategy will have come true

it remains to be seen whether any efficiency was gained through this process at all.

we'll see.

Watching Tim's video on the disney Princess: I disagree that social justice is a good thing (how tim describes it in particular), because I disagree that racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. are bad things.

at the very least they have been getting the cost per unit down

tbh, the Disney thing isn't even all the SJWish. its almost closer to comicsgaters and gamergaters complaining about changing characters.

lets put it this way, the look was so different i didn;t even know that was supposed to be tiana

like two these 2 look even remotely alike? https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/VDdkA4LJ1YxTcoVX0DLGuArYhHE=/0x0:1920x1080/920x613/filters:focal(807x387:1113x693)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61534357/tiana.0.jpg

idunno, they look kinda similar

eyes, face etc.

it's a different art direction altogether so it's hard to compare

she looks Latino almost in the digital version.