• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    And when standing on the ground, the yell is louder, even though the military spent 80 million dollars on the jet. You’d be surprised how far cash can go in the right hands. (The right hands being critical)

    oh cool we’re just fucking, lying now. That’s the sound level of the f35 at altitude.

    “F-35 produces 115 db at ground level, on take-off”

    “F-35 at minimum (cruising) power at 1,000 feet was 103 db”

    “F-35 at 121 db at 1,000 ft, and 500 mph”

    (https://www.safeskiescleanwaterwi.org/noise-level-comparisons-f-35-and-other-aircraft/ ripped from here if you’re wondering)

    btw just for the record, talking about excessive cost of the f35 is extremely redundant. It has an incredibly high R&D cost but that’s literally because it’s the most technologically capable plane ever built. Over time given enough production and a probably 50 years of service, it will shrink in comparison.