/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12023316
That's what I said with the addition that they were incapable to train their pilots and ground crew.
>>12023319
>>12023327
BW should stay away as far as possible from the F35 as humanly possible.
Germany has so much trouble with complex gear lately, specially if it was designed by committee.
Until they got their shit back together, which is nowhere near in sight, they should stick with the most simple solutions possible.
I'd say F16 because they are cheap, but BW have been chronically unable to buy and maintain trainers. Therefore my solution would be to only buy 2seaters with every single unit being fully usable as a trainer and in general, no sub versions.
Germans are so extremely chaotic and helpless because of all the bureaucracy, they force on everything and nobody having enough initiative to take responsibility.

It has to be
>foolproof in any way
>2seater
>single engine
>a lot of shared parts
>only decade old proven electronics, instruments and avionics with long shelf-lifes
>cheap and available in high numbers
>scandalproof
>coming with thought out, simple protocols and documentation
>be the polar opposite of the F35 (If BW would ever get one of these, it would not once leave the ground in it's lifetime)
Funnily enough I could see that being relatively close to look like another F-104 but history shows, that until they got rid of the shithead in charge who couldn't operate the thing. I heard that GenLtnt Karl Müllner got kicked out of the very same position lately for supporting to get the F35, probably in a rare moment of sanity.

>>12011836
Thought it was named Romulus at first. Kind of a letdown, what is Rombus even supposed to mean?!?