По принцип да, но ето какво пишат:
One such problem was aerodynamic heating on the horizontal tail surfaces of the aircraft at high altitudes and high speeds. The tail coatings were being damaged by friction with the air and heat from the jet's afterburner, O'Bryan says. Flight testing and analysis are complete on the F-35A and new coatings are already being implemented on that model, which should solve the problem. The same testing is underway on the B and C models, O'Bryan says. But those modifications will not be retrofitted to the existing training aircraft until they go into their regular maintenance cycles. "It's not a structural problem, it's a coatings problem," he says.
Lockheed addresses Pentagon F-35 DOT&E report
One such problem was aerodynamic heating on the horizontal tail surfaces of the aircraft at high altitudes and high speeds. The tail coatings were being damaged by friction with the air and heat from the jet's afterburner, O'Bryan says. Flight testing and analysis are complete on the F-35A and new coatings are already being implemented on that model, which should solve the problem. The same testing is underway on the B and C models, O'Bryan says. But those modifications will not be retrofitted to the existing training aircraft until they go into their regular maintenance cycles. "It's not a structural problem, it's a coatings problem," he says.
Lockheed addresses Pentagon F-35 DOT&E report
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