Hornet.....and....Superhornet?

[Avro87]

Hey. Just curious as to the difference between the two? I'm guessing, but the hornet is the F-18 (CF-18 in canada) and the superhornet is F/A-18...not to sure about that. Visually, I noticed that the intake on the superhornet is square-ish, while the hornets intake is round-ish. Is the superhornet really that much better (and when were they made?)?

[mellow_pilot]

Super Hornets are bigger, heavier, higher pay-load. Pretty much an entirely different beast. They were bought by the USN to replace the F-14 as a stop-gap til the JSF is availible. At least thats what they say, although I don't see how the JSF has the range or the pay load of the superhornets let alone the bloody tomcat.

There was supposed to be huge savings by having something like 80% commonality with the originals, but as it turns out there only about 30 or less. A quick google should answer all you ever wanted to know. Try boeing's website.

[goates]

Here are a couple of links for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/A-18_Super_Hornets
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f18comp.gif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofNY2SwXX0

[linecrew]

Hey. Just curious as to the difference between the two? I'm guessing, but the hornet is the F-18 (CF-18 in canada) and the superhornet is F/A-18...not to sure about that. Visually, I noticed that the intake on the superhornet is square-ish, while the hornets intake is round-ish. Is the superhornet really that much better (and when were they made?)?

All Hornets are officially F/A-18s (Fighter/Attack). In Canada they are officially known as CF-188s but this is usually simplified to CF-18. Same thing happened with the now retired Northrop (Canadair) CF-116 which was commonly referred to as the CF-5.

Canada has the earliest version, the F-18A and B two seater. The F-18C and D models were improved versions that looked virtually identical externally. The F-18E and F "Super Hornet" is a rebuild of the original Hornet design with overall larger dimensions and a few other distinguishing features.

Here's a sitethat runs through the different models in better detail.

[Sideshow]

30% more hornet!

[newfycontrol]

wow ....is this seriously a topic...... i think u guys should be spending more time on http://www.lavalife.com and less time on http://www.coolairplanes.com

[748 ho]

GO WATCH TOP GUN YAHHHAAHH HOMOS!!!!!!!

[Golden Flyer]

[newfycontrol]

Ya i think 748 HO will pause it until u guys get there with your cases of beer....

[linecrew]

wow ....is this seriously a topic...... i think u guys should be spending more time on http://www.lavalife.com and less time on http://www.coolairplanes.com

..so you're saying that you need to go to lavalife to get a woman?


Naw, I picked this airplane shit up when I was a kid and it's all stuck in my head with lot of other useless junk.

This brings up another thing. I've worked in aviation for a lot of years now and I always laugh at the number of pilots who seem to either have an indifference to or a full on dislike for the subject of aviation. Man, I couldn't imagine being stuck in a line of work like that...it certainly isn't for the money.

[mellow_pilot]

It's just cause you're talking about military planes. The ones making fun are the same guys who get excited about watching the auto-pilot fly their giant aluminum dildo from Toronto to Vancouver.

[. ._]

Ya i think 748 HO will pause it until u guys get there with your cases of beer....

[l_reason]

guys who get excited about watching the auto-pilot fly their giant aluminum dildo from Toronto to Vancouver.

Classic!