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It is too much overweight/underpowered to try that. It needs the weight reductions and F414 engines before it would be a good deck fighter. I think the twin engine variant is DOA and Naval LCA will be variant of Mk1A. They are currently working on 4 different models of aircraft... they can...

You didn't convert anything, the F404 is in pounds, the RD33MK is in kilograms. If you actually read the content of my posts you would already have the conversion.

The links have been there, all you have to do is click them.

Actually the specific fuel consumption of the RD33MK is quite bad... converted from kg to lb for comparison. SFC of RD33MK ... wet = 4.32 lb/lbf.h dry = 1.72 lb/lbf.h SFC of M88-2 wet = 1.66 lb/lbf.h dry = 0.78 lb/lbf.h SFC of F404 wet = 1.74 lb/lbf.h dry = 0.81 lb/lbf.h The Rafale is over...

The F414 has half the fuel consumption of the RD33MK, it makes up for it with taking less fuel and still having better range. Of course the Rafale dominants in fuel consumption, but it won't matter if Cong takes over. If FBW can land a plane missing an entire wing, then it will have no...

The fly-by-wire is so advanced now the computers take care of everything. Remember that Israeli F-15 that was flying with only one wing?

It can still operate LCA but it is a wait and see deal like it has always been. The Super Hornet is the most polished naval fighter on the market at a reasonable price.

Once Super Hornet is selected it will begin replacing MiG-29Ks. Even without catapults it can generate far more thrust on take-off for heavier payloads. Having common engines with LCA makes it a done deal.

If the engine quits on a single engine the only option is to crash, something the Harrier is known well for.