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A twin-engine F-35 would raise difficult balancing problems

The tentative assessment is probably, with engine balancing identified as the main complication.

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Question

Could a twin-engine F-35 retain vertical-takeoff-and-landing capability?

Short answer

Probably, but balancing the engines would be very complicated, and the assessment remains tentative.

Notes

A twin-engine F-35 retaining vertical-flight capability is judged probably possible. That is explicitly a tentative assessment. Balancing the engines is identified as the difficulty that would make the arrangement complicated.