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VikingSkull posted:^^^ Smokey Yunick blew up an elephant with one, no joke. It can run on diesel and take off and land on muddy dirty runways that aren't even.
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Slo-Tek posted:
Yeah, but I mean, the thing looks like a goddamn spaceship. That's pretty awesome.
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orange lime posted:Yeah, but I mean, the thing looks like a goddamn spaceship. That's pretty awesome. http://www.solaris7.com/gallery/ImageList.asp?Action=FileList&CategoryID=985 I could have sworn some of those ripped it off pretty directly for one feature or another.
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sanchez posted:How have you never seen a 747? They're everywhere unless you live in the middle of nowhere. Honestly, I can't recall seeing one in person before, which is funny since I've traveled a bit, but I guess I was never on the lookout for one either. I usually fly out of PDX and I don't think there are many that fly out of there.
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Mar 28, 2010 17:50
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Slo-Tek posted:
Didn't John McCain crash one of these? Pretty Little Rainbow posted:It can run on diesel and take off and land on muddy dirty runways that aren't even. That is astonishing. Wait, can't all turbofan engines burn diesel? Regardless, being able to operate from primitive conditions is way underrated in combat aircraft.
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Mar 28, 2010 20:59
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Can I post a picture that is AI as well as AI? sorry I just love whoring this picture out
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Nebakenezzer posted:
Chemically, diesel and jet fuel are really similar, but there are a couple of minor differences between the two fuels. First of all, Jet-A (and Kerosene) are lighter fuels than diesel, and lack some of diesel's lubricating properties. Jet fuel normally has an anti-bacterial agent mixed in, as well as an anti-icing additive to keep the water in the fuel from freezing and clogging fuel lines and filters. Since those additives aren't normally present in diesel, high altitude operations using it can become problematic, since any water in the fuel will freeze when cold-soaked to -30C. Some turboprop aircraft actually have the capability to burn 100LL Avgas in an emergency, although doing so imposes all kinds of limitations on the engines, and the lead content of Avgas normally requires a teardown of the engine to inspect for lead deposits or other damage. azflyboy fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Mar 28, 2010 |
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Mar 28, 2010 22:38
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Nebakenezzer posted:That is astonishing. Wait, can't all turbofan engines burn diesel? It would RUN, not saying it wouldn't leave deposits, eat up seals, or freeze at altitude, but it would run.
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I ask this because I once talked to an aircraft mechanic in training about this. He told me that commercial aircraft engines could burn just about anything: diesel, gasoline, kerosene, etc. It required changes in the maintenance schedules (because, for example gas burns hotter then jet a1) and obviously you would have to burn more to go the same distance. This jibed with something else I heard about: that one advantage to German jet fighters in the end of ww2 is that piston engine aircraft had fairly finicky fuel requirements: high performance, high octane, etc. But jet aircraft could make do with any ol' sludge, and get better performance out of it.
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Boomerjinks posted:Does anyone else absolutely adore the USCG aircraft paint stripe scheme? Yes   Click here for the full 1200x812 image. True story: I got to witness one of these absolutely destroy the swimming docks at my summer camp with its rotor wash during a rescue demonstration. DethMarine21 fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Mar 29, 2010 |
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Mar 29, 2010 02:17
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SyHopeful posted:Can I post a picture that is AI as well as AI? I love when these things land at the base near my house. They just float in the air and are insanely loud.
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dangerz posted:I was in our plant in Marietta last year where we build the C5s. Speaking of... is there any way to get a tour of the Marietta plant? It's really the only thing I've ever wanted to see if I visited Georgia, and I'll be there in September.
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Boomerjinks posted:Speaking of... is there any way to get a tour of the Marietta plant? It's really the only thing I've ever wanted to see if I visited Georgia, and I'll be there in September.
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dangerz posted:I work in the Fort Worth plant and we can give tours on Saturdays between certain hours. And now I have a reason to go to Texas. GODDAMMIT
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dangerz posted:I was in our plant in Marietta last year where we build the C5s. After getting to toy around in the cockpit (of which you are 4 stories up), I was taken to an elevator behind the plane. We went up 6 floors, stepped out and were at the tail. It still had a good 10 feet above us. Know any open positions? I'm an entry-level Aerospace Engineer, but from what I've heard Lockheed's online application system is pretty much useless to people looking for a job.
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ApathyGifted posted:Know any open positions? I'm an entry-level Aerospace Engineer, but from what I've heard Lockheed's online application system is pretty much useless to people looking for a job.
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What the hell is going on in those images because it looks amazing.
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Static electricity and a long exposure? Looks loving sweet.
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The Micheal Yon article they're from is misleading, and blames it on static electricity. The truth is simpler - during brownout conditions, sand can strike the titanium abrasion strips that coat the leading edge of the rotor and cause it to spark. Although these images are somewhat augmented, it can be a real problem at night during insertion operations because it can reveal the location of the helicopter to the enemy.
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In case anybody missed it... 787 passed it's ultimate wing load test the other day  I do support 787 on occasion (usually V22 or chinook) so I think it's pretty awesome  Click here for the full 1040x693 image.  Click here for the full 1024x688 image.
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dangerz posted:I love when these things land at the base near my house. They just float in the air and are insanely loud. Yeah I've heard them every day for the last 25 years, it's not so cool anymore.
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I actually got to meet the pilot of this plane, Hank Hendrickson, and spend a couple hours hearing stories as we crawled around in the Boeing Museum of Flight's B-17. They were hit on their approach to a target over Germany, before dropping their payload. The ball turret gunner and one of the waist gunners were both killed instantly, but the navigator somehow managed to survive being about 3 feet from the shell exploding. He was thrown free of the aircraft and was lucky enough to have been wearing his parachute, and wound up spending the rest of the war in a POW camp. After dropping the bombs over the target and turning back, this thing actually held together the 600 or so miles back to base in England. Hank said it was the softest landing he had ever made. He's on the left in these photos.   
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 The wings of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner being stresstested.. now that's what I call a bent set of wings..
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Tetraptous posted:The Micheal Yon article they're from is misleading, and blames it on static electricity. The truth is simpler - during brownout conditions, sand can strike the titanium abrasion strips that coat the leading edge of the rotor and cause it to spark. Although these images are somewhat augmented, it can be a real problem at night during insertion operations because it can reveal the location of the helicopter to the enemy. I suppose the article is referring to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire Glowing plasma around rotors, propellers and basically anything in motion can happen without sand being present.
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Hermansen posted:
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Blaise posted:In case anybody missed it... 787 passed it's ultimate wing load test the other day In case anyone hasn't seen it, here is the video of the wing break test on the 787. Don't think this has been posted yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA9Kato1CxA
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You know, even though I've seen the pictures, if I'm ever in a 787 that has wing loading like that, I think I'm going to freak out.
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jandrese posted:You know, even though I've seen the pictures, if I'm ever in a 787 that has wing loading like that, I think I'm going to freak out. You never will, those loads are way above anything you'd see on the most extreme commercial flight.
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Can tilt-rotors come out and play?
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jandrese posted:You know, even though I've seen the pictures, if I'm ever in a 787 that has wing loading like that, I think I'm going to freak out. If they're hitting wing loading like that, you should be freaking out because you're pulling something like 7g and are probably about to crash.
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You probably are also graying out so you won't give a gently caress that the wing's all curvy.
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BSAKat posted:Can tilt-rotors come out and play? Looks like  to me 
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I just found this in my pictures and didn't really know why I saved it, so here's another Skyraider pic!  
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They're not trying hard enough. That thing could definitely carry some more missiles, not to mention more guns.
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Somehow I get the impression that the airbrake is deployed so the pilot can just cruise along 3 feet off the ground bitchslapping people.jandrese posted:You know, even though I've seen the pictures, if I'm ever in a 787 that has wing loading like that, I think I'm going to freak out. The 787 would never reach wing loading of that magnitude unless it's already crashed - the wing would stall way before pulling the kind of G's needed to do that. To reach that point you'd pretty much have to suspend the plane by its wingtips and then park 6 more 787's on top of it. Edit: And if that happens to you, take a screenshot because you're obviously playing Just Cause 2 ApathyGifted fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Apr 1, 2010 |
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Wouldn't the wings look like that if the plane was headed straight down? Glad the 87 is coming along nicely.
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VikingSkull posted:I just found this in my pictures and didn't really know why I saved it, so here's another Skyraider pic! Goddamn the A-1 was badass. Anybody who loves the A-10 (which seems to be pretty much everybody in this thread) should love the A-1. Also I met one of the guys who worked on the V-22 (my wife's half brother). The amount of maintenance required on those things is ridiculous.
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Radiohead71 posted:Wouldn't the wings look like that if the plane was headed straight down? Glad the 87 is coming along nicely.  Come on dude.
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Cmdr Will Riker posted:Goddamn the A-1 was badass. Anybody who loves the A-10 (which seems to be pretty much everybody in this thread) should love the A-1. People pretty much love the A-10 because of the GAU. Which is sad. It is totally bitchin even without the GAU.
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