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Nebakenezzer posted:This is what kind of sad nerd I am: I was browsing this and said to myself "Ohhhh, they covered the He 177!" Hahah, holy poo poo that story owned. Pretty much falling vs. actually turning and hitting the burners just in time. I pictured something similar to the Galactica dropping in over New Caprica in my head...
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It sounds like something from a Michael Bay movie. loving sick.
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Mar 2, 2012 03:04
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"gently caress gently caress gently caress gently caress" FWOOOOOOMP
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joat mon posted:A very good writeup on the Airacuda. Second Quarter 2008 has the XB-51. 
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PhotoKirk posted:Second Quarter 2008 has the XB-51. 2Q 2010 has the XP-56.  A flying wing looking like an Me-163 radial powered with counter-rotating pusher props top speed (projected) 435mph in 1943.  Bonus: contract competitors, XP-54  and XP-55. 
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joat mon posted:and XP-55. Weren't the Japanese working on something a lot like this towards the end of the war?
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Mar 2, 2012 07:37
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I have a strange urge to play crimson skies now
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Phy posted:Weren't the Japanese working on something a lot like this towards the end of the war? The Kyushu J7W   The Smithsonian has one in storage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZ77qV0Mvo
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Mar 2, 2012 15:11
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:so many intakes Looks like a mid '90s Pontiac.
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The robot quadrotors at UPenn are doing music, now. They've started to learn at a geometric rate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk
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Phanatic posted:The robot quadrotors at UPenn are doing music, now. They've started to learn at a geometric rate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-dkonAXOlQ&feature=related They have larger quad rotors that the smaller ones can land on. These things are so cool. Though the buzz of the tiny motors is slightly unsettling, knowing that they are "learning".
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I completely expect their next video to be straight-up manhacks.
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 so gay for corsairs  e: was there specific USN doctrine during WW2 to use radial engines over piston? hellcats and corsairs just look so stubby compared to the sleeker mustangs and airacobras. even the RN FAA used seafires and sea hurricanes... Suicide Watch fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Mar 3, 2012 |
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Mar 3, 2012 20:45
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Suicide Watch posted:
I'd guess packaging and space requirements for carrier aviation, but I have nothing to back that up.
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Suicide Watch posted:e: was there specific USN doctrine during WW2 to use radial engines over piston? What, inline engines don't have pistons any more? There was indeed a reason, and it can be best described as "loving military procurement bullshit". Wiki: quote:In the US, NACA noted in 1920 that air-cooled radials could offer an increase in the power-to-weight ratio and reliability, and by 1921 the US Navy had announced it would only order aircraft fitted with air-cooled radials while other naval air arms followed suit ... So basically something that was true at one point remained doctrine 25 years later because of inertia and stubborn old men.
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Suicide Watch posted:e: was there specific USN doctrine during WW2 to use radial engines over piston? hellcats and corsairs just look so stubby compared to the sleeker mustangs and airacobras. even the RN FAA used seafires and sea hurricanes... You mean "inline," right? Besides the packaging issues Used Sunlight sales mentioned, reliability was big, as well (especially back in the 20s when they adopted the "radials only" thing). Air-cooled radials don't have to worry about a potentially unreliable cooling system, and many of them could take horrifying amounts of damage before they stopped working.
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Well, you also have to remember that carriers were much smaller back then, including the tiny escort carriers they were running, and they needed to cram as many planes as they could on each boat. That meant making sure the support facilities took as little space and personnel as possible. By focusing on one type of engine, from one manufacturer, with huge parts commonality between them all, they could simplify the supply lines across the ocean, training, shop space, flexibility, etc. And thats basically what they did, variations of the P&W Wasp powered basically 80% of the US carrier planes. Hellcat and Corsair had Double Wasps, Wildcat, SBD, TBD, and Catalina all used the Twin Wasp. Avenger and Hell Diver used the widely similar Wright Twin Cyclone, too.
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Radials also were famous for taking a lot of battle damage and still coming home. Tons of pictures of pistons shot clean off, whereas liquid-cooled engines and radiators had a lot more parts that they could not fly without.
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I was driving down I-10 outside of Mobile, AL earlier today and saw large battleship docked next to a park on display. More importantly, I saw a sleek, black, 2-engine recon jet parked nearby, so I had to pull off the highway and check it out. I present to you Lockheed A-12 #06938:  I took more pics of it, but they're still on my camera. Overall, the display area was pretty cool. The BB USS Alabama was open for tours, along with the the sub, the USS Drum. Besides the A-12, my favorite part was groping an F-14A that was on display inside that hanger.
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Tried the scale modeling thread and no luck. Does anyone know where one could find detailed wing and fuselage profiles of a BF-109? (preferably an F-G model) I'm thinking of making a large scale balsa model from scratch and for the love of me I can't seem to find any decent blueprints that would be appropriate to use as a template. Example of what I'm looking for.  Something like this could work, but it's pretty low-rez and reference points would be nice to know the spacing of the ribs and fuselage panels. p.s. Free ones, I am equal parts cheap and poor.
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Blistex posted:Does anyone know where one could find detailed wing and fuselage profiles of a BF-109? (preferably an F-G model) I don't know if these will help at all, but it's all I could find: http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw/bf109f.html http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw/bf109gkflug.html The F one at least has a couple sheets with exploded parts though the accompanying text isn't in english.
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PREYING MANTITS posted:I don't know if these will help at all, but it's all I could find: That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for, the pic with the wing and fuselage profile, thanks. Would be nice to find a 5mb PNG version with every rib and spar in it though.
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pkells posted:I was driving down I-10 outside of Mobile, AL earlier today and saw large battleship docked next to a park on display. More importantly, I saw a sleek, black, 2-engine recon jet parked nearby, so I had to pull off the highway and check it out. They must be doing work on the Aircraft Pavilion, because usually those are inside. It's been a few years since I've visited over there, which is a shame since I live 10 minutes away.
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pkells posted:I was driving down I-10 outside of Mobile, AL earlier today and saw large battleship docked next to a park on display. More importantly, I saw a sleek, black, 2-engine recon jet parked nearby, so I had to pull off the highway and check it out. I keep meaning to check that out, there's also the Tuskegee Hanger One Museum down that way too. There's an A-12 in Huntsville at the US Space & Rocket Center too (6930) but unfortunately it isn't nearly as well taken care of as the one in your photo. It looks quite neglected these days. PREYING MANTITS fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Mar 4, 2012 |
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Nebakenezzer posted:This is what kind of sad nerd I am: I was browsing this and said to myself "Ohhhh, they covered the He 177!" Wow, what a loving terrible pilot. If an aircraft commander ever did that to me I'd probably go straight to the wing safety office about it.
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:Wow, what a loving terrible pilot. If an aircraft commander ever did that to me I'd probably go straight to the wing safety office about it. yeah I bet that guy was a total hack
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:Wow, what a loving terrible pilot. If an aircraft commander ever did that to me I'd probably go straight to the wing safety office about it. oh hey look its that guy
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:Wow, what a loving terrible pilot. If an aircraft commander ever did that to me I'd probably go straight to the wing safety office about it. Aww, did some godddamn son-of-a-bitch make you spill your coffee?
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DAMMIT MAVERICK!!
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WINGSUIT MADNESS. Guys are just.... loving crazy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xmlAW_1hgT8! @3:40 its just.... I think its the guy from the "Grinding the Crack" Video *no, Sail is not the song they play. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Mar 6, 2012 |
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Make fun of the guy all you want but he's right. The story is only cool because they all lived to tell about it. I'm a flight safety guy and I totally think the story is cool but an entirely legitimate call for USAF Safety to get involved had someone brought it through the proper channels.
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Preoptopus posted:WINGSUIT MADNESS. Guys are just.... loving crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEFCQRwj28w
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Speaking of wingsuits, got a shot of a little ol' PAC 750 flying away a week ago.
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Preoptopus posted:WINGSUIT MADNESS. Guys are just.... loving crazy. 
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The Electronaut posted:Speaking of wingsuits, got a shot of a little ol' PAC 750 flying away a week ago. Are you coming out for the artistic comp in Apr?
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F-16 showing how it got its nickname: Advent Horizon posted:Which nickname is that? The Lawn Dart was the F-104. The F-16 has the same nickname. http://www.f-16.net/articles_article10.html quote:Of course the F-16 is also known by a variety of other, less commonly used, nicknames: Phanatic fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Mar 8, 2012 15:40
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Which nickname is that? The Lawn Dart was the F-104.
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Silly, the nick he's referring to is the F16 Excavator I have no idea Is that the one that ran off the runway at Oshkosh?
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How did F-16 get the name "Viper"? The wikipedia explanation is weak, there's got to be a better story behind it.
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