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I didn't know they had a stint making helicopters. It certainly was short-lived: apparently, despite the prototype test flights demonstrating the aircraft flew well, they didn't get a permanent airworthiness certificate, so the copter never went into serial production and the whole thing was just a big waste of money for the automobile manufacturer. It might even have helped Peugeot take over (they bought Citroën in 1976).
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Jun 12, 2016 01:03
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CharlesM posted:Isn't that a picture of a CRT? Nope, that's a screen on the back of a DSLR.
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Jun 12, 2016 01:06
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Boeing's got you covered with the 464-35: Pretty much "The effect of German WW2 Aeronautical research" in a jpg.
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Jun 12, 2016 01:11
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MrYenko posted:But they probably would have if they had done it in the 80s, the first time they had the idea. Looking at the 2007 analysis for replacing the engines they've been fielding replacement proposals since at least 1997.
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Jun 12, 2016 01:49
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Enourmo posted:Would one modern turbofan of equivalent thrust weigh that much more than two TF-33s? Going off Wikipedia data, replacing eight TF33's with four PW1135G's would save about 9500lbs, just going by raw engine weight alone, not including changes to pylons, etc.
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Jun 12, 2016 03:07
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Godholio posted:I think he meant 8->4 on the Buff. But yeah that's what they were looking at, and I think they replaced one pylon for testing at some point. I think they used a B-52 when testing the engine for the C-5 Galaxy, it replaced two engines on the inner pylon.
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Jun 12, 2016 03:45
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ehnus posted:Going off Wikipedia data, replacing eight TF33's with four PW1135G's would save about 9500lbs, just going by raw engine weight alone, not including changes to pylons, etc. Less weight is just as bad as more weight when it comes to re-powering aircraft, especially jet-powered aircraft a with pod-mounted engines. The weight of the engines hanging in front of the wing provides a strong counterweight to bending moments, in addition to providing a very powerful anti-flutter counterweight. On the topic of TF33s, Pratt and Whitney is apparently designing a performance improvement package for them, to improve fuel efficiency but especially service life and reliability.
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Jun 12, 2016 03:50
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StandardVC10 posted:I think they used a B-52 when testing the engine for the C-5 Galaxy, it replaced two engines on the inner pylon. You're right, that's what I was thinking of. They tested the TF39 (eventual C-5 engine) and CF6. 
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Jun 12, 2016 04:07
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MrChips posted:Less weight is just as bad as more weight when it comes to re-powering aircraft, especially jet-powered aircraft a with pod-mounted engines. The weight of the engines hanging in front of the wing provides a strong counterweight to bending moments, in addition to providing a very powerful anti-flutter counterweight. Yeah but it’s generally easy to add weight. 
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Jun 12, 2016 04:14
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"This thing isn't heavy enough and I don't know how to fix it.' said no engineer ever in the history of engineering.
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Jun 12, 2016 04:47
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Platystemon posted:Yeah but it’s generally easy to add weight. The problems of designing an aircraft around its main weapon instead of the other way around.
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EvilJoven posted:"This thing isn't heavy enough and I don't know how to fix it.' said no engineer ever in the history of engineering. “Let’s bill them for depleted uranium. We’ll tell them it’s more streamlined that way” said some defence contractor, probably.
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Jun 12, 2016 05:11
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Platystemon posted:“Let’s bill them for depleted uranium. We’ll tell them it’s more streamlined that way” said some defence contractor, probably.
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Jun 12, 2016 12:27
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Had time to drop by the end of an air show at Kjeller (Norway) yesterday, managed to get some shots of this Mustang.  Next year I'll probably spend more time there, was pretty fun but I didn't have time to see any of the exhibits since I got there right at the end of the last day.
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Jun 13, 2016 17:15
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At BWI waiting for my flight and an Egyptian Air Force C-130 lands?
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Jun 13, 2016 18:34
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Found on Daily Mails website, labeled as a Spitfire... Not exactly.
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FAT CURES MUSCLES posted:At BWI waiting for my flight and an Egyptian Air Force C-130 lands? They have several apparently although why one is in Washington is beyond me except for the obvious "because it is Washington DC, dummy"
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Jun 13, 2016 19:42
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D C posted:Found on Daily Mails website, labeled as a Spitfire... Not exactly. Some kind of (lovely) replica? It looks like it got four sets of exhausts, but only two of them are real.
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Jun 13, 2016 20:01
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Nolan does have a spitfire with that tail number (and another, R9632) but clearly, that's not it E:I wanna say yak 50 E2 I was wrong simplefish fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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Jun 13, 2016 20:28
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This will make a fun game of Name That Plane (I know)
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Jun 13, 2016 20:31
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You guys yak a lot.
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drat you Yenko I was finding the dead stick crash landing video to see if it was the plane I thought
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MrYenko posted:You guys yak a lot. With round wing tips and laterally (and fully) retracting landing gear? e (and appears to have a single cockpit) VVVVV The 11's nose is too short? joat mon fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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Jun 13, 2016 20:56
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Not convinced about the single cockpit but you were right about the wing tips for my first guess. yak 3 (see F-AZIM)... E: nope yak 11final answer, 3 has a little wing root vent and the leading edge isn't that straight....hmm I think I am seeing some mislabelled pictures, someone has a bunch of 11 pics with the vent? E2: turns out on the 11 vent is only on port, same as the protrusion on wing leading edge. The 3 has that vent on starboard. E3: http://www.wingsovereurope.com/yak_11_f-azfj.html - yeah. Although F-AZNN is also called a Yak 11 but has 2 vents, and a single cockpit really far back. But Yak-11 like F-AZFJ is my guess simplefish fucked around with this message at 21:46 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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Jun 13, 2016 21:23
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drat, you're right, too short. But I am convinced it is a Yak - those downward facing exhausts coming out of the underside for one
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I was going to guess that it was some kind of Ki-43 Oscar or something but after some looking around in IL-2 that can't be right either. If we could see a little more of the fuselage it would be easier. simplefish posted:drat, you're right, too short. It's definitely not a Yak 11, the tail is the wrong shape and the plane in the picture appears to have a rise in the fuselage going towards the cockpit, where the Yak-11 has a double-seat bubble canopy. Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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Jun 13, 2016 22:40
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It looks a little, but not quite, like a Kate. I got nothin'.
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Tsuru posted:....well what is it? I'm drawing a blank. That's my guess too. It's sourced to the 2017 Dunkirk movie, there were rumors they were going to crash a real $5m plane (seems a bit outlandish, even for Nolan) so that could be the soon to be crashed mockup plane assuming common sense took over. My guess is they put some bits on a different aircraft entirely so it'd be "close enough" ... but that opens the field to a shitload of options. I've seen photos of R9612 where it's actually a Spit, so ... 
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Jun 14, 2016 02:50
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Nanchang CJ-6? Edit: no, tail isn't right.
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/\/\/\ Not a trail dragger, wrong tail, wrong wings. Psion posted:That's my guess too. It's sourced to the 2017 Dunkirk movie, there were rumors they were going to crash a real $5m plane (seems a bit outlandish, even for Nolan) so that could be the soon to be crashed mockup plane assuming common sense took over. My guess is they put some bits on a different aircraft entirely so it'd be "close enough" ... but that opens the field to a shitload of options. Maybe that explains the early Merlin (Mk I to Mk VI) exhausts it has stuck on it? joat mon fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Jun 14, 2016 |
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Jun 14, 2016 03:12
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Yak-18 or Yak-52 taildragger conversion, perhaps? Edit: Yak-52TW for comparison - the tail seems right, but not the wingtips. StandardVC10 fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Jun 14, 2016 |
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Jun 14, 2016 03:14
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azflyboy posted:I'm not 100% sure how our setup runs in regards to maintenance, but I believe that maintenance has access to the raw FDR data for their purposes, and the data is also put into the FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance FOQA) system, where it eventually has the identifying information stripped out and gets used for identifying fleetwide trends that might need to be addressed. I worked on software for the Q400 HGS a few years ago. That combiner needs to be manufactured to very tight tolerances and optically characterized so that the symbology on it is conformal to the outside world. It also needs to be shatter-resistant and break away in the event of a headstrike, to avoid injury to the pilot. The combiner LRUs also have some sensors to detect misalignment and (for some models, not sure about Q400 specifically) ambient light. So, even leaving aside all the compliance-related costs (and there are many) and the aerospace markup, it'd still be pretty expensive.
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Posted this in the June chat thread, but getting buried in gun chat and other stuff so thought I'd ask here:slidebite posted:So, booked the going to and coming back from Hawaii.
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slidebite posted:Posted this in the June chat thread, but getting buried in gun chat and other stuff so thought I'd ask here: The 757-300 is not lie-flat in any configuration. You should probably ask the BFC frequent traveler thread, but if the cabin class is listed as "First" it is not lie flat. If it is listed as "DeltaOne" it is lie flat. The seat map on the Delta website will show you the seat type, but if you can't tell, the 767-300s are 1-2-1 when lie-flat and 2-2-2 when not.
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slidebite posted:Posted this in the June chat thread, but getting buried in gun chat and other stuff so thought I'd ask here: Delta's aircraft interiors are actually updated quite regularly so they won't be "ancient rattle traps". I don't think Delta One/Business class is on any US domestic flights other than JFK-LAX/SFO. Unless theres a repositioning flight between hubs or something. The 2-2-2 767 first class isn't all that great as I recall, remember the economy cabin is 2-3-2 so theres only one seat's width worth of space to distribute between the 6 remaining seats. Still better than economy of course and you'll be fed.
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This is what Seatguru shows when I plugged in the flight# and dates. SEA-KOA leg (actually a 200) http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Delta_Airlines/Delta_Airlines_Boeing_757-200_75S.php and HNL-SLC http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Delta_Airlines/Delta_Airlines_Boeing_767-300ER_76Z.php?flightno=1104&date= Like I said though, the Delta seat selector was really ambiguous and said nothing. It shows as FIRST(P) in the confirmation. I'll check out that BFC thread, thanks for the heads-up, I didn't know it existed. hobbesmaster posted:Delta's aircraft interiors are actually updated quite regularly so they won't be "ancient rattle traps". I don't think Delta One/Business class is on any US domestic flights other than JFK-LAX/SFO. Unless theres a repositioning flight between hubs or something. The 2-2-2 767 first class isn't all that great as I recall, remember the economy cabin is 2-3-2 so theres only one seat's width worth of space to distribute between the 6 remaining seats. Still better than economy of course and you'll be fed. slidebite fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jun 16, 2016 |
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I just got recommended to this thread from the Derek Smart madhouse. Anyone want to hear talk summaries from AIAA-Aviation 2016?
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Sperglord posted:I just got recommended to this thread from the Derek Smart madhouse. Yes please
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So has anyone here experienced the "redesign" at Airliners.net yet? Because it is one hell of a Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Jun 15, 2016 |
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