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Wingnut Ninja posted:PYF Hawkeye videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sqBYziYBAs
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How about C-130s landing on carriers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM5AI3YSV3M
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Aug 23, 2018 00:58
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Hawkeyes are cool as hell. Surely somebody in here has been strapped into one for a day job-- how loud are they on the inside? Every turboprop I've ever been anywhere near has been distressingly loud, and those are right up next to the fuselage because carrier aviation.
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Aug 23, 2018 04:27
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Proper Kerni ng posted:Hawkeyes are cool as hell. WHAT?
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Aug 23, 2018 06:39
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the hearse in this vid is cold war as heck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOx7PprEC2s&t=164s
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Aug 23, 2018 10:38
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A Handed Missus posted:the hearse in this vid is cold war as heck OK, what the gently caress. 
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Aug 23, 2018 11:54
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What am I looking at here?
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Aug 23, 2018 12:31
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JcDent posted:OK, what the gently caress. Spell it out for an literal babby when it comes to this sort of thing: what's being circled here?
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Aug 23, 2018 12:31
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It's a blinged-out ceremonial SKS/Type 63 rifle. Classic North Korean style.
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Aug 23, 2018 12:47
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Why is there a cupcake in the sky?
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Aug 23, 2018 12:49
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LingcodKilla posted:Why is there a cupcake in the sky? Glorious People's Korea Flying Cupcake Technology is decades ahead of the corrupt West. This thing with some fog added I assume
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Aug 23, 2018 12:53
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glynnenstein posted:It's a blinged-out ceremonial SKS/Type 63 rifle. Oh yeah, that's the one with the triangular bayonet so the wounds can't close?
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Aug 23, 2018 12:58
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According to The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare, "bayonets with long triangular cross-sections were stronger in the charge and thrust than single or double bladed weapons" (Page 414). They are also easier to forge in some cases. The wound, or stitching part, of the myth, is just myth.
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Aug 23, 2018 13:09
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glynnenstein posted:It's a blinged-out ceremonial SKS/Type 63 rifle. Thanks! Due to video quality, it looked like smudges of silver paint. And since the sailors/marines there had silver AKs, I wondered what the deal with dirty SKSs was.
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Aug 23, 2018 13:16
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Aug 23, 2018 13:32
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Bend over and think of freedom.
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Aug 23, 2018 13:40
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If this was Cold War, he'd talking about nukes on tractors
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Aug 23, 2018 13:55
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Rigged with deadman switches recycled from the finest 80's era lucas brand electrical components, installed by the lowest bidding corporation (that his wife is on the board of directors for), crewed by proud, part time g4s agency staff 
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Aug 23, 2018 14:05
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That's a paddlin.
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Aug 23, 2018 18:31
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Proper Kerni ng posted:Hawkeyes are cool as hell. They're definitely way louder than a passenger aircraft, but you wear double hearing protection inside them (earplugs + hemlet or headset) so it's not all that bad. Like, if your intercom system fails you can still communicate by shouting to the guy next to you if needed. But just barely. Supposedly the E-2D cockpit is noisier than the E-2C for various reasons, but I haven't noticed much of a difference in the back. If anything the D was a little quieter, though that might just be because the soundproofing paneling was a few decades newer.
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This motherfucker most be reading TFR because we literally talked about tractor guns like 5 days ago.
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So I made the mistake of reading a Popular Mechanics article. In it I came across this sentence:Popular Mechanics posted:Still, the specter of the F-2 program, widely considered a failure that barely resulted in usable airplane, hangs over the prospect of any future aircraft cooperation. I had not read about the F-2 being considered a failure before? As I understand it, it's an embiggened F-16 with an AESA radar, what's not to like? I understand it may have been expensive, but the article seems to suggest it's crap too. While I'm asking questions about things I find odd, this article claims the first time the West was able to get hands on a MiG-17 was 1968! I find this fairly incredible, anyone care to comment on the accuracy of this claim? slothrop fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Aug 24, 2018 |
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Aug 24, 2018 14:10
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Not shown: operator suffocation
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The F-2 is basically just the Agile Falcon concept with added ASW capability. My understanding is that it’s considered a failure, primarily because it was hilariously expensive.
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Aug 24, 2018 19:08
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By all reports its a fine fighter and probably better than the F-16, but not four times better. The technology exchange involved in building it was also very favorable for the US and unfavorable for Japan - Japan basically gave the US the tech they developed, while having to keep paying royalties for the US tech. And to top it all off, there was a tacit understanding that Japan was taking this kind of lovely deal in exchange for continuing future access to top-line American fighters, only to have the US renege and actually pass a law that the F-22 couldn't be exported.
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Aug 24, 2018 19:40
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Japan also has laws written into place about not exporting military technology. So with that, the F-2 can't be sold to mitigate any costs and even if they did it's not built around any particular defense needs that other nations would look at and say, "yeah we need that". It was built around Japan's particular defense needs which included increased anti-ship capability to prevent invasion since the majority of the JASDF consist of F-15 for air defense needs. Topping it off is the fact any other nation could just buy new or used F-16's or any of the other upgraded 4 or 4.5 Gen fighters that have been heavily pitched to every country trying to upgrade their fighter fleets. I've never heard any solid reports about the F-2 since the JASDF don't seem to travel much for international air exercises typically, but it's kind of akin to the F-16 the way the Super Hornet is to the Hornet. Larger airframe with more lift, slower because its heavier and larger but has the same engine as the F-16 and better avionics with the AESA radar. But since LM has continually developed the F-16 into Block 60 and 70 versions it's well been surpassed.
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Aug 24, 2018 22:43
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Wingnut Ninja posted:They're definitely way louder than a passenger aircraft, but you wear double hearing protection inside them (earplugs + hemlet or headset) so it's not all that bad. Like, if your intercom system fails you can still communicate by shouting to the guy next to you if needed. But just barely. Do those headphones cancel noise or just bring it down to 80 DB or so e: I've never heard of this Navy Captain, but it's a real live Caine Mutiny Nebakenezzer fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Aug 25, 2018 |
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Aug 24, 2018 23:16
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Wingnut Ninja posted:They're definitely way louder than a passenger aircraft, but you wear double hearing protection inside them (earplugs + hemlet or headset) so it's not all that bad. Like, if your intercom system fails you can still communicate by shouting to the guy next to you if needed. But just barely. I could never do double hearing protection. Couldn't hear poo poo on the radio no matter how loud I had it.
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vulturesrow posted:I could never do double hearing protection. Couldn't hear poo poo Walked into that one
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Aug 25, 2018 03:26
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Aren't there earplugs that double as earbuds?
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Aug 25, 2018 03:51
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Hauldren Collider posted:Aren't there earplugs that double as earbuds?
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standard.deviant posted:I’m sure if they exist they cost more than I’m willing to pay. They'd probably be issue and cost more than I would be willing to pay.
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Aug 25, 2018 04:47
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Hauldren Collider posted:Aren't there earplugs that double as earbuds? The two in-ear earpro-headset combos I've seen most often are Invisio and Silynx. They both advertise the ability to interface with helo and plane communication systems, but how and to what extent I have no clue.
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Aug 25, 2018 04:59
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vulturesrow posted:I could never do double hearing protection. Couldn't hear poo poo on the radio no matter how loud I had it. Our helmet earphones are tuned painfully loud if you don't have plugs in. The couple of times I've forgotten to put earplugs in, like doing radio checks on the ground, it was a very unpleasant surprise. Hauldren Collider posted:Aren't there earplugs that double as earbuds? There are, they're called CEP and anyone who wants them can get a set fitted and issued. They plug into a little splitter jack that gets installed on your helmet. I've never bothered with them but some guys love them.
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Hauldren Collider posted:Aren't there earplugs that double as earbuds? You're thinking of earplug sized devices that have enough kick to counter 120dB sounds and also insert the sounds you want. Obviously possible, I just don't see it in an earplug sized form factor.
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Aug 25, 2018 06:48
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goatsestretchgoals posted:You're thinking of earplug sized devices that have enough kick to counter 120dB sounds and also insert the sounds you want. Obviously possible, I just don't see it in an earplug sized form factor.
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evil_bunnY posted:They do exist and they’re loving great actually. Are those available for tankers to hook into CVC helmet?
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Valtonen posted:Are those available for tankers to hook into CVC helmet? Tankers are much cheaper to make than flyboys, so... not likely. But everything can be free with a sock full of poo poo (and coins)
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mllaneza posted:They'd probably be issue and cost more than I would be willing to pay.
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goatsestretchgoals posted:You're thinking of earplug sized devices that have enough kick to counter 120dB sounds and also insert the sounds you want. Obviously possible, I just don't see it in an earplug sized form factor.
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