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How likely is this theory that gradual decompression led to everyone losing consciousness before warnings went off? It seems like this would be like a thing every airplane manufacturer would have planned for from the very beginning of pressurized cabins but reading this thread I've learned not to assume things like that.
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I thought the story was that the pilot was only pretending to not understand and was razzing the instructor because he had a reputation for being a dick? Then again he was boiling alive and almost popped the canopy off so maybe it wasn't a prank.
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Boy, 16, hitches ride from California to Hawaii in plane's landing gear Truly a boy dedicated to Aeronautical Insanity. Is the wheel well even pressurized? e: wait that's a dumb question, how did he survive Eej fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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I just came across some pictures of the An-74 and the Boeing YC-17 and now I'm wondering, how come the idea of putting the engines on top of the wings never caught on? Is there some kind of major drawback like maintenance or poor flight characteristics that offsets the STOL ability?
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Apr 30, 2014 08:29
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Perhaps they didn't want to insult the Lebanese if they ever had to dock in their harbour!
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Speaking of (as a casual reader), is Sweden like an Aeronautical Galapagos or something? Saab's fighter designs go from a pusher prop, to a flying barrel, to a double delta wing and then canards as far as the eye can see (also sort of related, the Stridvagn 103). Supposedly they were quite good designs but I don't think any other planes really picked up on their design details?
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Jun 7, 2014 08:56
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On a WW2 related note, is there some really dumb story about military procurement and the US' inability to produce a working 20mm cannon during the war even though the British kept sending them perfectly working designs for them to copy?
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Jun 18, 2014 09:15
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Well it's certainly one way to intercept a Bear.
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Jul 17, 2014 09:08
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Ambihelical Hexnut posted:The WWII glider badge is the chest-hair-havingest of aeronautical ratings. What was the casualty rate of those things anyway? Every time I read about them it's like "oh yeah like almost half of them flew into the ocean/a hill/trees".
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dissss posted:The three V bombers all have somewhat of that look about them. I think it's because they all look like they could be straight out of 50s sci fi The Vulcan even has firing ports for its twin-linked plasma cannons! 
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Aug 16, 2014 05:59
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Much like anything with a bit of tub, it can look pretty nice from certain angles.
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A Handed Missus posted:
Still not as happy as the happiest variant. 
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Man reading up on WWI planes makes me realize how utterly insane pilots were back then. Flying around in a wood and canvas contraption powered by a spinning engine with less horsepower than a modern day midrange sportbike, vulnerable to basically any firearm on the battlefield, hoping your dumb engine doesn't just spray all its oil into your face and your synchronization gear actually works and you don't shoot off your own propeller. Then you get to all the silly things they did like parking your plane on top of a balloon to avoid detection.
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Oct 22, 2014 21:19
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vessbot posted:Synchronization gear... only after it was invented! Before that, it was metal deflector plates on the back of the prop. Wait, how did they prevent bullets from ricocheting back into the airframe? Or was that just An Accepted Risk of War before they figured out a not ridiculous way of doing it?
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Oct 22, 2014 22:50
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Ardeem posted:Wait, seriously? After Bell failed (well, for values of failed equal to didn't make a great airplane, just an okay one) with the 39 they tried the midbody engine fighter again? I thought the Airacobra and Kingcobra were quite successful in the USSR.
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Nov 22, 2014 02:15
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revmoo posted:Might as well, statistically over 90% of cardiac arrests that occur outside of an ER result in death. Planes have AEDs so if you're close enough to an airport that you would normally fart around dumping fuel that is definitely a survivable situation.
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MrChips posted:Yeah an AED raises the survival rate from something like 10% to something like 50%, and you're still going to need real medical attention as fast as you can get it, hence why you make an overweight landing. The number is supposedly something closer to 75% but that is with actual medical care so my point was getting on the ground asap instead of writing him off as a 5% chance of survival makes sense, not that AEDs will magically restart your heart and we can keep this flight on schedule!
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Scratch Monkey posted:Germany has laws against displaying "harmful" things, but they're sort of vague. No symbol is specifically outlawed, but use of a one traditionally associated with extremism that is obviously there to promote an illegal ideology is against the law. It would be allowable to paint a swastika on something like that Bf-109 in the interest of historical accuracy, but Germans tend to be (understandably) skittish about doing even that. I, not being German, am not quite so much hence my twitchy-ness. Is it me or does the BF-109 look like it has really poor rear visibility?
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Dec 12, 2014 21:55
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Wait does some unlucky sap at the airport have to run over to slap a lead cover on it every time they reach the gate? I mean, technically if your exposure time is short it's not a big deal but you're gonna service multiple aircraft a day...
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Dec 24, 2014 10:00
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That engine comes awfully close to scraping the ground there. How sturdily are they attached anyway? Would there have been fan shrapnel spraying everywhere or just an engine falling off if it made solid contact with the runway? e: nm just saw a video of an 767 doing a belly landing and that's not a problem Eej fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Dec 29, 2014 |
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I got a quick helicopter question. Are there any advantages to regular tail rotors over fantails or coaxial rotors? Or is it just a matter of  and less complexity?
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food-rf posted:AoA usually comes from AoA probes, which are just vanes and are pretty foolproof except for icing, which is why they are heated: They're like little baby wings that will grow up into big ones someday 
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Slo-Tek posted:Works, sorta. I really want to see something like this go mach 1 and I don't know why.
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priznat posted:Really? Every year in BC we get idiot skiers/boarders going out of bounds and getting lost and having to be found by helicopter and every year the media is all "Should idiots pay for their rescue?" And the answer is always no because then they wouldn't call for help, being idiots and all. To be fair the exact wording was quote:"It's stupid to do what I do," said Abrahamsen. "I'm just too enthusiastic when the powder is there on the mountain, I guess. Forgive me for that." And I'm sure that the Norwegian government is gonna cough up money to pay for the medevac if only to save face.
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Jan 27, 2015 17:54
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So basically like a regular harpoon cannons except everyone has to hide from the backblast.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:00
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It's so you can do totally kicking rad things like burn things!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRzKhqa_HhE
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polpotpotpotpotpot posted:stop talking about lasers, you loving nerds plane laserer spotted
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iyaayas01 posted:Hahahahahaha Do the reasons include "would look way too cool in real life"?
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Feb 17, 2015 00:05
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I love the overlay of the American flag.
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SybilVimes posted:No america, you come up with your own innovations for a change! I kinda want that in Ace Combat now.
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I wonder what the radar return of blue and gold paint would be on a F-22.
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Feb 21, 2015 02:49
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Did the original DC-8 engines really look like they were meant to propel a spaceship?
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Feb 22, 2015 23:28
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Obviously the solution to all this rotor-caused self destruction is to just switch to twin ducted fans like those cool gunships in Avatar. Sure you lose the ability to auto rotate but you also look way cooler.
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I always find it weird that the Ka-50 which is a relatively tamer co-axial rotor system has more problems with rotors smacking each other than the K-Max.
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I wonder what it would've felt like to be the guy who opens a letter and reads "Comrade, you have been selected to be the test pilot of the first manned Ka-50 ejection seat tests."
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Mazz posted:Great post for a pictures thread but couple things to sperg on as befitting the thread: Out of curiousity what is the protocol for when they run out of letters to designate variants?
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Here's to hoping the F-14A comes with the original TF30s so you can get the real life or death experience of flying a F-14.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:That's the point - they're modeling the A, A+, and B models. So yeah, on the highest settings you'll likely get to experience the P&Ws in all of their infamous glory. And when you finally can't take it anymore with the A, you can option into an A+ and/or B. I'm hoping someone puts a mod in for a flipboard that says "DAYS SINCE LAST COMPRESSOR STALL: __"
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MohawkSatan posted:ya'll might have started with classics, but I started with the best 
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A-10 Cuba! posted:It features an A-10 Thunderbolt II on a mission to defeat guerrilla forces at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. As in most war flight simulator games, the main objectives contain defending an airbase, destroying ships, bridges, tanks or buildings and escorting other aircraft.  I feel like Ace Combat games have easier suspension of disbelief.
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