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Post by Lavochkin on Nov 10, 2018 17:17:42 GMT
Synthwave music vid featuring the F-104 Starfighter and the X-1.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Dec 5, 2018 21:28:23 GMT
In just a few minutes. Hurry. Ouch! Stage one landing failed. ...Somewhat. It may be salvageable though. Went out of control and started spinning. One gridfin appeared to fail.
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Post by mousestalker on Dec 5, 2018 21:40:44 GMT
In just a few minutes. Hurry.
We live in an age of wonders.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Dec 5, 2018 21:47:23 GMT
In just a few minutes. Hurry.
We live in an age of wonders. Still, yes. And we need them. To continue to evade disasters. Though that is a different story and discussion.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Dec 7, 2018 20:31:21 GMT
In just a few minutes. Hurry. Ouch! Stage one landing failed. ...Somewhat. It may be salvageable though. Went out of control and started spinning. One gridfin appeared to fail. Actually, it was the hydraulic pressure to the grid fins that was lost, making the fins worse than useless. The rocket engines managed decently on their own though, and the landing wasn't bad. But it was unable to reach the landing pad. Here is the water landing. The rocket stage is reasonably OK and will probably be re-used.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Dec 14, 2018 17:20:10 GMT
...And SpaceShip Two's first spaceflight.
(Some basics for those of you who wonder. Getting into orbit takes at least six times as much energy as just getting into space. And that also has consequences for getting down again.)
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Dec 23, 2018 22:22:24 GMT
Merry Christmas (and I'll soon be outa here again). Here's a video I liked. I thought it interesting because you see F-15E, F-16C, F-35A, F/A-18F, F-22A together. They are of course not all combat fighter types operated by US forces. F-15C (which is quite different from F-15E), F/A-18C (which is very different from the bigger F/A-18E/F, essentially a different aircraft type), A-10, AV-8 and F-5E/F are missing, but well, still...
Anyway, look at the angle of attack of the aircraft. Notice how the F-35 flies with a higher AoA than the rest? It's dead giveaway to the things Pierre Spray was right about, about this aircraft. At about 1:50 you can also see the F-35 making wing tip condense trails. ...While none of the others do.
Can you guess and order these planes' radar cross sections?
At 3:29 into the video, the planes are in sunlight and you can spot something interesting about colors.
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Post by TheWhiteWolf on Jan 9, 2019 2:39:34 GMT
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Jan 29, 2019 20:38:27 GMT
It's been a very long and twisting path, since the KC767 programme was frozen in 2003, and then cancelled early in 2006, but now the Air Force has a new air refueling Tanker in service. The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus.
Just as in the case of the P-8 Poseidon, Boeing cobbled it together from airliner parts they had lying around. IMO a sound practice, as airliners are awesome flying machines. (It's mainly a 767, and Poseidon is mainly a 737). It's sort of the opposite progression from the old The KC-135, which has been in service since 1957. The Boeing 367-80, aka 717 (because the civilian designation was applied after the 707, also: it needs to be said that the 717 designation is used by Boeing for the Douglas DC-9 / McDonnell Douglas MD80, when Boeing swallowed McDonnell Douglas, this doable since C-135 was never sold to civilian operators, thus the 717 designation never previously used for a built plane), aka C-135, was the precursor to the famous Boeing 707 airliner (C-137 in military service).
Boeing hasn't been paid yet, because right now the first KC-46As can't refuel the A-10 yet. (And that is actually the fault of the Air Force - wrong spec.)
Beautiful aircraft whatever.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Jan 29, 2019 21:11:47 GMT
Merry Christmas (and I'll soon be outa here again). Here's a video I liked. I thought it interesting because you see F-15E, F-16C, F-35A, F/A-18F, F-22A together. They are of course not all combat fighter types operated by US forces. F-15C (which is quite different from F-15E), F/A-18C (which is very different from the bigger F/A-18E/F, essentially a different aircraft type), A-10, AV-8 and F-5E/F are missing, but well, still... Anyway, look at the angle of attack of the aircraft. Notice how the F-35 flies with a higher AoA than the rest? It's dead giveaway to the things Pierre Spray was right about, about this aircraft. At about 1:50 you can also see the F-35 making wing tip condense trails. ...While none of the others do. Can you guess and order these planes' radar cross sections? At 3:29 into the video, the planes are in sunlight and you can spot something interesting about colors. Since no one bit, or was interested, I'll still explain. The F-35A's AoA and wing tip trails are due to the very high wing loading. It's in the ball park of the old F-104, and actually even higher. The order of radar cross sections is: F-15E, F-16C, F/A-18F, F-22A and finally F-35A. The F-22 and F-35 are of course minuscule, but the RCS of the F/A-18F is actually quite small too, and just a small fraction of the F/A-18C, despite the plane being 50% bigger. The F-16's RCS has been progressively reduced in, likewise not much talked about, upgrades. And that relates to the golden, glossy color you can see on the F-16. It's not the old camouflage scheme. It has received a surface coating somewhat similar to the surface of the F-35.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Feb 4, 2019 21:28:50 GMT
...Oh! Almost forgot. The US Navy took the old, small F/A-18 Hornet out of operational service a few days ago. It still serves with the Marine Corps, Adversary units, Canadian, Australian, Finnish and Swiss air forces, but the Navy now only operates the bigger, more modern Super Hornet. So then we get to the point of finding a video.
I suggest you look back in this thread and check the Swiss aerobatic display. That's good stuff from the old Hornet.
But this is more in context:
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Feb 14, 2019 21:41:40 GMT
This is the Sopwith Snipe, the successor to the WW1 top killer, - Sopwith Camel.
This perfect replica has an original, more than 100 years old engine.
Essentially a Camel on stereoids, I think there can be a good case for the Snipe being the damnest thing to fly during the WW1. There were planes that were faster, but the Camel wasn't particular fast either, and it didn't stop it from shooting down everything else. The Snipe was smaller, heavier, stronger than the Camel. Like the Camel, it turned on a dime and it climbed like there was no gravity. It is also supposed to be easier to fly than the Camel.
Some may argue that the Fokker D.VII was the damnest thing from WW1. However, unfortunately for them, while the Snipe was very late for the party, the Snipe vs D.VII was an experiment that was actually made: A single, lone Sopwith Snipe was attacked by two German units, all flying D.VII, at least fifteen D.VII were involved. Well, the 15 Fokker D.VIIs lost, the single, lone Snipe won.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Feb 26, 2019 22:33:56 GMT
Human access to space:
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Feb 28, 2019 17:02:45 GMT
Israel's (actually private) lunar lander.
...Launch of.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Mar 9, 2019 0:33:01 GMT
Ground to air missile air defenses have historically never been particularly effective, and not cost effective either. Defense budget cutting politicians and journalists have loved to suggest the opposite since the 1950's. They've always been proven wrong in the real wars. There are good reasons for that, most of them involve too long and complex discussions. Suffice for now, is that it's always the mobile and aggressive part that decides time, place and conditions for the battle, and that advanced and expensive technologies are more feasible and cost effective on a high value combat platform, than on an expendable munition.
Anyway, some people are betting on that the giant leaps in modern electronics and processor technology will change this, and recons that the time has come for advanced air defense missiles to gain the upper hand.
Well, here's a short clip why not: It's very fast. It's very stealthy. It's extremely long range and high endurance. It's unmanned and it will be a first wave, key player in destroying air defenses.
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Post by Serza on Mar 11, 2019 21:14:19 GMT
Y'all discussing all this...
The Legacy Hornet news put a tear in my eyes. They're beautiful, but in retrospect them leaving active duty explains why we got the F/A-18C so faithfully modelled in DCS - while people might be able to determine it's real capabilities in a fight now, it won't matter as they would encounter the F/A-18E anyway.
And I remember about the Camel that they couldn't catch anyone, but God help that anyone if they decided to stay and fight. Quite different from the Rise of Flight iteration that was one of the faster birds in the sim! (The truth being that the game gave the Camel an engine that they considered on a prototype - it flew in that configuration, but the serial production had a weaker engine, I think coming from a different prototype. As for reason, I can't recall.)
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Mar 19, 2019 21:46:39 GMT
If you missed the news of the Boeing F-15X offer to the air force, it doesn't really matter, since USAF probably won't buy it anyway. But it is an interesting plane and possibility. Here's the deal: The air force is kinda pinched between old planes becoming too old and new planes being too unavailable and too unsuitable for the role. The F-22 was intended to replace the F-15C in the air defence and air superiority role. Unfortunately, Obama cut the program very short. It may have seemed like a reasonable budget saving for Obama, but it leads to a tremendous loss of value - the cost per plane goes through the roof -, and leads to big problems further down the road. Both in terms of maintenance and upgrades, because the production line is removed, and because there is suddenly no replacements for too old planes, F-15C, when they finally have to be retired. Boeing have kept the F-15 production going, and kept developing the F-15. They have sold very advanced version to other nations. Twice before they have tempted the air force. So now we come to the F-15X Super Eagle. Just like the F/A-18E/F/G Super Hornet, it has a radically reduced radar cross section, even if it's not quite defined as "stealth". It has about half the operational cost per hour, compared to the F-15C or F-35A. It will surely get a much higher availability. It has much improved flying qualities due to fly by wire, more powerful engines, greater range, greater load. State of the art, massively improved radar, cockpit and weapon systems. And it's much stronger, designed for more than four times the operational lifespan of the F-15C. Research, advanced combat simulations, war games, have indicated that number of air-air missiles will be an important factor in modern air combat and air combat tactics. So Boeing has made the F-15X able to carry 22 air-to-air missiles. In every way, it seems it fits right in to plug a hole in the air force, providing good, cheap service all the way to 2060 something. So why won't USAF buy it? - Well, it would spend money that the air force wants for other planes. Thus it threatens other plans. Mainly, in the short term, the F-35A. You have to remember that if the number of procured F-35s drops, the cost will go up. Further, there will then also be less resources available for fixing and upgrading the F-35. So it could drastically downgrade the F-35 program in two ways. The other is a fighter that doesn't exist yet, and won't for a considerable time. They want to field an air superiority fighter that is much more advanced than the F-15X or F-22A. I don't believe the money will ever be available for that, but that doesn't stop generals and colonels from hoping, so the future will be 'interesting'. In the end, my prediction is that a special and rather unsuitable air-defense variant of the F-35 will have to be pressed into service, sometime about at the decade shift 2030. This sort of video, that I post here, is typically made by some Asian kid, feeding the text of some defense trade journal directly into some synthetic voice machine, and then illustrating it with various video clips they've stolen from YouTube. I picked this, this time, because it's actually reasonably good for once. The clips are at least somewhat related to F-15X, showing off the kinds of developments the F-15X would feature, instead of some random video of Israeli air base operations or F-15Es air refuling. ...So maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's not just some Asian kid? Edit: Update: Sorry bout the loss of the video. Not going to do anything about that now. Meanwhile, the F-15X project seem to have gotten considerably more likely. There's still lots of Air Force opposition from the very strong F-35 crowd, but the bean counters have done their part. It now seems the F-15X is going to be the cheapest solution to a mounting problem for the Air Force. The problem is of course Air Defense. Due to the cut-off of the F-22 program by that great traitor Obama, and due to the F-35 program eating up the budget, air defense is crumbling. The air force MUST either refurbish and modernize old F-15Cs for a lot of money, without them becoming particularly good and still costing a lot of money to operate, or, somehow, upgrade some also very old F-16s to a level where they can credibly shoulder the F-15C's role, while scrapping the F-15Cs. Neither solution is particularly attractive or permanent. ...Or yet another version of the F-35 is needed. While some would want that, it's a horrible solution. It's costly in every way. It's farther away in the future, which means more money wasted trying to keep the old F-15Cs flying. It's more costly development work. The F-35 has almost as high operating costs as the F-15C, roughly twice the F-15X. And while stealth is nice, the F-35 airframe and flight envelope is rather poorly suited for the role. The F-15X is arguably the most powerful solution. Accumulating costs will make the F-15X, 10 years from now, also the cheapest solution. We'll see what happens. It could be settled before March. Okay, well March has come and the Air Force will buy the F-15X Super Eagle. A modern F-15, even better than the ones sold recently to other customers. At least if all the political wrangling goes well. There's simply a hole in the air force and the F-15X is the cheapest solution to plug it. Upgrading F-15C would cost more, be vastly inferior, and would still have short future. It would, of course, have been better to have more F-22s, but that is not an option due to the production line being scrapped years ago.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Mar 20, 2019 18:12:17 GMT
Some nice videos.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Apr 4, 2019 19:43:00 GMT
I came across this video, and due to its POV it's interesting and unique.
Points of interest is obviously first of all the Gs. There's a 10 sec 9-7g turn that tightens to another 10 sec 9g turn (and he's not trading altitude) that is immediately followed by a pull up into a vertical climb, finished by a 9g Immelman. And then there's a long section of continuous 9-6 g. Other noteworthy stuff is the roll rate and speed of onset of Gs.
The list of aircraft that can do this is pretty short. F-16A for sure, F-16N, F-22 and Eurofighter Typhoon. Probably the F-16C, possibly the Dassualt Rafale.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Apr 14, 2019 22:26:51 GMT
And the Falcon Heavy did its first commercial launch.
Falcon Heavy is also currently being considered by NASA as a backup plan launcher for early Moon exploration missions. There will have to be a lot of complex adaptations for that to be possible though.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Jun 24, 2019 20:21:58 GMT
More Falcon Heavy:
Soon, SpaceX will (hopefully) launch 24 Air Force satellites with one rocket.
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Post by Lavochkin on Jul 5, 2019 11:53:50 GMT
Here are some personnel aircraft used by various historical world leaders.
First, is the C-54 Skymaster (nicknamed the "Sacred Cow") used by FDR (the first U.S. president to fly while in office) and was the first official "Air Force One". This aircraft was also used by his successor, President Truman.
Chairman Mao of the People's Republic of China used an IL-14.
German Chancellor Hitler used an FW. 200 Condor. He was also the first world leader to have an official aircraft.
Italian prime minister Mussolini used an SM.81
And last up is British prime minister Churchill's Avro 685 York "Ascalon".
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Post by Lavochkin on Jul 25, 2019 21:04:05 GMT
Here's a rather unique improvised tank-busting aircraft of WW2, a piper cub artillery spotting plane rigged with six bazookas. It destroyed and disabled a number of German armored fighting vehicles, including a couple of Tiger Is.
And on the other side of the war in Europe, the Germans converted training aircraft into an anti-armor role towards the end, and much like the above piper cub above, it was armed with infantry anti-tank weapons, but instead of bazookas, it used four panzerfausts (two on each wing).
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