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That V2 video posted earlier. I'm pretty sure that the clip of the V2 striking the ground was a launch gone wrong, given the smoke, slow speed, and a camera being handy. When those suckers impacted all you heard was the shockwave, and the explosion a second later. They were traveling faster than the speed of sound when they were on their way down.
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movax posted:Awesome pics! I'd love to know more about the E-3 radar, but I'm pretty sure that's all OPSEC stuff. It's interesting how products of the 90s/00s-era of semiconductor manufacturing/technology compare to that gigantic 70s (80s?)-era radar. (Like the units on the Wedgetail or Business Jet AWACS conversion jobbies). You can ask. I've got a good idea what's good to talk about and what's not. I tend to default on the safe side if I'm not sure. Edit: 60s/70s radar. The newer radars like you see on the Wedgetail are better at certain things like electronic protection and probably frequency agility, but the AN/APY-1 and 2 have better long-range detection and a few other OPSEC-y advantages. Godholio fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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Has anyone ever tried to reheat food by taping it to the radome?
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law abiding rapist posted:Has anyone ever tried to reheat food by taping it to the radome? Not that I'm aware of. Fun story though---just aft of the flightdeck bulkhead is a sextant port used for celestial navigation but now is for a satcom antenna to be mounted. Back in the day crews would stuff eggs through it among other poo poo. Leadership caught on when a jet landed with the rotodome struts and vertical stab covered in toilet paper.
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HeyEng posted:just aft of the flightdeck bulkhead is a sextant port used for celestial navigation but now is for a satcom antenna to be mounted. Ah, the dongtenna. What a piece of poo poo. Only slightly worse than the
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iyaayas01 posted:You're fixin' to get jacked up breaking red like that. We used to fly up to McChord from San Diego, to ultimately meet the carrier at Puget Sound for workup cycles and whatnot. I can't even begin to tell you how many of my former shipmates (gently caress I hate that word) probably still have bootprints on their backs and/or necks from running amok on the line and pissing of the SPs. Some people just can't be taught. I always used to ask people if they'd ever watched "WKRP in Cincinnati", and if they were familiar with Les Nesman's office. It's the best analogy I could come up with to describe the AF's method of cordoning. 
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Here's a fun fact about the E-3's absolutely insane radar power requirements--at low thrust settings the engines can actually stall because of how much horsepower it takes to drive the engine-mounted electrical generators.
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Das Volk posted:Wait what's going on with your custom titles here Gen Foglesong is some batshit crazy retired officer who's the source of much grief almong those who served under him. Somebody in GiP bought these for Godholio, myself, and others for making some Foglesong-related posts.
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Godholio posted:The newer radars like you see on the Wedgetail are better at certain things like electronic protection and probably frequency agility, but the AN/APY-1 and 2 have better long-range detection and a few other OPSEC-y advantages. A Wedgetail is coming to the international Flag this year, should be cool...along with some Aussie C-130s, so I'll be looking forward to getting another awesome ride as well as hanging out with George, their screwball loggie and unofficial TDY social chair. I'm not sure if they're going to let him come back though, because he probably has at least a couple of children running around Anchorage by now. Actually, I might have to get off my rear end and get a photo pass this year, should be a lot of somewhat interesting heavies floating around...as of now it should be an A310 MRTT from the Luftwaffe, NATO AWACS, Aussie Wedgetail, Aussie -J model C-130s, Polish -E model, JASDF -H models, KC-767, and E-767 for the international Flag, plus some weird Herks and some other unusual aircraft for the other Flag this summer. Acid Reflux posted:We used to fly up to McChord from San Diego, to ultimately meet the carrier at Puget Sound for workup cycles and whatnot. I can't even begin to tell you how many of my former shipmates (gently caress I hate that word) probably still have bootprints on their backs and/or necks from running amok on the line and pissing of the SPs. Some people just can't be taught. Hahaha...that is a great analogy.
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co199 posted:
They should put a flag on there that says, "Remove Before Fight". Also, gatling guns don't have much knurling to them, do they?
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Blistex posted:That V2 video posted earlier. I'm pretty sure that the clip of the V2 striking the ground was a launch gone wrong, given the smoke, slow speed, and a camera being handy. When those suckers impacted all you heard was the shockwave, and the explosion a second later. They were traveling faster than the speed of sound when they were on their way down. That video probably was of a malfunctioning launch, but I swear I've seen other footage of them doing the same thing. Probably just the History channel not getting their history right when labeling things they are airing.
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co199 posted:
Reminds me of a certain Disney character.
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eggyolk posted:Reminds me of a certain Disney character. Go dumbo early.
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Bondematt posted:The safety wire in the middle of a giant fuckoff cannon is making me giggle more than I should admit. The GAU-8 is probably the most sexy thing anybody ever decided to put wings on. I'm pretty sure the engineers that decided that the safety wire was necessary giggled a bit too. Bondematt posted:Go dumbo early. What? 
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A-10 trivia Q: As the barrel rotates, which position is it in when it fires?
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Ola posted:A-10 trivia Q: As the barrel rotates, which position is it in when it fires? Pretty sure it's roughly the 9 o'clock position, which is why the gun is mounted slightly offset, so the firing barrel is centerline on the plane. Otherwise the recoil would cause horrible yaw!
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co199 posted:Pretty sure it's roughly the 9 o'clock position, which is why the gun is mounted slightly offset, so the firing barrel is centerline on the plane. Otherwise the recoil would cause horrible yaw! Correct!
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Ola posted:A-10 trivia Q: As the barrel rotates, which position is it in when it fires? It's not really firing. Spitting ridiculous amounts of depleted uranium from the barrel positioned center left (left as in you're looking down the barrels) is a more accurate description of how a GAU-8 works.
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Phanatic posted:Please tell me it's just turning, not radiating. So is "zorch" the official term for "fry poo poo with a radar" or what, cause I thought it was pretty funny the first time I came across that usage (I think it was in a Tom Clancy novel referring to an AEGIS cruiser. Red Storm Rising maybe?)
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Ola posted:A-10 trivia Q: As the barrel rotates, which position is it in when it fires? drat you. I was considering posting how originally I thought the barrel was offset as just another eclectic design decision, like so many that wind up making an aircraft asymmetrical, until I learned that the 9 o'clock barrel was the one that fired. I mean, e:f;b. edit: Also, I've had this little guy sitting on my nerdy knickknack shelf for fifteen years. I got it at Oskosh '97, when my CAP squadron was given the opportunity to ride a Wyoming air guard C-130 to the fly-in.  I was told it was an Avenger shell, and I bought it for like $6. Of course, I was 13 at the time, it now occurs to me that it probably isn't anything even closely related to an A-10 shell. You guys are really loving smart, I've been meaning to ask if you could me what it is?
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HeyEng posted:Back in the day crews would stuff eggs through it among other poo poo. Leadership caught on when a jet landed with the rotodome struts and vertical stab covered in toilet paper. I know a retired KC-135 instructor, and he had a slightly different use for the sextant port. Apparently someone figured out that you could duct-tape a vacuum cleaner hose up there, and the suction worked gret for vacuuming out the cockpit. The practice ended after some of the maintenance people got annoyed at airplanes coming back with the edge of the vertical stab being sandblasted by the junk being sucked out of the cockpit. azflyboy fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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co199 posted:
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Boomerjinks posted:I was told it was an Avenger shell, and I bought it for like $6. Of course, I was 13 at the time, it now occurs to me that it probably isn't anything even closely related to an A-10 shell. You guys are really loving smart, I've been meaning to ask if you could me what it is?
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Boomerjinks posted:It's possible that could be a training or dummy round, especially since it looks like it could fit.  EDIT: not my picture, but that is a casing from an Avenger shell.
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MagnumHB posted:What diameter is it? Just over 2.5cm, I think.
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co199 posted:It's possible that could be a training or dummy round, especially since it looks like it could fit. I want to clean out the inside of that and use it for drinking.
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I have an avenger case like that and shell I got from Oshkosh as well. That shell casing and crunched up round look correct to me.
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Phy posted:So is "zorch" the official term for "fry poo poo with a radar" or what, cause I thought it was pretty funny the first time I came across that usage (I think it was in a Tom Clancy novel referring to an AEGIS cruiser. Red Storm Rising maybe?) We usually say things like "fry poo poo" or "fry that dude's nuts" etc. Edit: My favorite is "throw so many trons at that fucker his kids will have cancer"
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co199 posted:Speaking of zorching, this one is thirsty! A converted passenger
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D C posted:A converted passenger Yep, A310 MRTT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT
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co199 posted:Yep, A310 MRTT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT Just thought its weird that it has windows.
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D C posted:Just thought its weird that it has windows. How else are you going to know when it's full of fuel?
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D C posted:Just thought its weird that it has windows. It might be one of the ones that's yet unconverted. Traditionally the 310 doesn't have the boom refueling system (the 330 does) so it might be a test platform, too.
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co199 posted:Yep, A310 MRTT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310_MRTT Canada's version, the CC-150 Polaris.
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