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The US has produced some of the best looking jets but there is something that does not look right with the F-35's.
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:The US has produced some of the best looking jets but there is something that does not look right with the F-35's. Did they leave the price tag on it?
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Oct 4, 2013 00:46
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Thump! posted:Did they leave the price tag on it? It is to do with STOVL, needing to have center of mass/center of thrust packed in tight like that results in a stupid fat looking airplane that doesn't fly well. Cost of doing business, if you want a jet that will do that thing, it is going to be expensive, slow, and suck, but at least you only have to buy enough to shut the marines up, or fill up a baby-sized european carrier. Except with the F-35 Commonality dictates that we got THREE stupid fat looking airplanes that don't fly very well, rather than just one.
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Oct 4, 2013 00:52
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I think it's more of the way the lo coatings on all the doors just looks wierd. A lot different than the F-22. Why is that, does the F-35 use a different kind (cheaper) method? Also, I think it looks a little off because it's clean. No pylons to dirty the lines up.
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Oct 4, 2013 00:57
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The F-35 looks like poo poo. There's no way anyone would confuse it for a graceful looking aircraft. It looks like a stubby turkey.
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Oct 4, 2013 01:09
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Its kinda fat.
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Oct 4, 2013 01:19
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Baloogan posted:Its kinda fat. No fat-shaming please, 'curvy'
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Oct 4, 2013 01:39
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Some of my best friends are
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Oct 4, 2013 01:48
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From some angles it looks kinda sexy but the area around the lift fan makes it look weirdly bulky with straight lines where they should be tapered and curved.
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Oct 4, 2013 01:53
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 The Dirty Brigade
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Oct 4, 2013 02:03
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Limp Wristed Limey posted:The US has produced some of the best looking jets but there is something that does not look right with the F-35's. The F16 and the F/A-18 are two of the best looking jets ever  
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Oct 4, 2013 02:04
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The F-16 is literally erotic. Then she got fat in her old age  Still hot as gently caress though, just not as hot as she was when she was younger.
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Oct 4, 2013 02:10
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Baloogan posted:The F-16 is literally erotic. 
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Oct 4, 2013 02:24
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Baloogan posted:The F-16 is literally erotic. When talk of planes goes in this direction, I feel like some goon is going to drunk-confess to jerking off to those anime plane-girls. ^______^
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Oct 4, 2013 02:28
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It's those cute little flaws that keep a guy interested.
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Oct 4, 2013 02:28
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Oxford Comma posted:When talk of planes goes in this direction, I feel like some goon is going to drunk-confess to jerking off to those anime plane-girls. ^______^ Pitch mostly posts in TFR.
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Oct 4, 2013 02:32
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http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50950 Balls of steel
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Oct 4, 2013 02:37
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50950  Makes you wonder what modern pilots would do if ejection seats didn't exist.
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Oct 4, 2013 02:54
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Rude. posted:
what is the dirty brigade is that your airsoft cliche
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Oct 4, 2013 03:40
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Reverand maynard posted:what is the dirty brigade is that your airsoft cliche They look like cops of some sort. Or the bad guys from Call of Duty MW2:  edit: Nope, nevermind. Iraqi Special Forces. Thump! fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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Oct 4, 2013 04:29
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The F-35's canopy swings forward?  Fake edit: Oh, cool, AVG freaked out on the post reply page. Probably the banner ad, I guess.
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Oct 4, 2013 04:46
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50950  I can't believe the pilot walked away from that.
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Oct 4, 2013 05:33
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Thump! posted:They look like cops of some sort. Ghost  Plastic_Gargoyle posted:http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=50950 These are fuckin' amazing.
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Oct 4, 2013 06:15
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 A tailhook 'mishap'.
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Oct 4, 2013 06:30
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Tremblay posted:Have there been any updates on civilian sales or has all that been completely canceled. I'd buy the diesel one for sure. It was sold to India a couple years back and they were supposed to develop them and bring them to market. I'm not holding my breath but if they do come out I'm buying one instantly.
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Oct 4, 2013 06:57
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ded posted:A tailhook 'mishap'. 
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Oct 4, 2013 12:00
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Reverand maynard posted:what is the dirty brigade is that your airsoft cliche Iraqi Special Operations Forces. Must look like airsoft though, if you're a blind idiot. quote:At Haidar's funeral, Fathil asked Rajdi to testify. "You are a representative of the government, and you saw it all happen," he told the major. "You saw that he didn't have a weapon in his hand." Fathil says the major declined. "This is the dirty brigade," he recalls Rajdi saying. "We are afraid of them. When we see them, we retreat. If I testify against them, I'll be killed the next day. They kill and no one will hold them accountable, because they belong to the Americans." http://www.thenation.com/article/iraqs-new-death-squad?page=0,0 
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Oct 4, 2013 13:46
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Godholio posted:That thing looks cool as gently caress. How prevalent is detection by radar, though? If they're trying to defeat aerial systems, I'm questioning the value of even bothering...the cost of RAM-coated armor, even in mass-produced/modular/easily replaceable panels is probably prohibitive if the radar-defeating characteristics are well-designed. Going the easier route of spraying RAM over the armor panels would make it much more affordable but less likely to be useful, at least against powerful look-down radar sets. Kind of got the impression they were going for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlLqdFsMnCE kind of deal so protection from FLIR and the likes. Although they don't seem to have the same ability to write stuff on the side of theirs.
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Oct 4, 2013 15:25
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Big Dog is out. Wild Cat is in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fmFTtP9g
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Oct 4, 2013 16:09
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Can't wait for mounted police to get these to replace their local horses
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Oct 4, 2013 16:17
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They need to ditch that 2-cycle and get a better (quieter) generator. Yamaha and Honda make some really awesome and super-quiet generators.
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Oct 4, 2013 16:46
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grover posted:They need to ditch that 2-cycle and get a better (quieter) generator. Yamaha and Honda make some really awesome and super-quiet generators. Boston Dynamics does not give a gently caress about the power source right now. They're trying to make sure it can walk properly before they worry about making it quiet.
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Oct 4, 2013 17:11
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Plus, I imagine the videos of the quiet one won't get posted to youtube.
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Oct 4, 2013 17:15
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A gas turbine would probably be the quietest option.
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Oct 4, 2013 18:07
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The A-7 and F-8 are just so loving beautiful also: 
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Oct 4, 2013 18:33
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I'm confused because the phrase erotic was used in the context of aircraft and then people talked about a lawn dart instead of the stunning F-15
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Oct 4, 2013 18:43
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I'm confused because the phrase erotic was used in the context of aircraft and then people talked about a lawn dart instead of the stunning F-15 You're crazy man. The A-7 is a flat out mean-looking, scrappy as gently caress jet. It's the best.
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Oct 4, 2013 18:49
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I'm confused because the phrase erotic was used in the context of aircraft and then people talked about a lawn dart instead of the stunning F-15 Its an era thing. I grew up in a house with my dad's pictures of him servicing A-4s, F-8s with plenty of A-7s in the back ground. Those are what jets are supposed to look like in my house. The F-15 just looks 80s as gently caress to me, like a flying IROC-Z, while the F-8 is the more classic Smokey and the Bandit era Trans-Am.
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holocaust bloopers posted:You're crazy man. The A-7 is a flat out mean-looking, scrappy as gently caress jet. It's the best. It'll the best when there aren't any F-8s or A-4s left on the planet. So, roughly never.
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