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CroatianAlzheimers posted:Hey Nebakanezzer, you posted this thing a couple weeks ago. What is it? He-111's photo being taken by another He-111 (you can see the reflection of the plane taking the photo in the upper bubble canopy).
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Dec 16, 2014 18:26
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the fact that this is open canopy is the icing on the cake
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Dec 16, 2014 18:45
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Generation Internet posted:German He-111 or some post-war Spanish licence built copy. Gracias/Danke
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Dec 16, 2014 19:31
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The pictures on the ground are one thing, but the one of it flying? It's too much! It's like a cartoony sidescroller gradius clone, starring a Dumbo octopus. I'd say it shouldn't fly, but it resembles one of my favourite paper airplanes to build
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Dec 16, 2014 20:15
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It looks like a Gronckle from How to Train your Dragon.
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Dec 16, 2014 20:27
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I have a worrying urge to build one
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Dec 17, 2014 04:29
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simplefish posted:I can see why people would like the constellation but I don't Regardless of your opinion of the constellation's looks, it is orders of magnitude more interesting than a 777. I mean, he might as well have made a 1:4 scale Camry or a washing machine.
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Dec 17, 2014 04:38
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Someone say cool misshapen planes?
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Dec 17, 2014 04:38
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FAT CURES MUSCLES posted:Someone say cool misshapen planes? You might mistake that thing up front for a pitot tube, but my guess is the Marines wanted to one-up the notion of CAS by actually *spearing* people with it when they ran out of ammo. Also, the chaingun turret under that thing is bad rear end. Speaking of lightweight prop attack planes, here, have a militarized Russian Long-EZ: 
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Dec 17, 2014 04:43
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FAT CURES MUSCLES posted:Someone say cool misshapen planes? The Bronco was the good looking one in that competition, the Convair Charger was a freak. No really, those are all the wings there are. There were some mockups with a sweet inverted V tail, but I think the flat tail is the only one that flew.  Willard, Martin Collection _000098 by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, on Flickr This is part of a set of really cool behind-the-scenes shots, the San Diego Air and Space Museum has a really good digital library up. Bunch of stuff from Ryan, and Convair. Another cool one from their collection. The Jeep Carrier USS Barnes with a bunch of captured Japanese aircraft being transported back home for eval.  Captured Japanese ac 013by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, on Flickr Slo-Tek fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 05:01
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FAT CURES MUSCLES posted:Someone say cool misshapen planes? A couple of these have had an interesting second career as fire scouts. 
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Dec 17, 2014 05:10
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Linedance posted:The pictures on the ground are one thing, but the one of it flying? It's too much! It's like a cartoony sidescroller gradius clone, starring a Dumbo octopus. I'd say it shouldn't fly, but it resembles one of my favourite paper airplanes to build I can do you one better than just a picture of the Stipa-Caproni flying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqr2h_xQRk
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Dec 17, 2014 05:14
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MrChips posted:I can do you one better than just a picture of the Stipa-Caproni flying: Ho-lee-poo poo
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Dec 17, 2014 06:51
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♫ Jingle Bells, Jet-A Smells, BUFF 
Duke Chin fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 07:16
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Duke Chin posted:♫ Jingle Bells, Jet-A Smells, BUFF went and dropped an egg... ♫ Big Ugly Fuschia Foreskin
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Dec 17, 2014 07:18
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Came across some emergency landing videos that I hadn't seen before, might be new to you as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94IURXCoY5A quote:This unfortuante event happened to a friend of mine. He allowed me to upload the footage and here is what he had to say, "Three high definition cameras were mounted to my Beechcraft Bonanza when the engine quit on takeoff from Fairbanks Alaska on July 26th 2012, One was pointed forward, one to the right side, and one to the rear. All three cameras caught the crash as it happened in HD. Both people on board survived with only minor injuries, but the airplane didn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myILKfQG364 quote:This video was shot on Dec 14th,2010 after a hydraulic line failure in our 404 Titan forced us to make an emergency landing with the gear up. The emergency blow down bottle had a valve malfunction as well so there was no option available from that point on other than to find a place to sit it down. At the end of the slide down the runway there was a small fire on-board which I extinguished before exiting the aircraft with my crew member closely on my six . I'd like to send my thanks out to my crew member, the engineers in Wichita and to the ground crew mechanics at Mountain Home Airport in Arkansas for their assistance in relaying the communications with the engineers at Cessna, and for their mechanical knowledge that they shared with us during this unusual situation we found ourselves in. Here's the link to the KY3 TV news station for an outside view of what was going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk33A-yXa34 quote:This is Cessna 208 Caravan that was upgraded from the stock PT-6 to the PT-6A, which adds an additional 75hp. Upon factory analysis of the engine, it was concluded that the problem started in the accessory drive gearbox. Metal from the gearbox passed through the compressor and free turbines, destroying several of the blades and ultimately causing catastrophic engine failure. So much metal shot through this engine that even the exhaust was beat all to hell and had to be replaced. I landed the plane with over 450 lbs of fuel and the oil level was within normal operating range. This wasn't the only PT-6A engine failure this year. There were at least five others. As pilots, we were always taught that the Pratt & Whitney turbines are bullet-proof. This video is evidence that they are not. But, in the defense of the reliability of the these engines, they probably take more abuse in skydiving aircraft than any other application imaginable. Maximum performance take-offs, climbs, and descents every 20 minutes, along with numerous daily starts, can't be conducive to a long life for any engine. I am going to keep flying, though, because that's what I love. Every emergency we have in the air just gets us further prepared for the next one, because the next one is eventually coming. Flying is definitely worth any risk attached to it.
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Dec 17, 2014 08:29
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Platystemon posted:The Bartini Beriev VVA‒14 is the ugliest plane. This is not negotiable. do you wanna go mate dont you dare shittalk my vva-14. e: dubzee posted:Nope, Bartini kinda rules, you're close tho. The ugliest plane is russian and wore the aeroflot logo: MrYenko posted:Probably part of the reason it was an abject failure. Yalls triggering me hard. Jesus gently caress those are some ugly planes. BIG HEADLINE posted:You might mistake that thing up front for a pitot tube, but my guess is the Marines wanted to one-up the notion of CAS by actually *spearing* people with it when they ran out of ammo. This, on the other hand, is literally the best plane. marumaru fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 13:34
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Linedance posted:Ho-lee-poo poo  big
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Dec 17, 2014 14:02
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I mean, it looks ungainly, but when you think about it it's really just a very early concept of a ducted fan. It was ahead of its time, really. 
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Dec 17, 2014 14:07
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Fucknag posted:I mean, it looks ungainly, but when you think about it it's really just a very early concept of a ducted fan. It was ahead of its time, really. Your right. Needs to be made into a giant ramjet.
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Dec 17, 2014 14:09
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A bit of turbulence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21eV22fYxI
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Dec 17, 2014 14:22
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Inacio posted:This, on the other hand, is literally the best plane. It kinda reminds me of the little jet inside the Cobra Terror Drome.  Man, I had some cool as GI Joe jets when I was a kid. 38 year old me kinda wishes I still had em. 
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Dec 17, 2014 15:06
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Duke Chin posted:It kinda reminds me of the little jet inside the Cobra Terror Drome. The only GI Joe jet(s?) that mattered:  
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Dec 17, 2014 15:26
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MrYenko posted:The only GI Joe jet(s?) that mattered:  Had that one, the gray tailed Skystriker, The Rattler, and the (firebat?) posted above. 
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Dec 17, 2014 15:30
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I dunno, I kind of liked that one with the wings that flipped to make it a VTOL. E: Also that weird A-10 mutant.
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Dec 17, 2014 15:34
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So what are the advantages of a ducted fan design? Aside from making observers doubt their own sanity.
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Dec 17, 2014 15:50
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Nebakenezzer posted:So what are the advantages of a ducted fan design? Aside from making observers doubt their own sanity. They're generally quieter, slightly more efficient at high RPM/high-load/low relative wind velocity, and can run at a much higher RPM than an equivalent-diameter un-ducted propeller, but they also require very specific aerodynamic design, and the additional structure can make them gently caress-off heavy, compared to a conventional propeller, depending on the details of their installation/use. Turbofan engines are the most common use for ducted fans, but you also see them anywhere you need a small diameter propulsion unit, since for the same static thrust, they can be of dramatically smaller diameter than a prop, like fenestron tail rotors, blimp/airship propulsion, etc.
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Dec 17, 2014 16:06
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MrYenko posted:Probably part of the reason it was an abject failure. Forever in my mind as the Mad Max aeroplane
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Dec 17, 2014 16:58
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Speaking of lightweight prop attack planes, here, have a militarized Russian Long-EZ: I wanna touch it.
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Dec 17, 2014 17:00
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MrYenko posted:The only GI Joe jet(s?) that mattered: What?  Swing wings, man. Swing wings.
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Dec 17, 2014 19:04
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-britain-airplane-unitedairlines-idUSKBN0JV1E120141217
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Dec 17, 2014 22:55
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MrYenko posted:The only GI Joe jet(s?) that mattered: 
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Dec 17, 2014 22:58
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http://www.iflscience.com/technology/plane-will-take-you-anywhere-world-4-hours loving sensationalist headlines e: This was the loving thumbnail, I was wondering why I had never heard of it 
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Dec 18, 2014 00:40
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BIG HEADLINE posted:You might mistake that thing up front for a pitot tube, but my guess is the Marines wanted to one-up the notion of CAS by actually *spearing* people with it when they ran out of ammo. Holy poo poo, it's like someone weaponized a Beechcraft Starship
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Dec 18, 2014 01:00
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Sweet! That will help for the longer trips that my flying car that Popular Mechanics has promised every 16 months for the last 40 years can't handle.
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Dec 18, 2014 01:01
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[/GIJoe chat] Air & Space 2014 pics contest: http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/2014-photo-contest-finalists-180953581/ There's some good snaps in here - these were probably my faves:   
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Dec 18, 2014 01:15
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http://m.scmp.com/news/china/article/1663201/chinese-man-opens-planes-emergency-door-fresh-air-take is this real
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Dec 18, 2014 02:00
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I was always partial to this, and it's too bad we never got the X-29 with a shark mouth in real life: 
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Dec 18, 2014 02:40
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Slo-Tek posted:The Bronco was the good looking one in that competition, the Convair Charger was a freak. No really, those are all the wings there are. There were some mockups with a sweet inverted V tail, but I think the flat tail is the only one that flew. The Charger held to the original L2VMA concept to be able to operate off of a literal road (hence the 30' wide span). NA said gently caress it and went with 40' , which turned out not to matter since DoD kept to the 40' requirement in the LARA competition.
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