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a patagonian cavy posted:is that the Russian national anthem with everyone in the orchestra playing the wrong instrument in this vein? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yGJYryj-QY
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You can just see Putin mentally calculating how many ICBMs he can re-task from targeting the west.
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Cat Mattress posted:It's not an experiment like the Portsmouth Sinfonia; it's from the Egyptian military orchestra, which is just about as competent as the rest of the Egyptian military. I honestly thought it was a school band. Like 7th grade-ish. 
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Cat Mattress posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRVhCl02ssk We need to get a ship that's loaded out with loudspeakers to just follow the Kuznetzov around constantly, playing this recording, like the Family Guy fat person tuba gag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvWvfCSZ8M
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How would you hear it over the sound of life-threatening machinery breakdowns?
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Wingnut Ninja posted:We need to get a ship that's loaded out with loudspeakers to just follow the Kuznetzov around constantly, playing this recording, like the Family Guy fat person tuba gag. You got the wrong song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M
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Well, if Putin's goal was to impress the world with Russia's global reach and power I would say that this here is a job well done.
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Cat Mattress posted:It's not an experiment like the Portsmouth Sinfonia; it's from the Egyptian military orchestra, which is just about as competent as the rest of the Egyptian military. It being an earnest attempt to be good at music is somehow even better
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Cc_dJBKz4
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a patagonian cavy posted:It being an earnest attempt to be good at music is somehow even better Wait, I thought them playing badly was a deliberate snub at Putin.
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Davin Valkri posted:Wait, I thought them playing badly was a deliberate snub at Putin. They totally were, there is no way to play that badly unless you try.
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Nov 15, 2016 04:58
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I think they really are just that bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGvaO6zubLs
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Nov 15, 2016 04:59
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Lay off the Kuznetzov! I've seen US navy ships smoke that much.
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Blistex posted:Lay off the Kuznetzov! I've seen US navy ships smoke that much. Too soon, broham. Too soon.
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Was that a real orchestra? I thought it was a highschool band or something.
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Nov 15, 2016 05:47
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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My high school band was way better than that.
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I've sailed on some terrible rust buckets that were overdue for a trip to the scrapyard, burning the cheapest fuel some oversea shipowner could find, creed and maintained by the least interested temps ever, and I've never seen anything smoke this badly.
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Nov 15, 2016 06:19
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Holy poo poo... dude is actually wearing a top hat, like, unironically. Actually looks pretty classy.
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I thought it was a roomful of satirists with kazoos, being someone's honest best attempt is delicious. Pre or post revolution, anyone know?
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It sounds very much like what happens when you have a skilled orchestra switch instruments with each other for ones they're not trained in.
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shame on an IGA posted:I thought it was a roomful of satirists with kazoos, being someone's honest best attempt is delicious. Pre or post revolution, anyone know? Post.
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Fredrick posted:It sounds very much like what happens when you have a skilled orchestra switch instruments with each other for ones they're not trained in. lol I had the exact same thought joke is on you today director!
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bewbies posted:lol I had the exact same thought "You give us leave tomorrow conductor, or we switch instruments for el-Sisi. You have been warned."
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I just figured that since there's conscription in Egypt, those who have the most pull (well not enough to where they can get out of conscription completely, but still some pull) try to get an easier job like the military band. So you get a bunch of people with political connections in the band and not so much people who have actual musical ability.
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Loves me some bad band music, but let's get this thread back on track. How is it that I've never heard of this sexy beast?
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Nov 16, 2016 07:03
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Is that just a shitload of hardpoints?
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Nov 16, 2016 07:06
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It would appear they are, neat.
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Platystemon posted:Is that just a shitload of hardpoints? I was gonna say it's still fewer than an F-16, though a wikipedia check suggests only 6 of those are actually hardpoints.
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Murgos posted:Well, if Putin's goal was to impress the world with Russia's global reach and power I would say that this here is a job well done. I, for one, am legitimately impressed that the pall of smoke that Kuznetsov emits is from its functioning propulsion plant and not a fire raging out of control deep in its bowels.
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Fearless posted:I, for one, am legitimately impressed that the pall of smoke that Kuznetsov emits is from its functioning propulsion plant and not a fire raging out of control deep in its bowels.
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Nov 16, 2016 07:44
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Ha! There's an entire entry dedicated to "counter-insurgency aircraft."
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I think the topic deserves a page, but goddamn is that lousy.
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In case you were wondering if a Super Hornet can take a ski-jump launch, here's a simulator: http://cppcms.com/files/skijump/ Amazing to see what can be made when nerds argue on the internet
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The military industrial complex hates this simple trick http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-mechanics-fix-major-f22-issue-2016-11
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Suicide Watch posted:In case you were wondering if a Super Hornet can take a ski-jump launch, here's a simulator: http://cppcms.com/files/skijump/ Too bad it doesn't come up with series of presets so that you could easily make a number of airplanes take off from a number of carriers.
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DepletedUranium posted:Loves me some bad band music, but let's get this thread back on track. Isn't the P51 kind of a terrible platform to build that on? I seem to remember reading about how a lot of p51s went down on ground support in the ETO due to their engine cooling setup, compared to other fighters.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Isn't the P51 kind of a terrible platform to build that on? I seem to remember reading about how a lot of p51s went down on ground support in the ETO due to their engine cooling setup, compared to other fighters. Yeah, but it's not the same engine at all. It's a Lycoming T55 turboprop, not a liquid-cooled piston engine.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Isn't the P51 kind of a terrible platform to build that on? I seem to remember reading about how a lot of p51s went down on ground support in the ETO due to their engine cooling setup, compared to other fighters. Different engine there. Plus the p51A Alison engined models were used a good bit for ground support before the merlin got converted over.
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You can see in that image that the huge radiator scoop underneath is completely gone. Obviously a different cooling setup (because different engine).
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I dunno which thread to even post this in, my first thought was the grog thread because of all the WitP, but it seems someone has been stealing Dutch cruisers/war-graves sunk in WW2 right from the bottom of the ocean: Mystery over Dutch WW2 shipwrecks vanished from Java Sea bed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37997640
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