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Nov 9, 2017 00:25
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Routine traffic stop after Trump gets re-elected?
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Nov 9, 2017 00:26
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I'm reminded of that bit in snow crash where the japanese rapper has on-staff lighting technicians for his hairdo
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Nov 9, 2017 00:42
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Sagebrush posted:A few places I was at in rural Romania, the bathrooms were free, but the toilet paper... that'll cost ya invest me 
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Nov 9, 2017 02:26
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cant wait for some silicon valley dude to invent the chamberpot
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Nov 9, 2017 02:55
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I think that’s Sushi-K
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Nov 9, 2017 03:39
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 Every time I see this thing I go 'wow that's never real its far too Macross Aesthetic' but NOPE, and from 1984 no less.
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Nov 9, 2017 20:23
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Now that we have composites that make them reliable and usable, why don't we see more forward-swept wings? IIRC they have extremely good high-alpha performance and so should be ideal for fighters? e: oh wait I thought this was the airplane thread. Lol nm I don't expect anyone here to answer that Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Nov 9, 2017 20:39
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because you touch yourself at night
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NoneMoreNegative posted:
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RFC2324 posted:what is this thing An X-29?
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goddamn look at that analogue-as-gently caress cockpit, zoom in on the detail  PULL TO LOCK PUSH TO JETT edit: also lol at this being a mono-engined jet and them just reusing a twin-jet control panel and putting a plate over one side NoneMoreNegative fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Nov 9, 2017 21:51
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NoneMoreNegative posted:goddamn look at that analogue-as-gently caress cockpit, zoom in on the detail Im the SPIN CHUTE
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Nov 9, 2017 21:52
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NoneMoreNegative posted:goddamn look at that analogue-as-gently caress cockpit, zoom in on the detail back in the days when being a pilot took real skill
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Nov 9, 2017 21:54
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Sagebrush posted:Now that we have composites that make them reliable and usable, why don't we see more forward-swept wings? IIRC they have extremely good high-alpha performance and so should be ideal for fighters? thrust vectoring and missiles basically make the advantages irrelevant
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Nov 9, 2017 22:07
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NoneMoreNegative posted:edit: also lol at this being a mono-engined jet and them just reusing a twin-jet control panel and putting a plate over one side it was a one-off experimental plane so they must have put most of their resources into the mission-critical parts and then thrown together the rest with whatever was lying around the workshop
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Nov 9, 2017 22:20
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NoneMoreNegative posted:
reported for posting irl anime
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Midjack posted:thrust vectoring and missiles basically make the advantages irrelevant you mean modern air combat is not accurately represented by the dogfight in top gun? also, the russian version (su-47) had thrust vectoring too
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Nov 9, 2017 22:34
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RFC2324 posted:back in the days when being a pilot took real skill here is the cockpit of an f-8 crusader, the last american fighter jet to use guns as the primary weapon  (modern jets still have the gun of course but it's used primarily to fire warning shots or strafe ground targets) here is the cockpit of the f-35 lightning II, the newest american fighter jet  touchscreens! 
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infernal machines posted:you mean modern air combat is not accurately represented by the dogfight in top gun? came out a decade after the 29 and none of sukhoi's later production models kept the forward sweep
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Sagebrush posted:here is the cockpit of the f-35 lightning II, the newest american fighter jet trick question: its all of them
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FMguru posted:wheres the button that suffocates the pilot? "engine start"
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Swipe right on barrel roll
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Sagebrush posted:here is the cockpit of an f-8 crusader, the last american fighter jet to use guns as the primary weapon I'm no aeronautical engineer but touchscreens seem like a bad design choice in a vehicle moving at 300-400 MPH out of combat.
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omg try moving a tiny touchscreen slider in heavy turbulence
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SwitchbladeKult posted:I'm no aeronautical engineer but touchscreens seem like a bad design choice in a vehicle moving at 300-400 MPH out of combat. also, who thought the loving background gradients were a good idea
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at the date posted:also, who thought the loving background gradients were a good idea Those aren't just compression artifacts or something? 
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SwitchbladeKult posted:I'm no aeronautical engineer but touchscreens seem like a bad design choice in a vehicle moving at 300-400 MPH out of combat. everything is actually controlled from the throttle and stick - that’s the entire point of HOTAS and why they have a zillion buttons, hat sticks, etc.
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SwitchbladeKult posted:I'm no aeronautical engineer but touchscreens seem like a bad design choice in a vehicle moving at 300-400 MPH out of combat. boom, problem solved actually the f35 is supposed to have this high-tech multibillion dollar vr helmet that the pilot wears so the screens and whatnot are just emergency backups. ill let you guess as to whether or not the vr helmet is currently working, or whether it actually lags 1-10 seconds behind reality and leads to the pilots vomiting all over the place
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FMguru posted:build in siri/alexa integration "EAGLE ONE, FOX TWO!" *left MFD suddenly displays sean hannity*
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haveblue posted:"EAGLE ONE, FOX TWO!" (more like cyberpunk 1982) (firefox owned)
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unfortunately the f-35 requires the pilot to think in spanglish
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hobbesmaster posted:everything is actually controlled from the throttle and stick - that’s the entire point of HOTAS and why they have a zillion buttons, hat sticks, etc. this. there are red covers on the controls in that picture either for safety or security, but this is what's underneath  the ergonomic throttle grip has so many buttons and switches sticking out of it that they call it the "cow pie" the touchscreens are supposedly mostly used for checking fuel levels, programming in waypoints, stuff like that so it's not the worst design but it is still pretty loving stupid imo. anyway, the question of "what do they do in high-g air combat?" is "nothing, because the whole point of the f-35 is to be cruising in a straight line at 40,000 feet and shoot a missile at the guy from 80 miles away" FMguru posted:actually the f35 is supposed to have this high-tech multibillion dollar vr helmet that the pilot wears so the screens and whatnot are just emergency backups. ill let you guess as to whether or not the vr helmet is currently working, or whether it actually lags 1-10 seconds behind reality and leads to the pilots vomiting all over the place the helmet apparently also weighs like 30 pounds and risks breaking the pilot's neck during an ejection 
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Sagebrush posted:this. there are red covers on the controls in that picture either for safety or security, but this is what's underneath If the F-35 is literally just a missile bus why not just do it from a pod installed in the bomb bay of a B-52 or an AWACS or something? You could have better electronics and a whole lot more missiles that way?
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why, indeed? welcome to the military-industrial complex there's a reason the us military currently does like 99% of its killing with drones. fighter jets are cool but their most important function right now is deafening people at football games
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Schadenboner posted:If the F-35 is literally just a missile bus why not just do it from a pod installed in the bomb bay of a B-52 or an AWACS or something? You could have better electronics and a whole lot more missiles that way? latency?
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Schadenboner posted:If the F-35 is literally just a missile bus why not just do it from a pod installed in the bomb bay of a B-52 or an AWACS or something? You could have better electronics and a whole lot more missiles that way? not as stealthy, not as fast, not as numerous the f-35 is actually designed as a “strike fighter” to take over the role that the f-16 is actually used in (baby f-15e basically). that requires going fast and avoiding air defenses. the f-22 is supposed to be the giant anti air missile truck but nowhere near enough were purchased
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also the soviets stopped being a threat and that really put a damper on things on the other hand who uses fighter aircraft in a nuclear war?
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hobbesmaster posted:not as stealthy, not as fast, not as numerous
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