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BIG HEADLINE posted:Those oil stains are probably left over from Tomcats even after all these years. It’s a feature. Cats mark their territory.
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Dannywilson posted:Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you with MCAS Miramar: see if you can distinguish the FA-18's from their oily shadows! https://www.google.com/maps/place/3...!4d-117.1358333 Okay, what are those? They look like Alpha Jets. 
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Gervasius posted:Okay, what are those? They look like Alpha Jets. They’re Alpha Jets. 
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Dec 15, 2017 14:52
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MrChips posted:Biggest stains I've found are at B-1 bases. Those motherfuckers leak prodigiously it seems. You aren't kidding. Here's some B-1 stains at Ellsworth.  https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1501061,-103.1016618,146m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
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xergm posted:You aren't kidding. Here's some B-1 stains at Ellsworth. Lol
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You don't seem so tough when you need a bed wetting sheet in your sleepy place.
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In case you were wondering how big a 1/48 B-36 actually is:
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/W...2!4d-77.4509628 Basically under or around any USN/USMC CH-53 is gallons of oil, hydraulic fluid, and soot. There is a reason they are called the "Shitter." Hell, they are called that by their own pilots and aircrew.
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Nebakenezzer posted:In case you were wondering how big a 1/48 B-36 actually is: Haha. Ok, I'm giving this to you and not googling anything. What is the lethal radius of that bomb, 1/48?
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Not very big... Those look more like T-12s than MK-17s.
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Nebakenezzer posted:In case you were wondering how big a 1/48 B-36 actually is:
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Bob A Feet posted:https://www.google.com/maps/place/W...2!4d-77.4509628 Twin-Stars are on a similar level, Leak-Stars. I hate working on them or putting my equipment on them because it always ends up covered in oil and hydraulic fluid as well. One of the local companies actually switched to gear oil in some of their components which makes it even worse.
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Finger Prince posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86LW0udkVY I like the fat guy in a tshirt. Thats one casual rear end military. Enourmo posted:That got me poking around MCO when I saw this. What the gently caress are all those cars? Dieselgate returns? Small internet, this was my favorite place to street race 10+ years ago. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Dec 16, 2017 |
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Its a shame the SR-71 was always in a hanger, those things leaked like crazy.
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Xenoborg posted:Its a shame the SR-71 was always in a hanger, those things leaked like crazy. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
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e.pilot posted:It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. The leakiness of the SR-71 is often overstated; people act like it was just gushing fuel out on deck, but the SR-71 memoir I read a while back described it as a much less dramatic, like the leakage you'd get from a loose hydraulic fitting or something. It's a common misconception that the reason it usually had to refuel right after takeoff was due to the amount it leaked on the ground while cold. In fact, they took off with partially full tanks as a safety measure to lower their takeoff weight.  Though I'd absolutely believe that it leaked a ton of other fluids as well, just like any respectable cold war aircraft.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:The leakiness of the SR-71 is often overstated; people act like it was just gushing fuel out on deck, but the SR-71 memoir I read a while back described it as a much less dramatic, like the leakage you'd get from a loose hydraulic fitting or something. It's a common misconception that the reason it usually had to refuel right after takeoff was due to the amount it leaked on the ground while cold. In fact, they took off with partially full tanks as a safety measure to lower their takeoff weight. A loose hydraulic fitting under every single panel of the airplane. 
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Ardeem posted:A loose hydraulic fitting under every single panel of the airplane. Maybe that’s not leaking at all by Cold War standards!
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It’s fine the fuel isn’t really flammable anyways.
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e.pilot posted:It’s fine the fuel isn’t really flammable anyways. Nor the hydraulic fluid. EDIT: Seriously though I have changed transmissions with less mess than that.
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xergm posted:You aren't kidding. Here's some B-1 stains at Ellsworth. I'm betting that a few Russian airfields could win an award or two.
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Nucken Futz posted:I'm betting that a few Russian airfields could win an award or two. Or Chinese
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Godholio posted:Hahaha clicked before getting to "Las Vegas" but instantly recognized that ramp. Yeah but can we talk about the  'yness of the F-15 in desert camo just SW of that oil slick? (or upper-left from how that link is oriented)
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MrYenko posted:Not very big... Those look more like T-12s than MK-17s. plus isn't nuclear yield a quadratic function in regards to weapon size assuming the same materials?
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Nucken Futz posted:I'm betting that a few Russian airfields could win an award or two. You might be surprised:  Engels Air Base in Russia, home of the Tu-160. Of course if you're just hard-parking your jets and not actually flying them there's very little reason for them to leak
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MrChips posted:Of course if you're just hard-parking your jets and not actually flying them there's very little reason for them to leak I looked at a few spotless Russian airbases and came to the same conclusion. Hour‐for‐hour, I expect Russian planes leak more than America’s, but America can sustain a much higher rate of operations.
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Nucken Futz posted:I'm betting that a few Russian airfields could win an award or two. The tarmac at Engels on Google Earth looks suspiciously clean, even under where the Blackjacks and Tu-22Ms are parked. Of course, that might be down to how most of their strategic bombers are glorified static displays these days. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 10:18 on Dec 16, 2017 |
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Could the cold contribute? Not a lot of fluids are thin enough to leak when it’s always -20c outside
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Vodka cleans up a lot of things
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Platystemon posted:I looked at a few spotless Russian airbases and came to the same conclusion. I dont know...I've seen military plane landing gear that have ~2 flight hours on them and are covered in a layer of hydraulic fluid.
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Pratt And Whitney engines leak. Without exception. It should be no surprise that the SR-71 leaked. And not just the fuel leaks that are popularly known. That thing probably leaked oil like it was born to.
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Well the SR-71 leaked because the panels weren't built to fit until mach 2 or some poo poo
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Alright plane nerds, what’s this?
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ManifunkDestiny posted:Alright plane nerds, what’s this? I think it might be a 1983 Gulfstream Aerospace 550.
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ManifunkDestiny posted:Alright plane nerds, what’s this? Had to google it. What a weird development history.
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Fayez Butts posted:Well the SR-71 leaked because the panels weren't built to fit until mach 2 or some poo poo Precisely. If the panels were snug on the ground, then at mach 2 their expansion from heat would buckle them.
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