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FuturePastNow posted:I'm quoting myself, want to fight about it There are at least two. The Collings Foundation has one as well.
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MrYenko posted:There are at least two. The Collings Foundation has one as well. Ah, so they're lying about that, too (this isn't the plane that set the low-altitude speed record like the listing claims).
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Ardeem posted:Still boggles my mind that this bastard was supposed to run on coal. Nazi aeronautics research  Mach 2+ on coal TheFluff posted:You are welcome to admit that you were wrong at any time. To clarify: I have an aviation degree, am a flight instructor, an ATP, and have been in and around the industry for nearly a decade. I'd argue I've forgotten more about aviation than you've probably ever known. Go ahead and die on your hill of kerbal and internet research semantics, you're not worth my time. e.pilot fucked around with this message at 07:06 on May 4, 2019 |
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I was going through some old photos of my travels and found this of an RAAF DC-3 in the Lae Botanical Gardens (Papua New Guinea). Funnily enough I was in the country as a photographer but the only photos I have are from my lovely 1st gen android phone:  Just did some googling and heres some info about it: quote:Dakota A65-122 was purchased from the USAAF for the price of $180,000 and delivered on 4 July 1945. From 1947, the aircraft was allocated to No 86 Wing and flew with No 36 and 38 Squadrons from RAAF Bases Schofields, Richmond and Canberra. During this time, it probably flew some of the Japan Courier flights and flights to PNG. http://laebotanicgardens.com/history/raaf-dc-3/ Also It's been 9 years since I was there and only just realised while writing up this post there is an Amelia Earhart Memorial a few blocks south from where I took that lovely photo. 
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e.pilot posted:To clarify: I have an aviation degree, am a flight instructor, an ATP, and have been in and around the industry for nearly a decade. I'd argue I've forgotten more about aviation than you've probably ever known. Go ahead and die on your hill of kerbal and internet research semantics, you're not worth my time. Make a technical loving argument, gently caress! I want to learn something! Stop loving quoting Wikipedia and introductory texts and your loving resume at me.
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TheFluff posted:I want to learn something! No you don't, you want to splain something from a low point on the Dunning–Kruger curve. TheFluff posted:All I want is to discuss the specific kind of instability is desirable. Explained multiple times, ignored by you every time. e.pilot wrote a great post that even included historical context and motivation and your gracious response was: TheFluff posted:Unstable still isn't the word I prefer though? The last sentence is particularly annoying, since multiple times it has been explained to you that negative stability is a side effect of the traits that provide maneuverability (two sides of the same coin), side effects that were acceptable as soon as computers could handle it. You just cruise past that every time. You're dead on your hill now, RIP.
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:What museum is this that just has a big ol swastika flag hanging up? Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach.
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TheFluff posted:You sure as hell seem to have forgotten the important bits since in your first post you claimed that dynamic instability is what makes the F-16 maneuverable. I'm still not convinced you even understand what I'm talking about since you keep repeating "unstable = maneuverable" as if it meant something. All I want is to discuss the specific kind of instability is desirable. Like, I can instantly tell vessbot understands the argument and that he almost certainly understands the principles better than I do (and thanks vessbot for your corrections and nuances and for responding seriously to all my poo poo), but I don't think I've seen you use a single precise term in this whole discussion. dude shut the gently caress up this is extremely tedious
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Phy posted:YVR to HKG, so, yeah If possible take CX855 A350, it still has humane 3x3x3 EY seating.
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TheFluff posted:
I missed this from before. Instead of breaking down into vague "low" and "high" AOA regimes, look at the actual scale in degrees. The negative stability region is until 25 degrees, which is the whole normal flight regime of the plane (the FBW has a built in limiter of 25) so everything to the right of that doesn't matter as it is unreachable. So you should cut the whole gung ho act and accept what everyone else is saying, that negative stability is beneficial and designed into planes; it's right there in your graph. (If your argument is about just how much negative it takes to get out of "relaxed" and into plain old negative, then it's about nailing down the arbitrary border of a qualitative description, which is uninteresting other than the interest of preserving your pride by having that border leave your previously planted flag on the good side. It's a number, it describes what it describes, and that's that. Might as well fight over what RGB value divides blue from purple.) And everyone rule should cut out the exasperated drama queen act, there have been plenty of misunderstandings and equivocations and plain old whoppingly wrong things on both sides. vessbot fucked around with this message at 15:34 on May 4, 2019 |
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May 4, 2019 15:25
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Minto Took posted:I'd buy the poo poo out of a MiG-15: I remember back in the 90s Trade-a-Plane always had ads in it for MiG-15s, delivered in a crate for $40,000.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:dude shut the gently caress up this is extremely tedious
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:dude shut the gently caress up this is extremely tedious Shhhh, I'm busy reading a Janes book. On the Cheapo MIG, I really missed out when Peter Brocks estate (I'm assuming it was them - how many people in Central QLD have a MIG let alone enough teeth to smile for the licence) starting doing MIG joy flights back home. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 16:20 on May 4, 2019 |
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May 4, 2019 16:16
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tactlessbastard posted:I remember back in the 90s Trade-a-Plane always had ads in it for MiG-15s, delivered in a crate for $40,000. That’s like how cheap L39s are, then a quick look at the operating costs and...oh 
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Av/post game on point. I too enjoy two Scandinavians trying to out-sperg each other
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I was going to post photos but y'know what? Just look at my pinterest. It's a slightly more handy way to collect cool airplane photos.
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well I saw a whole lot of unread posts and then I started reading them and then I lost consciousness and now I'm at the end of the thread and all I can think of is this thread where weightlifters argue over how many days there are in a week: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=107926751
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Psion posted:well I saw a whole lot of unread posts and then I started reading them and then I lost consciousness and now I'm at the end of the thread and all I can think of is this thread where weightlifters argue over how many days there are in a week: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=107926751 Also available in video form! https://youtu.be/eECjjLNAOd4
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PittTheElder posted:Also available in video form! https://youtu.be/eECjjLNAOd4 Jon Bois is a treasure.
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TheFluff posted:What you actually want (and what I understand the F-16 to have) is neutral stability (or relaxed stability, if you want). If you have a better source than Wikipedia that says I'm wrong I'd love to see it, and I'd especially like to see a static stability diagram (pitching moment as a function of AoA). I wish I could find my direct source for that. Also worth noting, is a lot of planes will have a "stable" configuration, that's just not the desired one. Like.. pancaked flat against the incoming airstream, or even backwards.
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I once listened to two instructors argue for hours over whether cowl flaps created more induced or parasitic drag. I should have known then to pick a less autistic field to go into, like high end stereo review.
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Arson Daily posted:I once listened to two instructors argue for hours over whether cowl flaps created more induced or parasitic drag. I should have known then to pick a less autistic field to go into, like high end stereo review. Induced, clearly.
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Nerobro posted:The F-16 is dynamically unstable at low airspeeds, it's not relaxed, like you might find on a Pits special, or a Extra 300. Above mach, the F-16 becomes dynamically stable as the CoL moves. and other parts of the airframe start mattering more. http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=37 Here is Lockheed's official magazine quoting the F-16's chief designer referring to its stability as "relaxed" multiple times. https://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=23 And another article https://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=131 And another one If you sum up all the sources together, "relaxed" stability seems to mean "around neutral to slightly negative" Also the word you're looking for is "static" and not "dynamic." vessbot fucked around with this message at 23:25 on May 4, 2019 |
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Phy posted:Jon Bois is a treasure. He’s only gotten better since he moved his content to SB Nation too.
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Arson Daily posted:I once listened to two instructors argue for hours over whether cowl flaps created more induced or parasitic drag. I should have known then to pick a less autistic field to go into, like high end stereo review. My god man, do you know what you’ve just done?
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Arson Daily posted:I once listened to two instructors argue for hours over whether cowl flaps created more induced or parasitic drag. I should have known then to pick a less autistic field to go into, like high end stereo review. 
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My god man, do you know what you’ve just done? 
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If a 747 is on a treadmill that matches it's speed can it take off on the 8th day of the week if the dynamically unstable headphone jack for the IFE is plated in gold? If you don't know you should try asking over here: https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/airline-pilot-forums/
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KodiakRS posted:If a 747 is on a treadmill that matches it's speed can it take off on the 8th day of the week if the dynamically unstable headphone jack for the IFE is plated in gold? Depends on what kind of oil it uses? Anyway that completely ignores the important question of how much CO2 was emitted in the construction of it vs. an A380.
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KodiakRS posted:the 8th day of the week Why not just say Monday?
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Platystemon posted:Induced, clearly. In what world do cowl flaps create induced drag? Assuming they're the classic type surrounding a radial engine of course... vvv 
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May 5, 2019 12:48
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Tsuru posted:In what world do cowl flaps create induced drag? Assuming they're the classic type surrounding a radial engine of course... He's kidding
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Back from PTY. I've never had so many problems with flights as that trip. Ugh. Between a blizzard in YYC, storms in IAH that had us sit on the runway for 1hr+ waiting for a gate to open and made our 6:30AM flight not leave until 11:30 the next day, and aircraft in PTY that couldn't start blocking access to the taxiway, good times. Anyhow, this trip reminded me I could really use a decent set of noise cancelling headphones for the IFE. The airline supplied buds do little more than hurt my ears. Since I don't really use headphones for my personal electronics, 3.5MM input, or at least option, would be best for plugging into the IFE. Any recommendations that aren't horrifically expensive?
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Holy poo poo. Glad it seems like it was about as good of an ending as possible. Also, gently caress everyone that doesn't abandon their carry-ons on evacuation.
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