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Aug 21, 2023 18:51
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beer_war posted:That said, goddamn, these thumbnails. Lol glad I'm not the only one. These annoy me to the point where I've only ever once clicked on one to see how the presentation is. The two are not comparable but since we're talking YT videos someone once linked that one Russian abroad guy who wasn't on russias side, maybe some gamer type originally? those short edits of the guy laughing all frustrated didn't help either. Found the guy intolerable.
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Aug 21, 2023 18:52
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The Locator posted:They are still being produced today - block 70's just started rolling off the line a year ago. You misunderstood what I was saying. I didn't say "the F-16 stopped being built in the 80s", I said "the F-16s owned by the Danish and Dutch, which are the exact ones being promised for delivery now, completed their orders in the late 80s". They're all early-block F-16A/B models that were given the MLU avionics upgrade. Lifespan posted:The crazy thing is that the F-22 and F-35 came in so late and over budget not because they were particularly bad, but heavily because the F-16 kept completely kicking their rear end. I really hope the Ukrainian pilots get all the training they need, because a couple dozen F-16s in the right hands really could have a very measurable impact. This is not correct. The F-22 was developing on time and reasonably close to budget until The Wall fell. With the Cold War over, a new superfighter was no longer considered a priority and the program hit a lot of stalls while Congress decided if they were going to can the program entirely. Those stalls not only made things take longer, but drove up development costs. Then a lot fewer planes were ordered than planned, which drove up the unit cost because of economies of scale and the peculiar way the US military handles accounting. This is the same thing that happened to the B-2. The F-35 costs and delays were because of the good-on-paper idea of trying to fit every service's needs with the same basic airframe (this turned out to be a major problem) and the fact that they decided to apply the then-fashionable idea of Concurrent Development to the program. Most of the stories you hear about serious F-35 problems were caused by the design not yet being finished when a given airplane was manufactured.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:00
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Was it the F-35 or F-22 that asphyxiated its pilots when it crossed the international date line?
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Aug 21, 2023 19:08
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HonorableTB posted:Was it the F-35 or F-22 that asphyxiated its pilots when it crossed the international date line? F-35, which also at one point had tactilol-camouflage painting that couldn't handle getting wet.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:09
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Der Kyhe posted:F-35, which also at one point had tactilol-camouflage painting that couldn't handle getting wet. LOL
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Aug 21, 2023 19:12
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Der Kyhe posted:F-35, which also at one point had tactilol-camouflage painting that couldn't handle getting wet. If the asphyxiation thing is true of the F-35 then the answer is both
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Aug 21, 2023 19:13
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Both aircraft had issues with the oxygen system, as did several other types in the US fleet. The problem has reportedly been fixed, though they haven't publicly explained the cause as far as I know.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:16
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Captain Splendid posted:If the asphyxiation thing is true of the F-35 then the answer is both Its both, and some variants of F/A-18 Hornets https://www.thedailybeast.com/f-35-stealth-jets-are-choking-their-pilots EDIT: Beaten like the engineer who designed the new oxygen systems of the US aviation (probably).
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Aug 21, 2023 19:17
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HonorableTB posted:Ulf Kristersson is the absolutely most Swedish name I have ever seen Is that how Sweden picks their prime minister? The guy with the most Swedish name? Kind of how Australia determines the prime minster with games of beer pong.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:19
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Most importantly, the F-35 is an austhetically unpleasing fighter jet.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:24
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Burns posted:Most importantly, the F-35 is an austhetically unpleasing fighter jet. Could be worse. We could have had the X-32.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:27
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I heard it was invisible 
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Aug 21, 2023 19:32
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McGavin posted:Could be worse. We could have had the X-32. 
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Aug 21, 2023 19:32
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McGavin posted:Could be worse. We could have had the X-32. The X-32 is at least entertainingly silly looking. https://i.imgur.com/eb1ltEK.jpg ecureuilmatrix fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Aug 21, 2023 |
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Aug 21, 2023 19:33
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McGavin posted:Could be worse. We could have had the X-32. Hue hue hue hue hue hue!
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Aug 21, 2023 19:36
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My favourite F-35 development oopsie was when the VTOL variant basically melted runways.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:38
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Incidentally my associate Mr Hockmeed Larkin sells special ultra heat resistant runways
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Aug 21, 2023 19:39
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Sashimi posted:My favourite F-35 development oopsie was when the VTOL variant basically melted runways. Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3_mQZ4gY8
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Aug 21, 2023 19:45
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Maybe they wouldn't have had that problem if they spent more than a Halfpenny on the runway.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:49
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weg posted:It's fair to call them assholes for posting a laughing emoji in response to a dead child. However, using a slur or wishing harm on them won't fix the issue and only serves to dehumanize even more people than this lovely war already has. With brains so utterly broken they are at best three fifths of a human.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:57
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Anyone have a quick cost/performance analysis of the F-35 vs quad copter drones in terms of destroyed Russian aircraft? 
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Aug 21, 2023 19:57
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McGavin posted:Could be worse. We could have had the X-32. A plane that's just that happy about who it is and what it does? Shame on you.
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Aug 21, 2023 19:58
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I was trying to talk to someone about this war yesterday, but I found it hard to be objective because I am literally descended from people that fled Stalins Holodomor. Other ancestors used to live on the Prut River bordering Romania, but the Russians destroyed that too. Sorry, I’m just frustrated because nothing seems to have changed over there. gently caress At least I can think about my wife’s ancestors, who kicked the British out of Pennsylvania. That puts me in a better mood. tango alpha delta fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Aug 21, 2023 |
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Aug 21, 2023 19:59
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Zelenskyy is going to show up in an X-wing and blast a hole through the Russian defenses
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Aug 21, 2023 20:05
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Sashimi posted:My favourite F-35 development oopsie was when the VTOL variant basically melted runways. dont need 'em
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Aug 21, 2023 20:07
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Sashimi posted:My favourite F-35 development oopsie was when the VTOL variant basically melted runways.
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Aug 21, 2023 20:13
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Jet fuel can't melt flight decks. 
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Aug 21, 2023 20:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl2C28hMN2U
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Aug 21, 2023 20:21
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Sashimi posted:My favourite F-35 development oopsie was when the VTOL variant basically melted runways. It still does, they had to resurface all the landing areas with high temperature resistance tarmac. Its probably made of asbestos.
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Aug 21, 2023 20:24
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Horrorosaurus posted:Lol glad I'm not the only one. These annoy me to the point where I've only ever once clicked on one to see how the presentation is. Yeah honestly the whole nature of marketing youtube videos just sucks and i try to avoid the most 'youtubey' stuff like reaction videos, etc.
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Aug 21, 2023 20:39
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Reporting From Ukraine's thumbnails put me off for a long time as well but his actual content is never like that. I like his video's because they're short and they are uploaded early in the morning so I can watch a quick 5 minute video before work to get up to date. Then later during my lunch break or back home I watch the longer video's like Denys.
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Aug 21, 2023 20:49
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Planes are hot, and not just in the sexy way. The UK had carriers that couldn't fly the (then) latest Phantom jets without upgrading the blast deflector panels with water cooling to keep them from melting. And IIRC old school Harriers also had the asphalt puddle issue if you tried taking off from some random road strip.
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Aug 21, 2023 20:49
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Neophyte posted:Planes are hot, and not just in the sexy way. The UK had carriers that couldn't fly the (then) latest Phantom jets without upgrading the blast deflector panels with water cooling to keep them from melting. And IIRC old school Harriers also had the asphalt puddle issue if you tried taking off from some random road strip. Well, the generals who want to have VTOL aircraft because of reasons aren't paid to think what that stuff actually needs from the viewpoint of the base they operate from. I mean, the helicopters and Ospreys do take off from anywhere, right?
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Aug 21, 2023 20:58
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It's a loving jet engine, what do you expect when you point the exhaust directly at asphalt?
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Aug 21, 2023 20:58
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spankmeister posted:It's a loving jet engine, what do you expect when you point the exhaust directly at asphalt? A melted penis?
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Aug 21, 2023 21:02
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Oh sorry about not presenting a source for the Belarus thing. Had to wait for official channels to announce it https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-citizens-urged-leave-belarus-170919720.html
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Aug 21, 2023 21:06
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I like to think that the Reporting From Ukraine guy is actually Zaluzhnyy and that's why he's in every thumbnail
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Aug 21, 2023 21:12
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spankmeister posted:It's a loving jet engine, what do you expect when you point the exhaust directly at asphalt? Candy and rainbows, I would hope
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Aug 21, 2023 21:21
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HonorableTB posted:I like to think that the Reporting From Ukraine guy is actually Zaluzhnyy and that's why he's in every thumbnail Lol itd be sick if zaluzhny was makin powerpoint videos like Perun
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Aug 21, 2023 21:22
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