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Mortabis posted:Phanatic's right; you glide at the same ratio no matter what the weight is. Glide ratio is the cotangent of your angle of descent. If you're trying to get as far as possible the angle you're gliding at is the same regardless. Yeah, glide ratio (rise:run) is numerically equivalent to lift:drag. Weight isn’t a factor in lift or drag, so weight has no effect on glide ratio.
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Deptfordx posted:I guess what they really wanted was a modern multi-role fighter, but jet technology/design still wasn't mature enough to make superversatile aircraft viable. No, I'm wrong there. On closer inspection the afore-mentioned Mirage IIIE was specifically designed as a Multi-role/Strike aircraft and was a solid aircraft. I wonder why it wasn't considered. Politics? Feeling an obligation to buy from their American patrons, or lingering Franco-German animosity perhaps.
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Platystemon posted:Yeah, glide ratio (rise:run) is numerically equivalent to lift:drag. To clarify, this applies only to maximum glide ratio. Weight is absolutely a factor in net lift (more downward force from gravity to cancel out the upward force from lift. That's why maximum takeoff weight is a thing) so if you increase weight you need to travel faster to generate more lift to get back to the same net lift as a lighter plane and restore your glide ratio. The link posted earlier about adding ballast to a glider is specific about the purpose being to raise the speed at which maximum glide ratio occurs. People keep arguing past each other because glide ratio and maximum glide ratio are being used interchangeably.
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C.M. Kruger posted:And the Gripen will be competing against the F-16 to replace the MiG-21 in Indian service. Who do I have to bribe to get a written off Mig-21?
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JcDent posted:Who do I have to bribe to get a written off Mig-21? Depends on how it was written off.
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Getting a Mig 21 in North America or Europe is pretty easy. http://www.raptoraviation.com/aircraft%20spec%20pages/MiG21UM%20R13.html I don't know how current that ad is, but there's plenty to go around. Ebay Motors has sold them every year. They go from 20,000$ to 100,000$ usually, depending on the engine condition. Main issue is the life of the engine at 1500 hours, so if you are on the market, be cautious of the engine nearing its life. Last year San Diego Air & Space Museum sold a Mig21, two spare engines, engine lift, lots of tires, all kinds of extras, and included in the deal work contract for a Belarussian man who they had gotten into America who used to be an enlisted Mig-mechanic in the soviet air forces. I think the price was reasonable plus annual salary of mechanic at 70 or so thousand, with benefits. It's a good deal when buying a Soviet Fighter, you get a Soviet. Last thing from FAA I found is that there's 44 flying Mig21s in the US alone. The operating cost is about 4500 bucks an hour. Many of the flying soviet fighters in the US, not just 21s, can be, and are, contracted to the USAF to fly aggressor. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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IIRC it's fairly difficult to get licensed to fly one. You need a whole bunch of hours in an L-39 basically I think.
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Yeah, the Licence of Authorization apparently includes hours in L-29, L-39, then the Mig, and it goes on better side of 30 grand. If you get one and become proficient in them, you can go work for Draken International. http://www.drakenintl.com/ Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Sep 5, 2017 |
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Vahakyla posted:Last year San Diego Air & Space Museum sold a Mig21, two spare engines, engine lift, lots of tires, all kinds of extras, and included in the deal work contract for a Belarussian man who they had gotten into America who used to be an enlisted Mig-mechanic in the soviet air forces. I think the price was reasonable plus annual salary of mechanic at 70 or so thousand, with benefits. It's a good deal when buying a Soviet Fighter, you get a Soviet. That all sounds reasonable but I would be worried about the hidden costs. Like, does the included Soviet maintenance person distill his own vodka or is that cost expected to be born under the 'hydraulic fluid' budget (obviously only for fluids consumed during working hours)?
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https://twitter.com/i/moments/905487561182908416 holy poo poo
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One man's reckless is another man's "HOLY poo poo, I HOPE MY FLIGHT DOESN'T GET CANCELLED gently caress gently caress gently caress" as a hurricane approaches
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It's a voluntary flight, all Delta has to do is have people sign waivers in the terminal saying you get on at your own risk. If they are willing to risk their equipment that's on them, the lives of the passengers was entirely on those passengers. It's not like didn't know a loving hurricane was arriving.
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The reckless part is anyone who was trying to fly into PR.
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Mazz posted:It's a voluntary flight, all Delta has to do is have people sign waivers in the terminal saying you get on at your own risk. If they are willing to risk their equipment that's on them, the lives of the passengers was entirely on those passengers. It's not like didn't know a loving hurricane was arriving. I seriously doubt the OK for a flight to happen is as simple as "yo, your neck, wanna roll the dice?"
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mlmp08 posted:One man's reckless is another man's "HOLY poo poo, I HOPE MY FLIGHT DOESN'T GET CANCELLED gently caress gently caress gently caress" as a hurricane approaches Yeah, airport closes earlier than your flight or mechanical problems ground your flight and you are hosed. I've been a little, "Why are people booking Sunday / Monday flights..." for a few pages now.
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The crazy winds are all near the eye wall, the winds at that airport weren't anything special at the time. The only time I've gotten air sick was landing at NRT on a day with 40mph winds and gusts up to 80.
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mlmp08 posted:pew pew The Scorpion really looks like a baby Tomcat, especially with the water background. I dig it.
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I thought the exact same thing. Sure, structurally there are glaring differences, but there's just enough there to be reminiscent.
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Cyrano4747 posted:I seriously doubt the OK for a flight to happen is as simple as "yo, your neck, wanna roll the dice?" Basically what's on ski tickets
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How capable is the Scorpion? Relative to other planes, it's extremely small, there has to be a lot of short comings of some kind, right? VVVV I don't, I guess larger multi-role fighters are like the Super Hornet or other crafts that share a similar role to the Scorpion like the Tucanos. Back Hack fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Sep 6, 2017 |
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Back Hack posted:How capable is the Scorpion? Relative to other planes, it's extremely small, there has to be a lot of short comings of some kind, right? What planes are you trying to compare it to?
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Back Hack posted:How capable is the Scorpion? Relative to other planes, it's extremely small, there has to be a lot of short comings of some kind, right? Assuming Wikipedia is right.... quote:Empty weight: 12,700 lb (5,761 kg) Fuel or weapons - pick one! There is a ferry range listed but not a combat radius.  As a light trainer it should be fantastic.
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One of the "selling points" of the Scorpion was that it could do low-speed intercepts. Complete with lovely defense industry music. (who makes thise music? I'm legit curious who's making these 80s/early 90s songs that sound like they're backing music for Knightrider or a Jane's Combat Simulation briefing screen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfYIjsGEmQ
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hobbesmaster posted:Assuming Wikipedia is right.... The ferry range is pretty similar to that of the Super Tucano, although the Scorpion is slightly slower. If the manufacturer data is accurate, it should be just a Super Tucano with a much heavier bombload. That, however, may be a big if.
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 The Super Tucano is far slower than a Scorpion.
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mlmp08 posted:pew pew It's so cute!
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mlmp08 posted:(who makes thise music? I'm legit curious who's making these 80s/early 90s songs that sound like they're backing music for Knightrider or a Jane's Combat Simulation briefing screen) Any number of stock music sites will sell you generic music of whatever style you want.
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mlmp08 posted:pew pew Replacements for the Bronco (didn't they just reactivate those?)?
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Craptacular posted:Any number of stock music sites will sell you generic music of whatever style you want. Yup! One time charges, no ongoing royalties. Great for video games, podcasts, whatever. Here's one chosen at random in the "games" category. https://www.shutterstock.com/music/track/Exterminate/427292 $49 for unlimited web usage! hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Sep 7, 2017 |
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hobbesmaster posted:Yup! I've got 94 albums of Xray dog archived thanks to a motivated IT specialist who hooked our boat up with something like 8TB of movies, music, TV, and music videos for when we were deployed
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Craptacular posted:Any number of stock music sites will sell you generic music of whatever style you want. Sure, but I mean who's the actual artist person just cranking out royalty free music? It's kind of like how I wonder who the gently caress went to art school and then was like "clip art, here I come!"
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mlmp08 posted:Sure, but I mean who's the actual artist person just cranking out royalty free music? It's kind of like how I wonder who the gently caress went to art school and then was like "clip art, here I come!" Probably a side gig of the people doing backup vocals to radio jingles. Pays the bills. Musical equivalent of paid deviantart fetish anime.
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