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That last picture seems uncomfortably close between helicopter and model.
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IOwnCalculus posted:That last picture seems uncomfortably close between helicopter and model. It's almost certainly just perspective distortion from a long telephoto lens. e. basically this effect 
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Jan 19, 2013 01:24
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Jan 19, 2013 03:11
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D C posted:It was a joke geeze! What does hanging big camera equipment off the front do to weight/balance? I know our H-60s were designed with all kinds of stuff in mind that we never installed, so we got to hang steel plates off the nose, but those Bell 206s didn't have that design in mind. Is there a bunch of ballast in the back? Can you not take passengers anymore? Does the camera system just not weigh all that much?
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Jan 19, 2013 04:48
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Well, that photo shows 3 people inside the helicopter, so it can't be that heavy. It's not like you're going to put a steadycam setup on your aircraft and then use it to ferry people around or go on tours.
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Jan 19, 2013 05:58
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I went to an airshow today   
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Jan 19, 2013 08:32
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This is the most British video ever.
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Jan 19, 2013 08:34
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Raikyn posted:I went to an airshow today Nice shots! The Mossie looks spectacular; nice mix of airframes too. Must've sounded amazing. NZ?
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Jan 19, 2013 13:47
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Yep, NZ. They had a good variety, mainly WWI & WWII and some early jets as well, plus a few other bits.   
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Jan 19, 2013 22:26
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Hey, Vampires. I always find it weird to see deHavilland rudders on a jet.
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Jan 19, 2013 23:01
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Biggish static shot of the mossie before it went up http://www.flickr.com/photos/raikyn/8396946072/sizes/o/in/photostream/ They've done a pretty good job on it.
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Jan 20, 2013 01:47
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mossie's sure are soft on the eye. always liked em
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Cygni posted:This is the most British video ever. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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Jan 20, 2013 22:03
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Cygni posted:This is the most British video ever. "He lived on a diet of bacon sandwiches and pipe tobacco." Confirmed.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:09
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I don't care what anyone thinks, the F-22 is sexy as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asu7Cv9zKqI Maybe not so much with those external tanks, but who cares.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:23
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Preoptopus posted:Can anyone recommend any good RAF documentaries? Ewan MacGregor and his brother have done at least two I've seen, one about the Spitfire and one about the Lancaster.
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Anyone have a working non-Youtube link to that Lufthansa SFO approach video that was up a few days back? Some German media conglomerate killjoy made the copyright complaint rounds on most of 'em.
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Jan 22, 2013 03:14
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Saw a V-22 hovering around Orlando on Friday. Looked like it was headed toward ORL. Was there some event I don't know about that would give it cause to be here?
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Jan 22, 2013 04:40
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Mike-o posted:I don't care what anyone thinks, the F-22 is sexy as hell. Speaking of; F-35. What is the point in having a stealth aircraft if the only way it can do it's job is by hanging a bunch of not stealthy poo poo on external hardpoints? Has anyone in the military asked this yet?
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Ridge_Runner_5 posted:Speaking of; F-35. What is the point in having a stealth aircraft if the only way it can do it's job is by hanging a bunch of not stealthy poo poo on external hardpoints? Has anyone in the military asked this yet? Nobody above the rank of major, I think. Plenty of junior officers, though.
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Jan 22, 2013 07:08
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Mike-o posted:I don't care what anyone thinks, the F-22 is sexy as hell. I was always a fan of the YF-23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQi-IaFO3kk
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Ridge_Runner_5 posted:Speaking of; F-35. What is the point in having a stealth aircraft if the only way it can do it's job is by hanging a bunch of not stealthy poo poo on external hardpoints? Has anyone in the military asked this yet? It has internal carry for stealth ops. The theory is you have a stealth plane until youve beat them into powder, then you strap on JDAMS and go to bomb truckin' work. Not saying its the best idea or not, but thats the idea. Either way, everyone in a involved country better be pulling for the F-35. We're way past the point of return on this.
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From reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtW06NrTm8 Jesus loving christ. Edit: Watching that a few times, I'm skeptical that wasn't somewhat planned. GI Joe jobs fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Gullous posted:From reddit: Seems likely that it was planned. Does that mean you wouldn't have screamed like a little girl? I sure would have.
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I think it may have been planned as in "I'm gonna fly pretty close to you!" not "I'm going to fly close enough to grab your wallet!"
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Plinkey posted:I was always a fan of the YF-23. I think most people were, except for the ones with the final say and a bucket full of Lockmart stock.
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Jan 22, 2013 16:32
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This could have turned out a hell of a lot worse than it did http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvbS-oHi9ro
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The pilot's description of the sequence in the associated video is great too: http://youtu.be/TT1QGG1510w ctishman posted:Anyone have a working non-Youtube link to that Lufthansa SFO approach video that was up a few days back? Some German media conglomerate killjoy made the copyright complaint rounds on most of 'em. Try this link: http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/ The Ferret King fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Jan 22, 2013 |
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Jan 22, 2013 18:21
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That video is super fuckin cool, and it's got germans being as german as possible for an added bonus.
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The Ferret King posted:Try this link: Much appreciated!
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The F-22 looks like a fat toad. Especially when it's sitting on the ground.
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Blistex posted:I think most people were, except for the ones with the final say and a bucket full of Lockmart stock. I just like the F-22 because growing up I didn't even know about the YF-23. My first exposure to the F-22 was through Novalogic flight sims. I didn't even know that the YF-23 was a thing until a couple years ago when I got back into airplanes and flightsims 
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slidebite posted:This could have turned out a hell of a lot worse than it did Urk. Isn't the recovery sequence full right rudder/full elevator until the nose drops into a axial spin? Lucky bastard even so. (edit) lifted from here: http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-235541.html From Flight Unlimited by Eric Muller and Annette Carson - paraphrased. Throttle closed - most important Stick back and 'in' to the spin. Opposite rudder. When the rotation stops bring the stick central and neutral, recover, take pants to cleaners ! The Muller/Beggs recovery works for nearly all standard aeroplanes and spins and is let go of the stick and rudder, press fully on the rudder pedal that floats toward you, as the rotation stops, catch the stick as it moves from rear left or right to central. There was also a general consensus that, if you've got altitude (time), get as much mass forward as possible, and that the further behind the CG the axis of spin is, the more likely you're screwed. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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Sure, that's what they prescribe, but his elevator and rudder were not behaving as control surfaces, just flat plates. The only bits that were moving fast enough to provide any aerodynamic action were the alerions.
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This gentleman seems to take things in stride.
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I had the same thing happen to me when I was working on my PPL. He was descending from above and behind with an extra 10-15 knots while I was entering the control zone and came about that close to me. Neither I, my instructor were too happy about it but there wasn't anything we could do but fly the airplane.
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Mike-o posted:I don't care what anyone thinks, the F-22 is sexy as hell. If you ever get a chance to see the airshow demo in person, do it. An aircraft should not be physically capable of doing the things it does in that demo. Now instead of seeing that every day at work, I get to see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBDq264OH0E I got semi-excited the other day when a C-17 on short final flew over me. A C-17.  Godholio posted:Nobody above the rank of major, I think. Plenty of junior officers, though. There's a couple of terminal majors and lt cols that have written pieces asking exactly that question...of course, key word there is "terminal." Welcome to flying with Australians.
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iyaayas01 posted:There's a couple of terminal majors and lt cols that have written pieces asking exactly that question...of course, key word there is "terminal." Questioning stupidity is not the path to promotion, that's for sure. Just the tummy tape.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:The F-22 looks like a fat toad. Especially when it's sitting on the ground. I suppose it's not quite as ugly as the Boeing JSF entry (the X-32) but still, it's an ugly plane.
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Cygni posted:
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