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  • September 14, 2008 at 1:52 pm in reply to: XM603 Update #1209181
    pilko
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    Any updates anyone?

    September 11, 2008 at 3:22 pm in reply to: General Discussion #319787
    pilko
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    Kev, never compromise on tea, nothing but Twinings.

    I had twinings everyday tea or something like that once, it was utterly tasteless. Who takes sugar btw?

    September 11, 2008 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Mountain Bikes (and Tea) #1900451
    pilko
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    Kev, never compromise on tea, nothing but Twinings.

    I had twinings everyday tea or something like that once, it was utterly tasteless. Who takes sugar btw?

    September 11, 2008 at 8:37 am in reply to: AWACS invaluable asset or sitting duck? #2476409
    pilko
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    Here is an intersting little clip with an A-50, starts at about 2.50, I’m not too sure if its technically accurate though 😀

    http://www.eurofighter.com/medialibrary/videodetails.asp?VideoID=2

    September 11, 2008 at 8:29 am in reply to: Just a thought… #1212408
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    I don’t force anyone to read my thread, if you think its a waste of your time then just ignore it. The reason this thread was started was out of curiosity to see if anyone had ever had any plans to return the TSR 2 to flight, after all Thatcher had this idea. I DON’T think anyone could reasonalbly do this without a LOT of money and i’m not proposing that anyone should try, as i said this thread is just light hearted curiosity.

    September 11, 2008 at 8:04 am in reply to: Aircraft Books #2476430
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    Ahh I see, wrong forum then. I was looking for an updated book on military aircrft. If any mods are reading could you move this thread, thanks.

    September 10, 2008 at 5:26 pm in reply to: Just a thought… #1213037
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    I have herd of the sr.53 and the airfix kit, very rare now though, it too would make a good project after the TSR-2 is flying again. We might as well reconstuct the sr.177 how much of this was built? is left? then we might be able to call it a restoration 😀

    September 10, 2008 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Aircraft Books #2477002
    pilko
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    Anyone???

    September 10, 2008 at 11:55 am in reply to: Mystery helicopter #1213474
    pilko
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    Thanks for that its been bugging me for a while. :D:D:D

    September 10, 2008 at 11:51 am in reply to: Greatest RAF leap forward? #2477018
    pilko
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    The red top isn’t all aspect but its seeker can lock onto targets warmed by friction which would be sufficient in a head on engagement due to the hot leading edges/nose. In general IR guided missiles have a better kill ratio compared to SARH at most 40%. A lightning isn’t a mig-21 there are too many variables to compare kill ratios. The AIMVAL/ACEVAL exercise was with equally trained aircrew, wich is very similar to our original simulation RAF phantom v RAF lightning.

    September 10, 2008 at 8:57 am in reply to: Greatest RAF leap forward? #2477056
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    If a phantom did come up against a lightning in a head on attack the phantop would be able to fire first but the sparrow is a SARH missilw which needs the target to be continuously illuminated, the lightning would soon get in range and would be able to release its IR red top, a fire and forget missile. Sure the lightning would be destroyed but soon followed seconds later by the phantom, this was proven when small F-5 with sidewindres were able to shoot down large powerful F-15’s with sparrows. The maths of trading larger two seater a/c for smaller cheaper single seaters just doesn’t work.

    September 10, 2008 at 8:06 am in reply to: Physics question about fighter jets? #2477088
    pilko
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    While i’m here i thought i might add my view. In level flight a certain amount of lift is required to stay airborne, now when turning a force is required towards the centre of the circle. This is achieved be banking so the wings tilt towards thecentre of the circle so a component of the lift is directed towards the circle. Now this means the component of lift dirctly upwards balancing the aircraft’s weight has decreased so to make up for this the angle of attack must be inceased creating more lift but more drag. If the power of the engines cannot overcome this extra drag the aircraft will lose airspeed. Hope that this helps and you can undrestand it 🙂

    September 9, 2008 at 1:05 pm in reply to: AWACS invaluable asset or sitting duck? #2477518
    pilko
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    Does anyone else have anything similar in the pipeline to the Novator KS-172 AAM-L? The only thing I can think of which is similar is the AIM-54 Phoenix, less range and now retired.

    September 9, 2008 at 12:54 pm in reply to: Just a thought… #1214757
    pilko
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    No, its the victor at the yorkshire air museum

    September 8, 2008 at 3:23 pm in reply to: XX325 #2477974
    pilko
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    This colour scheme is pretty good there is an enlarged roundel undreneath which looks pretty neat. The grob at southport used a similar scheme.

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