as the indians, do have M2000 and Mig-29, i wander how hard will it be to adapt the RDY-2 to the Mig-29, it seems that is better than any radar the russians can come up with (to date) in the category, sure the software is one issue among others, and will be expensive for sure, but it feels that the Mig-29 will be just awesome with that kinda’ electronics, ain’t it? 😉
Camaro.

i’ve read at airdisaster that it was too hot (weather) and too heavy, wich clearly says…poor airmanship 😮 i wander about company policy :confused: too bad for the crews, but more than poor maintenance, i believe the 2 first factors are the cause.
Camaro

the problem with assimetric thrust , as you said is not absurd, but at the same time is not a situation that will make such an airplane crash, on the contrary, it will only be annoying (i’m not sure my spelling is correct 😮 ), i have routinely seen 4 engined aircraft (707 in this case) practicing overshoots with only the 2 engines on one side (the opposite idling) and then the other 2, at that altitude you can clearly see the smokey pair and the wild rudder deflection.
what i mean is that a failure on any engine at anytime will not cause the airplane to crash, not even on take-off, it will have to be a major pilot screw up to do so, it doesnt take much skill to get out of that kind of trouble.
remember, the fact that the B-52 has 8 engines is only because the engine of choice at the time (JT3) did not meet the thrust requirement and at the time it was the most powerful, it had nothing to do with safety whatsoever, they wanted a thrust that no engine was producing at the time.
it is history proven that the engines are the aircraft part most difficult to create and its also the engine that dictates when an airplane will die (no more parts, sorry) you can see that today with the mighty L-1011, wich is facing now that sad end…just because of the engines (the old RB211-22B and -524).
Camaro.

😀 😀 😀 😀
SOB, good one flankerman
by the way, your nick remains me of black sabbath…ironman 🙂
FLANKERMAAAAN !!! 😀
cAMARO.

kool vids man, i didnt know the F-15 was equipped with “the radar love” 😀
also, i think i saw a Mig-29 outmaneouvering the F-15? about a fraction of a second? (the Mig going vertical while the F-15 was going down?)
whatever it is, all vids are kool 😉
what i did at home is, get all videos from fabulous fulcrums, glue them together in order (take-off, climb, maneouvering, firing and going home for landing, and as for the music i did it with feuer frei (ramstein), about 6 megs, but its only on my computer (copyrights, i never asked for permission to anybody)
if somebody wants it for personal use, it’ll be my pleasure to send it by e-mail. 😉
Camaro.

by the way guys, i did click on the link and…there’s no bloody video,
have any of you seen it, how? please, i’ve got to burn it on VCD 🙂
thanks guys.
Camaro.

thanks aerospacetech

thanks aerospacetech, now i see clear,
i wish we can see that kind of performance on a Mig-29 radar, but sure will have to wait (like captain star 😀 waiting for his orders from mission control)
tell me please, wich production rusian radar will compare to the APG68V9? i’d say Zhuk MSF but as far as i know its still not inproduction :confused:
thanks again
Camaro.

to goldendragon

hello goldendragon
about the steel alloy i think you’re right, there’s one alloy called INCONEL, made specially for really hot 😡 temperatures and if i remember correctly contains nickel and chrome (but in higher qty’s) like the one used on combustion chambers etc.
hell it was more that 20 years ago when i read that.
Camaro