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  • January 22, 2012 at 11:02 am in reply to: Saab JAS 39 Gripen Info # 2 #2359346
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    Kurt Plummer, Sferrin, US Agent, PAF fans, and secretly PLAAF ones too

    aye caramba, aircraft with low operational costs tend to have short range, aircraft with lots of range tend to cost more to operate.

    Small craft with good aerodynamics, blended wingbody and high fuelweight ratio hits the perfect sweetspot 😉

    January 15, 2012 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Should modern combat jets go back to dedicated designs? #2363812
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    Hmm, CAS vs Rhino & Elephant hunters, yes.
    CAS vs anyone with MANPADS, nah…even an AK-47 in the right hands may cause trouble

    even Saab Safir were used for “bombing” in the Kongo war 😀
    If its fast and kind of agile in treetops altitude, what is the hurdel?, pad it with kevlar and bigger engine/fuel

    January 15, 2012 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Should modern combat jets go back to dedicated designs? #2363851
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    or maybe this?
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/see-south-africas-new-multi-mission-combat-plane-in-action/
    add a big gun, only for CAS 😉

    January 15, 2012 at 9:29 pm in reply to: why no push props for trainers and light attack/cas aircraft? #2363866
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    brand new fighter is made for SAAF.
    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/see-south-africas-new-multi-mission-combat-plane-in-action/

    January 15, 2012 at 9:18 pm in reply to: Should modern combat jets go back to dedicated designs? #2363869
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-97
    http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sikorsky-unveils-s-97-for-high-speed-scout-and-attack-348764/
    this is maybe what you guys are looking for.. A more efficient copter..

    January 11, 2012 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Should modern combat jets go back to dedicated designs? #2365421
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    Brimstone & the like are all nice and good, but you need a cheap and persistent platform for them, rather than wasting expensive fighters airframe life.

    It needs to be fast and cheap. I’d say something like Skyhawk for instance.

    Nic

    i would say a cheap UCAV with SDB and a big gun.

    January 10, 2012 at 12:05 am in reply to: F-35, third restructure in three years #2366058
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    all this debating over the same things.
    Could we not all agree on that F-35 isnt any good in all in close combat, speed, price, or range for that matter. But have exeptional in avionics.
    If i ever fight a f-35 i would really think of my strong points and the other weaknesses. Maybe somebody should start a thread on that subject 😉
    thats that period, over and out.

    January 9, 2012 at 11:49 pm in reply to: MMRCA news XI #2366061
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    I heard a rumor that the L1 rumor is a only a rumor.
    And that the mica deal does not matter.
    But i can be wrong 😀

    January 6, 2012 at 11:10 pm in reply to: Saab JAS 39 Gripen Info # 2 #2366978
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    whats the story behind it? fan art? something from Saab? something from Volvo? something from Ikea? something from Lego?

    dont know really, found it online with no apperent history. the filename is “twingriffon2”. Probably fanart, due to the radical tale with no rudder, (thustvector dependent??). this was found before FS2020 was official, and so i think this was a fanart interpetion of that, before the frame was known. (some other stuff as radometesting has leaked out)
    anyway i like the idea, and its a very nice looking craft.

    January 6, 2012 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Should modern combat jets go back to dedicated designs? #2367009
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    i think JSF has gone a little too far.

    Basic hardware is less modular than software. think of wingdesign. there is no wing that does it all. To make a wing work in many places it would not be good in any case. this is similar in things like frame, engines etc.

    Many systems can made very similar or even bought from other suppliers thats already integrated into another platforms.
    If every system is totally new its extremly expensive. The problem for this is the market, it isnt a free market. Goverments tend to limit the market of there own subsystems designs, and therefore will get none free in return…
    If govements leave “military market” more open. the designcost of a new plane would be much smaller, and be focused on the things that really needed to be developed of exactly this design.
    So worldpolitics is a big driver for higher cost also…

    Sharing similar systems, coatings, engine or engineparts etc. (were the requirements are the same, and therefor requirements management/sourcing 3:rd part systems) is the future, not fysical aerodynamic design. That is my 5 cents anyway.

    January 5, 2012 at 11:16 pm in reply to: New stealth bomber #2367421
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    yes, why not swing wing B2 light, >1,5 mach capable :dev2:

    January 5, 2012 at 6:56 pm in reply to: New stealth bomber #2367534
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    f-111 weight, B2 light?

    January 5, 2012 at 2:14 am in reply to: Saab JAS 39 Gripen Info # 2 #2367919
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    got a bigger picture of the aircraft in your avatar?

    Yes, after an hour seaching for it…but the reward is stunning 🙂

    January 3, 2012 at 6:22 pm in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2368334
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    The newer SDB II’s have GPS, INS + a Tri-mode Seeker (semi-active laser + IR + radar) for autonomous targetting in the end-game.

    INS could most likely get it close enough to the target for the seeker to take over.

    ok!

    January 2, 2012 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2368435
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    So what ?
    leave the carpet bombing for B-52, actually SDB makes carpet bombing obsolete, F-117 had two bombs, and i guess F-35 will typically bring 8 bombs to the fight, why bring more when there either wont be more targets around, or fuel is up, or the pilot needs to take a dump and/or eat

    platform flexibiliy and force multiplier, is the only reasons. I think f-35 will have similar racks for external loads. I also wonder what happens with whose gps guide systems in a hi-jam scenario. Irak dont count.

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