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  • in reply to: General Discussion #280920
    F-18Growler
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    Wouldn’t “dream” of sharing them with you lot!!;)

    Haha, would you do that?

    in reply to: Weirdest or unusual dreams you've had? #1879522
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    Wouldn’t “dream” of sharing them with you lot!!;)

    Haha, would you do that?

    in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread part 12 #2250378
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    Why they haven’t shown the MiG-35 too at Paris? 🙁 Any pics of MiG models from the show at least ? Thanks.

    The MiG-35 was demonstrated at Aero India 2007, Aero India 2009 and MAKS airshow. But the Mig-35 is in development. On May 2013 it was reported that Russia may buy 37 aircraft. This design is kind of similar to the Super Hornet Legacy with enhanced improvements. I belive that the Mig-35 is designated as 4.5 but it’s a 4++ Gen fighter. But this Mig-29 legacy is similar to the Hornet legacy. But Russia did the Same thing thing there enhancing just like the super hornet, AESA Radar, Enlarged Wings, Bigger and larger than the Mig-29s, and bigger weapon loads. But not sure if Mikoyan is going to be demonstrated at Paris. But no conformation of the MiG’s being at the Paris Airhsow

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/МиГ-35_на_МАКС-2007.jpg

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-35_MAKS%272007_Pichugin.jpg

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-35_-_MAKS_2009.jpg

    in reply to: F-35 Debate thread (2) #2250465
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    It’s a bit strong to say it has drag problems..because of the internal weapons of gen 5, they have the same drag with or without weapons.
    it’s only seen when you compare gen 4 clean planes with no weapons or decent fuel load

    Yea it seems that the F-35 is only the 5th Gen plane with drag problems. But it’s also weight problems to, like the STOVL F-35 it has alot of weight and it’s bulky to be hovering. Which is why Lockmart have a situation on the STOVL variant.

    But as the Carrier version is along. It has tailhook problems to, not able to land aboard ship. Look at the arresting hook geometry comparisons. The F-35 is 7.1 of hook distance. But Lockmart can fix this issue
    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VqEq1NKQMTc/TwagY9J7qTI/AAAAAAAAByQ/OW26Nwx3-9U/s1600/hooklocationC.png

    But as drag comes when clean, you still have amounts of drag due to some aerodynamic problems. Like the SH has drag issues due to the canted outward pylons. But you also hit drag due to the huge weight on the plane.

    F-18Growler
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    Seems you’ve got it all figured out 🙂

    😉

    in reply to: F-35 Debate thread (2) #2250475
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    TomcatViP, I think it’s the drag at transonic, the thrust/weight is ok

    Yea at transonic you can’t get that faster due to heavy weapons. Clearly the less weapons you have, the more faster you are.

    But drag is initially a thing to worry about beacuse you’ll have a hard time accelerating at transonic speeds. But when your clean, you’ll have less drag and you’ll accelerate faster.

    But absolutely, since the F-35 has drag problems, the F-35 might not reach more than Mach 1.6 loaded. But acceleration is the key thing into going faster.

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    Wait a minute, wasn’t the US complaining about hacking? So its actually doing the hacking with the US NSA. That sounds pretty hypocritical no?

    Mabye, remember when the Chinese spyed into the US Navy systems or Airforce systems i forgot like F-18, F-35 and missile weapons systems? Probobly the US Agents are going back to revenge. But clearly the Chinese are just hackers looking into other companies planes or products. While US build there own stuff, they can steal some ideas that other companies had on their products. But hacking is just dumb, it’s when you want to mess with the systems and spy on it and try to make the same product as this. But people are trying to stop hacking.

    China is the most well known country by hacking products. But who would want to hack? Only the smart people can hack. Pretty impossible to be hacking defense systems etc.

    in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread part 12 #2250523
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    Haven’t noticed any coloration like that seen on the left taileron. Any ideas?

    http://www.airteamimages.com/sukhoi-su-35_07RED_russia—russian-air-force_178585_large.html

    Must be Aluminum-Lithium.

    Aluminium alloys are alloys in which aluminium is predominant metal. The typical alloying elements are copper, magnesium, manganese, silicon. There are two classifications, namely casting alloys and wrought alloys, both of which are further subdivided into the categories heat-treatable and non-heat-treatable. About 85% of aluminium is used for wrought products, for example rolled plate, foils and extrusions. Cast aluminium alloys yield cost-effective products due to the low melting point, although they generally have lower tensile strengths than wrought alloys. The most important cast aluminium system is Al–Si, where the high levels of silicon (4.0–13%) contribute to give good casting characteristics. Aluminium alloys are widely used in engineering structures and components where light weight or corrosion resistance.

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    Reduced training cost could leave such irevelant air combat experience. But once they reduce it jobs could be lost from the tax payers. But pilots will significantly be such an disadvantage if in a dogfight with poor training flight experiance. But Russia has claimed to that their pilots aren’t trained enough either. Due to the flight cost on their Sukhoi Flanker series but in the mean time they will also be the poor trained ones too. But there’s their Sukhoi product with agility to acquire good dogfighting skills without having to do such combat experiance training.

    But the US has such lower cost in maintaining flight hours and combat experiance. Which is why there the most experienced pilots in the Navy and Airforce in the world. Or some should say in the US inventory

    But they get significantly good air combat training, with smart people that knows what there teaching to the pilots at Naval Air station and Red Flag etc. But…..

    All that matters is you getting some enough experiance to get ready for such emerging threat either if it’s a SU-35 threating to emerge you in a dogfight.

    But US pilots can handle em, but it’s really important to recive such a good accurate pilot that knows what he’s doing

    in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2251063
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    Uh? Coonfused. I may have forgotten something, fairly busy these days. Can you PM me? Thanx!

    No prob!

    Steven

    in reply to: Most beautiful aircraft #2251174
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    Yes, a number of USAF RF-4Cs, F-4Es and F-4Gs were fitted with one-piece windshields but, they were never adopted fleet wide, I’m sure a couple of the F-4Es ended up with the Turkish AF

    Here are a couple of F-4Gs with one-piece windshields…
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    -Dazza

    Nice

    in reply to: Boeing to Challenge Lockheed on F-16 Work. #2251179
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    A couple years ago, Boeing won the contract to modify F-16s out of AMARG for use as target drones.

    Boeing is contracting to modify the retired F-16s into a aerial combat drone for air to air practicing, for training exercises in the meantime when they begin to phase out the F-16 planes. But BAE Systems is on the work to, which involves the installation of electronic control equipment to modify the F-16 Drones. Both both Boeing and BAE haven’t made a comment on the work.

    By then the F-16s will be the primary aerial unmanned/manned drone for air to air training/exercises.

    Clearly will be the same as the QF-4 Phantom II which was the main primary aerial drone for A2A exercising, but later in 2013, the QF-4’s were retired by then and made it’s last maiden flight which was “The Last one”. Which was the real chapter ending of the F-4 Phantom Legacy. The Phantom drones are expected to be a part of USAF target dummy inventory until 2013-2014, later they will be replaced by the abovementioned F-16.

    But there might be tests to begin the aerial F-16 drones. But for now the F-16 will be the primary aerial drone.

    in reply to: No fly zone in Syria #2251187
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    It is a real drag when you have someone on an ignore list, and their posts still show-up in quoted replies.

    Yes, really exaggerating when someone is bothering or annoying you on the forum. But we all have our likes and dislikes. But at the meantime, you can just ignore the people or report them.

    in reply to: F-101 Voodoo pics. #2251287
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    RF-101C

    http://www.f-101voodoo.com/photo_gallery/var/albums/RF-101C/RF-101C_56-0166.jpg?m=1292663737

    in reply to: The 'JUST A NICE PIC…' thread #2251289
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    SU-35BM Flanker

    http://www.aereo.jor.br/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/su-35bm.jpg

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