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  • in reply to: J-20 Thread 7 #2351599
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    assuming the front tires are the same size

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ej5kQwZWlzM/TSQe2lBu8mI/AAAAAAAABac/6-FJ6FotkkA/s1600/Chendu_J_20_US_F_22_Sukhoi_T_50_pak_fa_Stealth_Fighters.jpg

    in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread 9 #2351604
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    Just a couple of nice pics:

    http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6602/81237179.ba/0_7922c_45d7e905_XXL.jpg

    why wheels up only on the green ones and wheel down on the grey

    in reply to: Tornados – Now and the future #2352571
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    They have, sort of, with the RTP program most of the bits from the F.3s are ending up in the GR.4s! 😉
    Seriously though, the F.3 would’ve made a credible multi-role jet, especially with the extra internal fuel and more powerful motors, and the EF.3s during their short existence were said to have been very capable SEAD platforms…

    -Dazza

    if France could make the Mirage-2000-9 more multirole, with targetting pods, etc and carrying stand off a2g weapons, etc and etc.. surely the Brits could’ve done the same for the F3?

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya: Steaming towards Induction #2014102
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    You know this from your contacts in the Russian Navy? 😀

    i’m not one of those who dubiously claim to have so and so contacts in so and so industry, like so many in these forums :diablo:

    besides, no need to be jelly, your country has some nice carriers of its own coming into service soon

    http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/815/815627/gerald-r-ford-class-aircraft-carrier-20070824021838533-000.jpg

    and your future country

    http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/SHIP_CV_PA2_Concept_2006-06_lg.jpg

    if anything, I envy YOU for having nice ships 🙁

    in reply to: Post-Assad Syrian Air Force, what will it be like? #2352574
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    Syria has an order in for 36 Yak 130’s at $15.000.000 + per unit !!

    its a good price. but whether it can be delivered with the regime likely to change is questionable, just like those failed Lybian orders.

    but on the bright side, Russian AF has a need for Yakkies and will likely be happy to absorb the Syrian order.

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #15 #2352669
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    they are changing appearance to grey as well…:rolleyes: ..nice though
    http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv47/FeNZeR_1/DSC_1196.jpg

    http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t264/Cesar_del_Peru/migs_.jpg

    looks like a less shinier version of the F-22’s pattern. but with the anti glare paint on the nose and black radome
    http://images.wikia.com/jets/images/5/55/F-22_Raptor.jpg

    not sure why they do that.. Magyar Migs seem to be doing fine with out the anti glare paint and black radome
    http://data.primeportal.net/hangar/luc_colin/mig-29/MiG-29%20HuAF%20004.JPG

    in reply to: Dassault Rafale #14 – News & Discussion #2352682
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    Rafale for malaysia official website :

    the rafale could make the surprise as malaysia often follows indian choice and that leaks in asian media say it is the frontrunner.

    just the MKI and the MiG-29. other wise its been different?

    in reply to: J-20 Thread 7 #2352686
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    please search previous episode of such thread.

    I see, you said 22-24m.
    thats about the size of the J-8
    http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/j-8-2_11.jpg

    looks about right from your estimates.

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya: Steaming towards Induction #2014135
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    Guys check this out:

    http://azlok.livejournal.com/444027.html

    the Russian Navy and sailors are really wishing that carrier was theirs :diablo:

    in reply to: FA-50, really comparable to Tejas? #2352691
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    X2. Not only that, the designers of both have opted for more or less similar subsystems.

    Tejas: Ge-404, ESM Suite in JV with Elisra, radar hybrid with El-2032, a future variant of AN/AAR-60 MILDS, Litening LDP

    Golden Eagle: Ge-404, Elisra ESM suite, El-2032 radar, AN/AAR-60 MILDS, Litening/Sniper LDP.

    indeed, they are quite similar so I dunno why the other poster said they are not comparable. The only major difference is that one went delta and the other went conventional.
    whats odd is that you figure a delta air frame would be less draggy, yet the tejas has drag issues. Could it be the F-18E of light fighters? 😮

    in reply to: Tornados – Now and the future #2352726
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    Holy crap there’s my first post on this forum on the first page! 😎

    Nic

    why indeed it is. welcome to the forum bager!

    in reply to: Tornados – Now and the future #2352928
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    Every time I read about the Tornado I want to make a Tornado vs Mirage 2000D post 🙁

    Nic

    already exists
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=42402

    according to the replies
    A2A Mirage 2000-5/9 kicks the Tornado ADV in the groin
    A2G Tornado GR.4 rips the spine out of the Mirage 2000D

    I say, they should’ve kept the ADV airframe and made it multi-role

    in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread 9 #2352934
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    http://russianplanes.net/images/to82000/081721.jpg

    I think your last picture was supposed to be IMG not URL?

    anyways ANSAT is a really nice Tatar helicopter.. its something CIS long needed really. What are its export chances? Its something Belarus AF could use because all they have are Mi-6,8,24, and 26 and all four of them are too costly to run for simple or lighter needs.
    Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan is in the same exact situation
    Armenia could use it to replace Mi-2s, and Kazakhstan.. maybe not so much, they went UH-1 and Eurocopter.

    in reply to: J-20 Thread 7 #2352940
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    One escaped by delete my original post, but still remain signature online.
    My complement about pitot tube and correction also be erased.
    But truth is unable to be neglect. The J-20 is a large plane and more like an interceptor rather than an air-superior fighter.
    @ international forum those have no right to wipe out what I don’t want to see :diablo:

    what were the lengths you predicted?
    and yes many people knew it was a large plane thats why they thought it would be a fighter bomber. the only ones who denied it based on the different forums are Chinationalists who think its the same size as the F-22

    in reply to: FA-50, really comparable to Tejas? #2352962
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    it is stretched by 0.5 meters by adding a plug behind the cockpit. Some recent reports indicate that the stretch is actually 1 meter now.

    this image from an ADA brochure gives the length as 13.7m, which is 0.5m more than the Tejas Mk1 at 13.2m.

    New reports indicate that the length of the Tejas Mk2 will be 14.2m, a meter more than the Mk1.

    at 14.2 it’ll be the same length as the Taiwan Ching Kuo. the size the Tejas shouldve been to begin with, and a little longer than the FA-50 (I didn’t realize it was that short). but still shorter than the FC-1/JF-17, which is pretty long, as most Chinese aircraft are.

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