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February 7, 2013 at 12:44 am in reply to: Military Aviation News-2013 #2243082

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Sorry? What do you meen ?:confused:

Fordow had trouble. It is denied by Iran, but the US buildup has largely stood down since.

February 6, 2013 at 10:21 am in reply to: T-50, M-346 and Yak-130 advance trainers future prospect? #2244158

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The expense is pretty steep for using Flankers. The equivalent would be to tie up F-15C’s for the Thunderbirds and F/A-18E’s for the Blue Angels. MiG-29M2’s would be more affordable, but still pretty pricey. The lack of choice is tied to the low lifetime hours target and disposable nature of the designs. I wonder how long until all that stuff is staged with UCAVs choreographed to music.

February 5, 2013 at 10:26 pm in reply to: how exactly is lift generated? #2244603

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I already stated the principle in my original post how the flat surface generates lift underwing. And people have stated several times how lift is generated over wing. The facts are in front of you. If you don’t see the answer it is because you’re asking the wrong questions.

February 4, 2013 at 11:32 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News-2013 #2245278

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Holloman F-22s Return from Middle East

The target disintegrated the night of the Israeli vote tallies. No mission there now. You don’t hear much about that event in the news.

February 4, 2013 at 1:05 pm in reply to: Tu-22M3 Backfire Q. #2245741

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It probably has the wing loading to carry topped off fuel tanks once airborne. It may not with an extra tank in the belly, that is something open to discussion. Aircraft once airborne can actually carry amazing amounts of weight if they have the power and structure built for it. It may simply not be plumbed to shift fuel in/out of the belly to make it practical.

February 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm in reply to: how exactly is lift generated? #2245760

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It depends on your rock shape.

February 4, 2013 at 1:10 am in reply to: Most beautiful aircraft #2246007

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That is a Crusader. I think you meant to say X-32, rather than X-35. It resembles both the Corsair and Crusader. I liked this pic because it showed the Y-rack. The same rack was mountable on either side with the rail assembly adjusted accordingly. One side angled upwards while the drogue side angled downwards to keep it from obstructing a2a refueling.

February 4, 2013 at 12:43 am in reply to: Y20 thread #2246058

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My first impression is they took MD tail plans and an Airbus nose and stitched them onto an Il-76. Its looking more and more true with all the new details emerging. They did beef up the main landing gear which might suggest its for rougher fieldwork than the original Il-76.

February 3, 2013 at 4:41 pm in reply to: how exactly is lift generated? #2246370

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You’re confusing the vectors. Thrust is the forward vector, not lift. Your wing has a net displacement of position, affecting a volume of air as it passes through. That volume of air will seek to return to its original state. The air going over the wing isn’t forced, it is drawn.

February 3, 2013 at 1:54 pm in reply to: how exactly is lift generated? #2246507

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Bernoulli principle describes some of the groundwork for how you recoup the pressure of pushing air into a useable force. You can recoup roughly two thirds of the force applied to the mass of air your object plows through to generate lift. There are two ways of doing it, using the vacuum generated by the air going around it or by cupping the air underneath your object. That is the most basic ways you generate lift. When you explore the more granular details it gets infinitely more complicated.

February 3, 2013 at 2:52 am in reply to: how exactly is lift generated? #2246789

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Supercritical wings generate lift via below wing airflow and are optimal in subsonic flight. Overwing airflow generated lift is superior in supersonic flight. You use moveable parts to get the best of both profiles in their respective optimal flight regimes.

February 3, 2013 at 12:06 am in reply to: Frankenplane Prototypes #2246837

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I’ve always liked both the Crusader and the Lightning, and it would be cool to combine the two into a Frankenplane. Here is a link of a modeller that did a Crusader with the Lightning dual exhaust: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,35089.0.html

Not as sexy as the Lightning front and back ends, but good concept. But also consider the single-engined Lightning here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,34972.0.html

It’s actually the body of an Su-7 with the front end, wings, belly, and gear of the Lightning grafted on. Whatif modellers are amazing.

February 2, 2013 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Most beautiful aircraft #2247104

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January 30, 2013 at 5:13 am in reply to: NATO v equally equipped opponent #2250580

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We already know India and Cina fighting leads to Pakistan involvement. I’m not sure what Bangladesh does in that event, but I doubt they stay idle.

January 29, 2013 at 1:02 am in reply to: Military Aviation News-2013 #2251441

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Korea and Vietnam cooperation?
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