nice one geoff. that thing had just the weirdest way of carrying heatseekers for self defence. the move it is making, is it tossing those 500 pounders ‘over the shoulder’ or is it just showin off for the camera?

Very beautiful picture, but OMFG what an ugly aircraft.. that belly! Lighting, you’re getting fat, get to the gym you slob!

Or are they perhaps lady lightnings carrying little tiffies?

Anyway if you like full-bodied aircraft:

😛

This one on the other hand looks downright anorexic:

the inlets and strangely the nose wheel door. they do not want the chinese to know its not actually serrated 😛

Afaik the Ka-50 / 52 yaws very very quick indeed because it it is a coaxial design. It is shorter and therefore the yawing motion has less inertia than a longer design with a tail rotor. On the other hand, you need to be more careful about “blade slap”; having the two rotor discs hit eachother due to harsh pitch changes or being hamfisted with the collective. Its also not very stable if the simulation is anything to go by. (the sim i base these comments on is this very detailed consumer product made in Russia)

The Kamovs do not have a system similar to the NOTAR. I wonder why that never took off. It seems such an elegant solution.

Congress cancels over-time and over-budget jet. “Just like a sick, overweight puppy that can’t be healed, we had to put it down” states the chairman in a april 1st press release.

F-35 Cancelled due to Cost Overruns, Performance Shortfalls

ok you guys are right, its a bad joke. its tasteless and offensive and i will edit the post right away. thanks for setting me straight. it seemed funny to me when i thought it up.

You so logical! it all makes perfect sense! how can it be otherwise?!

I find it odd that noone has mentioned roll rate yet. It’s pretty darn important in making yourself hard to hit when it comes to guns.