Don ChanWRT canards, on fighters with canards (Eurofighter Typhoon, F-15 S/MTD, J-10, Kfir, et al), do both canards always deflect at the same angle?
Or, as the flight control software continually optimises the aerodynamic parameters, will the canards deflect at different angles?
WRT cannon, how’s the firing rate of the BK-27?
150 rounds are enough for how many seconds?
(IMO as an A-10 fan, 150 cannon rounds don’t sound like a lot.)
Don ChanAdd data.
The Machida City (part of Tokyo) official site in Japanese at
http://www.city.machida.tokyo.jp/shisei/souon/joukyou/jyokyo05/
has a table of military aircraft accidents and crashes, from Shouwa 35 (1960) to Heisei 11 (1999), in and about Machida City.
5 May 1999:
An US C-130 dropped a sandbag, weight 7 kg, near the Oyama Primary School, in Oyamachou, Machida City, Tokyo.
Roof damaged.
14 November 1997:
A JGSDF helicopter made emergency landing in Kamitsuruma, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
No damage.
22 June 1992:
An US C-130 dropped something in Miyash*ta, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Roof damaged.
7 September 1989:
An US UH-1 made emergency landing in Shimotsuruma, Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Vegetation damaged.
26 October 1987:
An US P-3C dropped something in Minamirinkan, Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Ventilation fan cover of civilian house damaged.
25 February 1982:
An US helicopter made emergency landing in Camp Fuchinobe, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
No damage.
27 September 1977:
An US RF-4B crashed in Edachou, Midori Ku (now Aoba Ku), Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Crew ejected. Two killed, seven wounded. One of the wounded died in January 1982.
20 houses destroyed or damaged.
9 May 1978:
An US helicopter made emergency landing in Nishioonuma, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
No damage.
10 July 1970:
An US jet aircraft dropped something in Oonuma, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Glasses and roof damaged.
24 June 1967:
An US jet aircraft dropped something in Fukami, Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
No damage.
5 May 1965:
An US F-105 crashed in an US military residential area, in Kamitsuruma, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Pilot ejected. Three Americans killed, seven wounded. One Japanese wounded.
Two American houses destroyed.
8 September 1964:
About 10:58, an US F-8U crashed at the Tateno Metal Factory in Kamisouyagi, Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, because of engine problem.
It belonged to the USN aircraft carrier CVA-31 USS Bonhomme Richard.
The factory owner Tateno Masamori’s first son (25), third son (19), and a worker were killed instantly. The second son (23) and another worker died at the hospital. Three others were wounded.
Four houses, including the factory, were destroyed. Six houses were damaged.
5 April 1964:
An US F-8U crashed in 2 Choume, Haramachida, Machida City, Tokyo.
Pilot ejected. Four killed, 32 wounded.
27 houses destroyed or damaged.
Back then, Machida City population was 96,891.
16 January 1964:
An US F-8U crashed in Sagamidai, Zamamachi (now Sagamigaoka, Zama City).
Glasses and roof of civilian house(s) damaged.
Pilot killed.
5 December 1960:
An US F-4D crashed in Tana, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Pilot killed.
Don ChanIn the authoritative Chinese (China) news site Xin Hua Net, an article at
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2005-06/08/content_3057395.htm
reported:
On 14 April 2005, at night, a PLAN two-engine, two-seat fighter made an emergency landing, with one engine.
At 22:03, at an AB in Jiang Nan region, pilot ZHANG Zhi Qiang and navigator CHENG Fu Qiang got into their fighter for a night training sortie. It was Zhang’s first night sortie. It took off and arrived in the training area.
At 22:23, the right lubricant warning light began to blink. Zhang guessed if the lubricant was leaking, the engine would dry-revolve. He reported to the tower controller, and was authorised to RTB.
He throttled the engine to idle, and the fighter began to slightly shake. The tower advised him to shut down the engine. At height 2,800 m, he shut down the engine.
At 22:28, the fighter touched down, and despite its unbalanced thrust, Zhang kept it under control.
For his action, he was recorded a second-class merit.
Don ChanHere is a non definitive list on the official website (this list was made on the 31st of March.)
FYI, I just read in Yahoo! China News at
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/050611/998/2cokq.html
that the 46th Paris air show is on 2005.06.13-2005.06.19, and the several (Communist) China representatives will include the FBC-1 Fei Bao fighter-bomber, FC-1 Xiao Long fighter, Shan Ying advanced trainer, and others.
Don ChanThanks much, dudes.
Don Chan(On the one paw, I didn’t expect the J-10 or just its model kits to have so many international fans.
On the other paw, I’m surprised the Chinese company that makes the J-10 model kits hasn’t been arrested and closed down by the (IMO paranoid) Chinese national security ministry for disclosing national military secrets.)
Don ChanJust for info. So it happens everywhere.
(I was clearing out an old briefcase when I found in it some old newspaper cuttings, some of which concerned military aviation.)
Coincidentally, an English (Hong Kong) article dated 4 July 2001, and titled “Stray shots add ammunition to residents’ complaints” by Peter Hadfield, probably from The South China Morning Post, reported:
In the week before 4 July 2001, a JASDF F-4 strafed a residential area in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidou, Japan.
13 rounds hit the roof and walls of the Kitahiroshima rehabilitation centre, and damaged the windows of several parked cars. One round hit a nearby golf course.
The F-4 was one of four practising in an exercise range near Chitose AB, Hokkaidou.
After launching four rockets, they climbed to 2,250 m, and armed their cannons – when one of their cannons fired a burst by mistake. It fired 188 rounds in two seconds.
A report released two days after the accident concluded the cause was an electrical fault.
Don ChanJust for info. So it happens everywhere.
(I was clearing out an old briefcase when I found in it some old newspaper cuttings, some of which concerned military aviation.)
Coincidentally, an English (Hong Kong) article dated 4 July 2001, and titled “Stray shots add ammunition to residents’ complaints” by Peter Hadfield, probably from The South China Morning Post, reported:
In the week before 4 July 2001, a JASDF F-4 strafed a residential area in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidou, Japan.
13 rounds hit the roof and walls of the Kitahiroshima rehabilitation centre, and damaged the windows of several parked cars. One round hit a nearby golf course.
The F-4 was one of four practising in an exercise range near Chitose AB, Hokkaidou.
After launching four rockets, they climbed to 2,250 m, and armed their cannons – when one of their cannons fired a burst by mistake. It fired 188 rounds in two seconds.
A report released two days after the accident concluded the cause was an electrical fault.
Don ChanFYI, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries site has a catalogue of their aircraft, engines, missiles, and rockets, in Japanese at
http://www.mhi.co.jp/aero/productf/prod01.htm
and in English at
http://www.mhi.co.jp/aero/english/productf/prod01.htm
Don ChanIIRC, in non-fiction books about the 1982 Operation Corporate (Falklands War) that I read, the Shar (Sea Harrier) pilots interviewed by the authors said that they didn’t VIFF in real combat, because they would become targets of opportunity to the bandit’s wingman, and that while banking and turning, VIFF added only 0.5 G to the manoeuvres.
Don Chan] the models from China has serious flaws in details and their cover art work is extremely bad. However, Trumpeter seems to be ok
A couple years ago, I was in Shang Hai, and in a department store, I saw in a show case, some pretty assembled military aircraft models, so I bought a 1:72 Ka-50 by LEE, for only RMB 20, or about US$ 2.41, according to the receipt still in the box.
I knew Chinese model makers didn’t usually make such good moulds, so I checked the box and the multi-lingual instruction sheet for the original model maker. Amongst the English text was… Italeri.
Over the years, I also bought some 1:144 models by LEE… (glancing up…) F-4E, F-14, F/A-18, and Mitsubishi F-1. (Yes, I’m more of a Fighter/Attacker Guy. How did you know?)
An IMO interesting aspect about LEE and Trumpeter is they make 1:144 models of PLAAF aircraft, including J-7 and J-8 variants, and my room doesn’t have much leisure space to place bigger 1:72 models.
OTOH, they also make 1:35 and 1:48 models of Chinese, European, and Japanese AFVs and APCs.
WRT ground vehicles, personally, I’m more fascinated by models of mobile AA guns and SAMs, such as the old ZSU-23-4 by Dragon, because they are rare.
Don Chan“In The Navy”
As you may know, the June 2005 issue of AFM has an article titled “UK Future Maritime Airpower”
http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/index.html?http://www.airforcesmonthly.com/current_issue/maritime.html
that analyses the capabilities of the near-future aircraft carriers and JSFs of the Royal Navy.
Also, ISTR (and correct me if I’m wrong) this article claims the prices of the JSFs as:
F-35B Joint Strike Fighter: $45.3 million (2005).
F-35C Joint Strike Fighter: $47.4 million (2005).
Don Chanalso, the instructions does not have an universal colour key, so all the painting instructions were useless to everyone who are not familiar with trumpiter’s colour coding (which i suspect would be the vast majority of users. this meant that i had to keep refering to my J10 pic library, and will greatly incovenience anyone who does not have good quality pics of the J10.
http://image2.sina.com.cn/jc/2005-04-19/U28P27T1D282162F26DT20050419114630.jpg
http://tuku.military.china.com/military/html/2005-04-16/8481.htm
http://www.afwing.com/gallery/j10.htm
have a “fan art” collection of J-10s in different markings,
such as “03” in the PLAAF air demo team Ba Yi, and as
Pakistani AF.
Don ChanIts official advertisements in the Trumpeter site are at
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/war513/products/message.asp?id=264
http://www.trumpeter-china.com/war513/products/en_message.asp?id=264
] I still can’t find this J-10A kit from Trumpeter in Hong Kong now.
(AFAIK) UML in Causeway Bay, Ho Man Tin, and Mong Kok don’t have it, but as of last month, the (IIRC) Hong Tin model shop, behind the Wing On department store in Yau Ma Tei, has a stack of it.
HK$ 76 (about US$ 10) each.
Don Chan] Didn’t the Japanese gave nicknames to the F-2 and OH-X as Falcon-Zero and Ninja respectively ?
Yes, but AFAIK, Viper-Zero for the F-2 is unofficial?
] The series is older than 2004.
Uncertain. I watched a bit of it, when I was in China in summer 2004. Maybe it was re-run.
Some Chinese sites, such as
http://www.52vcd.com/rm45/show/showf.php?id=14689
claim it was first on air in July 2004.
] there’s also the JH7 ‘Fei Bao’ AKA flying lepord.
Ah. Momentarily forgot the JH-7 (FBC-1) Fei Bao.
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