Got the laugh at this,
So we are looking at buying interim aircraft at what will be a massive cost, when we have just thrown away a full carrier or 2 of brand new Harriers GR9s.

Guess we could drag out all the mothballed Jaguars and use those on the carrier for a cheap stop gap.:eek:

Not that bad really here in the Midlands, not far from Airbase myself and we have not seen much damage.

DON’T
This will make a warm camer coming out into V.cold air. Condensation will be a very major problem, it could even happen on the inside..then it will freeze and crack something.

Really looking fwd to pics of the Northern lights. Have you researched the best way to photograph them? I understand it is very difficult to capture sharpness and colour.

:rolleyes:
A little sicence on the matter.

One of the handiest winter photo tips to know: Cold air has low moisture content. There’s little or no condensation when you go outside into the cold. this becomes a problem when you go back inside.

moisture from the warm inside air condenses on their cold surfaces. The lens can become completely covered with moisture, as can the mechanical and electrical components inside the camera. You don’t want moisture – water! – on your lens or inside the camera. So how can you avoid this problem?

Let your camera warm up slowly. Place it on a cool window sill or an unheated porch for a couple of hours so it can rise slowly to room temperature. Condensation can play havoc with an all-electronic camera. This is where the suggestion of wrapping a cold camera in a plastic bag comes into play. The moisture will settle on the outside of the bag rather than on the camera’s outside and inside surfaces. You can protect the delicate electronics this way. In fact, it’s best if you place the bag on the camera while still outside, not when you bring the camera in.

My tip is to keep your bag warmish with the heat pads inside your bag while out, as above takeing your camera out in the freezeing cold with no moisture content is ok. sticking your camera back in the bag with still little or no moisture content will warm your gear up slowly and will help in the transition to going back indoors where moisture content is very high.
Cheers Rich.

Hello.

I recently watched the BBC documentary “Bomb Squad” about British counter IED work in Afghanistan.

At one point in the documentary a team laying an IED was blown up by a missile launched from Camp Bastion.

Later on in the documentary one of the subjects referred to it as an “Extracter” missile but then corrected himself and said “Exacter”.

I have had a look online and it seems to be something that is not very official ( i found another reference on a forum but they were unsure of the weapon involved, and apparently questions have been tabled in parliament (or some such).

Does anyone have any information on this shadowy weapon deployment (is it fireshadow?)

Would have to guess its a Spike Extender,
they are a few variant’s SR and LR + Extender, sounds like exactor maybe
Spike Extender is what i would say was used.

I work with modern state of the art 3D CNC machines every day at work.
yes they can make anything out of a solid block. also core out anything else with spark erosion.make a copper core 3D CNC yet again of the what you want, and it will erode it out perfect.

Could it be certified i do not know,
This modern way could be better then the old way.the tolerances via CNC are micron perfect everytime.

Just getting to exspensive for me. anything over £20-£25 is a no no.
fuel costs and to be Honest the crowd line and view at Duxford is very very poor.
I used to like Duxford shows around 6 years plus ago, thou today it just seems like a lot of hassle and cost.

Done a so called bodge job a few years back very much the same as yourself,
i did not use double stickey tape,

just a got some araldite bought from poundland:eek:and glued it on the to the heat sinc, works fine as long as it keeps the temp down then you should be fine.

With the chinese being a short race, then looking at those images the aircraft is not very high.

Still think its a high altitude flyer with plenty of stores.
if you are above and in the thin air, your missle will have greater range in the thin air and faster too the target below,

maybe the F22,F35 are not that stealthy on there top surfaces

Do not know why all the fuss is about the size of the thing, not a lot to learn from it in my view.

whatever you think you know could be miles away, if this as a few new tricks up it’s sleeve that you do not know about.