Actually, it doesn’t, it’s clear of the ‘bulge’ that houses the wheel. I’m not saying it’s a blocker, imho, it’s a FOD screen. It fits the bill perfectly.
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Actually it ISNT clear… and im only calling it a “blocker” because everyone else does.
How on earth can you call it a FOD screen? Perfectly?
Ok tell me how it ejects the FOD as there is no vents in that area?
It just sits there disrupting the flow of air until it lands and ground crew then crawl into the LONG intake to clear it??
Going through englishrussia makes you wonder sometimes, the amount of abandonned ex equipment from the cold war era stored in hangars, out in the open or in tunnels is simply astounding.
Litterally billions of dollars decaying away… at the very least it would be worth scrap metal value to someone.
Makes you wonder why these old bases arent cleaned up? but lord knows how contaminated the sites are and how much it would cost to get rid of it all.
The roof collapse is news to me (musta missed that one!) and very sad to see it all gone to waste.
Currently there are pictures of a aircraft staic test facility somewhere… abandonned in situ. complete with an IL76 still attached to the test rig.
http://englishrussia.com/2011/09/08/testing-endurance-of-airplanes/
This one was at MAKS 2011 – I photographed it on 18 August…..
Being prepared for a museum display – rumour has it, at Zadorozhny.
Ken
Ken did you take pics of the other side??
They had pictures up on english russia 2 weeks ago… it was only painted on one side, the rudder appears to be plywood! and the windows were replaced with painted panels.
Thanks for the info guys…
Isn’t one of them due to be prepared for display and then sent to a museum now?
You mean this one? (in germany?)
I said estimated 21m..
It is widly accepted, the T-50 is a tad longer and larger vs the F-22, is it not?Anyway, since the engine is 5m long, just cut the T-50 on that pic up in four equal lenght and you can get an estimated position of the Fan.
The air intake is square/ diamond shape…. it then goes past the main under carriage bulge. That part of the intake can NOT be circular in cross-section.
The internal cross-section would need to be circular befor it hits the engine.
The only place it can do this is behind the main gears, which doesnt leave much room between the actual fan face and where it transitions.
Im guessing at the earth point stencil (?) just behind the main gear leg is where it becomes circular. (next to the two black dots)
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