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  • September 11, 2016 at 11:23 pm in reply to: dedicated CAS planes dead? #2145331
    AbitNutz
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    Doubtful. A Stinger missile is about 1/1,000th of the cost of an AH-64E and 1/500th the cost of an A-10. Even larger MRAAMs are only circa $1-2m.

    What about if the CAS is not a A10 or SU24? What if the CAS is from a Pilatus PC-7 or Super Tucano? Or a retread OV-10 Bronco? Those planes cost about a nickle in comparison…shooting a Stinger at one and lodging a dud in the fuselage may increase the value of the aircraft…

    September 11, 2016 at 2:25 pm in reply to: dedicated CAS planes dead? #2145385
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    It’s clear that CAS would have to pick their battles. A few of those MANPADS on any battlefield would definately color things. In today’s climate, you only have to lose one or two aircraft for them to be pulled from the fight.

    What is the cost and cost per shot of one of the more sophisticated systems? I wonder if you could run into the situation where your missile costs more than the aircraft it is shooting down?

    September 10, 2016 at 4:42 am in reply to: dedicated CAS planes dead? #2146154
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    What if the CAS weren’t jets? What if they were turboprops with highly masked exhausts? Wouldn’t a plane with almost no infrared signature be much harder for a MANPAD to lock onto? Aren’t all the MANPADS reliant on an infrared heat source to chase down? Maybe not, I mean all Hind’s that were taken out by Stingers…You’d think there was an architecture you could follow that could defeat something as limited as a MANPAD.

    September 4, 2016 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Turbine trainer tail config? #2149880
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    Absolutely you did. Thank you so much for being clear and concise.

    April 16, 2015 at 8:44 am in reply to: Adaptve cycle engines #2208669
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    Why would they overlap each other? And what do congressional hearings have to do with separate AFRL run programs?

    The F110 was used by both the Navy and Air Force. Congressional hearings are involved because they appropriate and administrate the armed forces budgets.

    April 15, 2015 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Adaptve cycle engines #2208759
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    No, certainly not flame baiting. It’s just that there are congressional hearings regarding the Air Force and Navy appropriations for these programs, neither of which seem to overlap the other.

    April 15, 2015 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Adaptve cycle engines #2208765
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    So what’s the big deal? If the basic technology is already proven and and in production. It seems that there is a huge amount of controversy surrounding the funding of the ADVENT and AETD programs. Is it just because they’re slated to “save” the F-135 Lightning?

    April 15, 2015 at 3:52 am in reply to: Adaptve cycle engines #2209220
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    That all aside. Are adaptive engines the future of all future fighters?

    April 14, 2015 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Adaptve cycle engines #2209347
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    Is it likely that 6th generation aircraft will incorporate adaptive cycle engines with thrust vectoring and stealth? what other “givens” will the 6th generation fighters have?

    December 3, 2013 at 6:41 pm in reply to: Canted tails? #2240805
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    How serious aerodynomic challenge does it present? Canted tails do generate some lift!? Why doesn’t Su 35 have them?!

    Hmm…maybe the next rendition of the SU-35 will have canted tails…It can’t present too much of a challenge as Boeing was able to do it to an even older, less capable design.

    November 21, 2013 at 11:24 pm in reply to: Top speed of F14-D with GE engines #2250937
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    Pity that. If they had pulled it off and the aircraft performed better…it would have gone a long way to silencing critics of Russian technology. Not to mention serving as an incredible sales tool.

    November 21, 2013 at 3:33 pm in reply to: Top speed of F14-D with GE engines #2251325
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    I’ve read that Victor Mihailovic Chepkin proposed re-engining Iran’s F14’s with Saturn AL-31’s. Was this just a fantasy?

    April 21, 2013 at 9:54 am in reply to: is US going to airstrike Russia? #2281968
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    Now it all makes complete sense! Faking the moon landing, imploding the World Trade Center…all of it! You know they beam messages directly into your brain now but I’ve discovered an easy way to prevent this. All you have to do is line a spaghetti colander with aluminum foil and bend up a couple of coat hangers to act as antennas to redirect energy. Of course, it makes Mr. Sniffles my cat lose his hair but sacrifices have to be made!

    February 11, 2012 at 8:24 pm in reply to: Tu-95 Bear Have No Ejection Seats?! #2335861
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    I read that the TU-95 was so noisy that any jet pilot escorting it could hear the TU-95 over its’ own engines and that it could be picked up on the US SOSUS net. Imagine flying a plane so loud it was picked up on sub detection equipment.

    February 11, 2012 at 11:46 am in reply to: Tu-95 Bear Have No Ejection Seats?! #2336329
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    Isn’t it true that in the British Vulcan the Pilot and copilot have election seats but the two additional crew sit behind them and backward….have no ejection seats?

    Imagine that scenario….”ooops, things are not going well. Bye!”

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