Exorcet Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Yes, it will never die, even if I don't have anything specific to announce at this point. Though I did find some upgraded F-15 J's, interestingly equipped with IRST, though I was able to verify its performance. I'm curious to see what it offers over the F-15 J and F-15 C, though I doubt it's as drastic as Su-27 to Su-35. In other news, the PAK-FA is still making claims about being on track for flight testing apparently. The wide F-22 concept for the plane currently leads popularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) UNBELIEVEABLE. I will analyze. EDIT Info is hard to come by, about the only thing I found that might be worth stating is that the avionic will be based on the Su-35's. What this means specifically, I don't know. Russia has some AESA's, but perhaps their performance was not satisfactory enough to warrent one over an advanced IRBIS PESA? http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100129/157715602.html Weapons seem to be concentrated between intakes, 8 R-77's or two bombs. I'm guessing the weapons bays are set up like the YF-23's. http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100129/157717728.html Edited February 1, 2010 by Exorcet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 WTF F22Tomcat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273/BamaBlitzkrieg/Forza%203/USAFChallenger.png It used to be a plane, but I stole its wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) I found the tail http://autotraderca.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/chargerdaytona.jpg Also, YAL-1 is showing off http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/sto...mp;headline=ABL Shoots Down Target, Engages Second&channel=defense Edit- Apparently there are spaces in the URL, so copy and paste. 1 down, 1 hit. I want to see it engage a QF-4. Edited February 15, 2010 by Exorcet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Visible shock waves at 1:50 Never seen that before in a rocket launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) Um, I've never seen a shockwave like that before. Especially that far out in front. In fact, from what I remember that isn't how a shock wave works. Hmm. Sonic booms do propogate that way iirc. I'm gonna send this vid to a few friends. Edited February 19, 2010 by Penguin Deus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Now I see why they need to be phallic-shaped. Must be hard to penetrate that layer. HEY-OH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 lol penis But ya I'm fairly certain that's not a shockwave. What's visible is probably just the Mach waves of the plane. I think that's what they're called. Or another way to see it is the only thing visible is the sound waves emenating from the plane. That would explain why when it goes supersonic the circles end up being so far behind it, but still radiate out before the supersonic point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Yeah, that does make more sense. The shockwave should actually be in front of the rocket. You'd only get circular waves from an explosion or something not moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Found a nice F-22 spin video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphv_3F4UVA...eos=XO_YdTvW1d8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butts Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/dy...plane-parts.php Now I can be an ecologically-concerned hipster and STILL like aviation?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 How did I miss an update here? Nice find, it goes with the wooden car. Wood is such an awesome composite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent210 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 After reading through this, I've come to the conclusion that this thread is what Exorcet lives for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonael Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USAF_X32B_250.jpg/800px-USAF_X32B_250.jpg Never seen this plane before. Popped up on a random search. Odd looking plane too. X-32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUNG MASTERLESS GLENCOUR Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 That plane is pretty old. It was our bid for the JSF contract. It got beat by what is the current JSF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Navy variant (or some revision) looked a bit better, conventional tail and larger wings. Still has that 'face' though. I don't know where they planned to stuff the weapons haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Random topic time Who has it right, USAF or RAF? USAF - F-22 5th generation fighter with medium range AMRAAM RAF - EF-2000 4.5 gen fighter with long range Meteor You may think, well, 5 > 4.5, but what happens when the F-22 is found (it's certainly possible). The F-22 will be flying higher and faster, but its missiles will still have conventional limitations, ie, they will basically glide to the target. If the EF-2000 can get a lock, the Meteor could have fuel all the way to the F-22. The Meteor won't be AMRAAM fast (most likely), but it will have greater kill energy, perhaps negating F-22 supercruise. So, who do you vote for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Anything that shoots meteors must be deadly. I vote for the RAF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 AIM-120 will amRAaM meteors out of the sky. That translates into Range Air Missile. I should also mention that both the AIM-120 and Meteor are Datalink TARH missiles, but the F-22 has a fixed 120 degree FOV, while the EF can reach 180 (I think, it's a movable PESA, or AESA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/100514-f-0000c-603.jpg Lt. Col. Gabriel Green and Capt. Zachary Bartoe patrol the airspace in an F-15E Strike Eagle as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches May 14, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted June 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 That's an epic photo. I can't wait until I get pilot's license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exorcet Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I suppose gray boxes with x's on it are awesome. But this reminds me of my flight to/from California/Texas this week. It was so good to sit in a plane again. Takeoff felt great, you can feel the thrust and lift. Sadly, I didn't see any local supersonic flow even though I was sitting on the wing. I got a nice view of vortices landing at Dallas though. On the last leg of the flight, I was by the engine and recalling my professor telling us about how they do explosion tests or whatever and the blades might come through the fuselage. I couldn't see the engine fan though, it was too far back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739045.jpg http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739046.jpg http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739047.jpg http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739190.jpg Videos The pilot is alive and his injuries aren't expected to be life-threatening. Aftermath:http://i31.tinypic.com/10r0h3a.jpg Edited July 24, 2010 by Gary the Tennis Coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUMERIAN BLOOD GOD Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 That link's been acting funny. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I think their site broke from all the traffic Gizmodo and MSNBC funneled their way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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