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[QUOTE=Brett;1130514159]Those things (love 'em) have an awesome combat record, but simulated combat with F22's has shown it takes six of them to take out one F22. Sadly, they really are last generation. (Though maybe that's a stupid thing to say in a thread mostly full of old aircraft).Originally Posted by Usarka
Measure once, cut twice. Practice makes perfect.
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High-tech and expensive?
The latest generation of aircraft are of stealthy design and materials. The manoeuvrability can be slightly compromised in favour of stealth and the first-strike capability.
The F-35 is still having the bugs worked out of the various sub-types, but this aircraft is WAY over budget and delivery times are suffering and orders being cancelled. The USAF has now had to implement an upgrade program for the F-15’s so they will remain airworthy in the interim.
Stealthy aircraft are detectable. It is a question of WHEN they are detected and this is accomplished by computing power analysing the data from the sensors (radar).
Moore’s law states that computing power doubles every 18 months, so the concept of a stealthy airframe is rapidly diminishing once it enters service.
The paint used on an aircraft also requires special attention to help reduce radar signature.
No aircraft is invisible to radar. Whether it shows up as a seagull or a finch is the issue.
An F-18 Growler has a kill of an F-22 painted on the cockpit side as a demonstration of its dogfighting abilities.
The Russian approach has been to ignore high-end stealth and go for a good all-round aircraft that can put up a good fight once the longer-range missiles and radar have been passed; superiority of numbers certainly helps here.
China has simply stolen technologies from America and attempted to create something that works, according to their own concepts of what is needed in the combat arena.
The question is “is stealth worth it”? Most certainly on the B-2 Spirit and similar first-strike designs, but for the run-of-the-mill fighter, is manoeuvrability more important?
It seems that different nations have pursued different pathways here.
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And to lighten the thread again -
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Just out of interest...
Is anyone else watching "Aviators" on ChoiceTV?
Monday nights at 9pm. Hosted by Martin Shaw.http://www.choicetv.co.nz/martin-shaw
This series follows Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, George Gently) as he sets about restoring his Boeing Stearman bi-plane and along the way meeting pilots of other remarkable aircraft. Mondays 9PM
Apart from keeping an eye on the restoration he spends the series meeting pilots of other remarkable aircraft and, when he's lucky, getting a flight in some of them including a DC3 and a Lightning. The series also includes an interview with Prince Michael Of Kent a balloon race across South Devon; an interview with airline operator Stelios and another young airline operator,a look at the incredible Hovercam flying camera platform), a peep at the jetpack setting an altitude record for Smirnoff; an interview with rocket-builder Steve Bennett and a look at Parajet, the flying machine you can keep in the boot of your car and fly virtually anywhere (legally) without a licence
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Yee haaaa
I'm recording it and will watch it over a couple of days once I've got it all.
The views expressed above may not match yours - But that's the reason my Dad went to war - wasn't it?
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, .... but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,... shouting "man, what a ride"!!!
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*Heave* ... right, dredge this thread up from the depths...
Check this out!
Dan Mills would be impressed!
Guess what happened to the pilot a few weeks later...
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...I suppose it had to happen...eventually...
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Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow aren’t just the 4 cycles of an engine
The metal is always nude.
That Connie pass rocks !!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
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That Connie pass rocks !!
beautiful planes the streamlining looks more radical than the current shapes!
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Well, of all the threads to dredge up, it might as well be this one...
A topical piece that gets more amazing the more you look at what this guy is doing! Stuffed if I can work out how he has made some of those parts (ok, MOST of those parts...)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucaiac...7632208677161/
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...that sure as hell is fine work...crazy is only a relative term I suppose...that Constellation pass was fantastic...the crowd appreciated it too...I was at the Farnborough Air Show on a couple of occasions...I seem to remember screaming the same kind of unintelligible shit that that bloke was...
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A small plane flying exceedingly low. What could possibly go wrong?
Manopausal.
Hardcore Punk
Now move the flags out onto the mown bit.
That was cool and ridiculous at the same time.
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
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Aviation related: I note the first of the modified BUFF's has emerged from upgrade. Looks like they are heading towards a 100yr lifespan!
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