Scolopax
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Scolopax got a reaction from Donward in 2016 Presidential Election Thread Archive
I too have found that talking about and/or quoting Trump around most people in my dorm can be an activity sure to produce entertainment.
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Scolopax got a reaction from Tied in General AFV Thread
Supposedly it's a Type 62. They did quite the job with vismodding it.
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Was looking into the matter a bit more, and I'm not sure about the Type 62 classification. Ya-12 seems like a safer bet, but I'm still not entirely convinced. Whoever built them made a couple at least, along with some Shermans that appear to be using the same base vehicle.
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Scolopax got a reaction from Collimatrix in Aerospace Pictures and Art Thread
Did some quick poking around. Apparently the US was going to have Grumman upgrade the radar and FCS on J-8IIs for the Chinese in exchange for loadsamoney. The project name for this was "Peace Pearl." Events at Tiananmen Square led to the end any progress on the matter. I imagine the aircraft seen above is one of the few planes that made it to the US for this upgrade. Not sure how it ended up in Topeka though.
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Topeka Museum Webpage on F-8II
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Scolopax got a reaction from Sturgeon in Aerospace Pictures and Art Thread
Did some quick poking around. Apparently the US was going to have Grumman upgrade the radar and FCS on J-8IIs for the Chinese in exchange for loadsamoney. The project name for this was "Peace Pearl." Events at Tiananmen Square led to the end any progress on the matter. I imagine the aircraft seen above is one of the few planes that made it to the US for this upgrade. Not sure how it ended up in Topeka though.
Link used on Wikipedia
Topeka Museum Webpage on F-8II
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Scolopax reacted to Priory_of_Sion in 2016 Presidential Election Thread Archive
Sanders and Trump supporters both think they know what they are talking about, but don't to such a degree that it gives me IBS. I don't like to invoke Dunning-Kruger, but its painfully obvious to me.
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Scolopax got a reaction from Collimatrix in General AFV Thread
Engine deck is what mainly caught my eye. M60A2 turret placed on an earlier M48 hull. The source I pulled it from said that it was a used for vehicle recovery training at Ft. Knox.
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Scolopax got a reaction from Tied in General AFV Thread
Engine deck is what mainly caught my eye. M60A2 turret placed on an earlier M48 hull. The source I pulled it from said that it was a used for vehicle recovery training at Ft. Knox.
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Scolopax reacted to Tied in 2016 Presidential Election Thread Archive
its almost like, and bear with me hear for a second, a good stock of voters that support any candidate are good natured folks that are voting for what they believe will make America a better place and arent goosestepping nazi's or pink haired feminists despite what the internet will have you believe
shocking
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Scolopax reacted to Priory_of_Sion in The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.
I think Right, Left, Back, Right, Right, Forward, Left is the cheat-code where you get unlimited ammo.
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Scolopax reacted to LoooSeR in Ukrainian Civil War Thread: All Quiet on the Sturgeon Front
https://vk.com/dnrarmy?z=album-92512390_228295172
Photos from Diesel unit.
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Scolopax reacted to Priory_of_Sion in B-21 Bomber Unveiled
*Jack Northrop's ghost sheds a tear*
At least Jack has a badass azhdarchid named after him. Suck it Germany
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Scolopax reacted to Walter_Sobchak in The Chieftain MBT
I realized that we don't actually have a thread about the British Chieftain tank.
I posted a bunch of Chieftain related stuff on my site today for anyone who is interested. The items include:
Magazine Articles
1970 article from ARMOR
1970 article from IDR - Chieftain-Main Battle tank for the 1970s
1976 article from IDR - The Combat-Improved Chieftain – First Impressions
1976 article from IDR - Improved Chieftain for Iran
Government reports
WO 194-495 Assessment of Weapon System in Chieftain
WO 341-108 Automotive Branch Report on Chieftain Modifications
DEFE 15-1183 – L11 Brochure
WO 194-463 – Demonstration of Chieftain Gun
WO 194-1323 – Feasibility study on Burlington Chieftain
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Scolopax reacted to Collimatrix in Bash the F-35 thred.
One of the technologies that was first flown on the JSF that I fully expect everyone to copy is the new flight control actuator design:
In the previous generation of aircraft, power for the control surfaces is provided by a hydraulic pump that takes power from the aircraft's engine (or APU) and supplies power to hydraulic actuators at the control surfaces via a series of high-pressure hydraulic lines.
These lines snake all over the aircraft, and there is usually some built-in redundancy in combat aircraft. No need to repeat the unfortunate experience of the early F-105, which had a single, non-redundant hydraulic line on the bottom of the fuselage. In combat this was hit with some frequency, which locked up the controls and contributed to the absolutely appalling loss rate of the type in the Vietnam War:
All of these hydraulic lines add up to a lot of messy maintenance:
And they also add up to a significant amount of weight.
The F-35 is different.
In the F-35 there are no hydraulic lines running through the aircraft. Instead, power is transmitted electrically to high-torque stepper motors that drive hydrostatic motors that drive the flight controls. The hydraulic component is much smaller and is self-contained. Instead of blowing out the system to do maintenance, the actuators can simply be unbolted and replaced. The system is also lighter, as it deletes all of the hydraulic lines running all over the place.
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