LoooSeR Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Tu-95MS "Velikiy Novgorod" (Number 16 Red) with Kh-101 missiles spotted near Engels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 3 days ago a 100th Su-34 was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 So I have approval from my boss to write an article for TFB on the A-10. How buttmad do you think people will be if I post something about how we should retire it? Are you going to write an article about how the GAU-8 fulfils all of the requirements for a effective small arms? Or how the terminal ballistics in human tissue aren't really all that impressive, all things considered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Grumman is working on a laser defense pod for the USAF. 39.3 million awarded for development. http://www.janes.com/article/63185/northrop-grumman-to-develop-laser-pod-to-protect-usaf-fighters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Interesting article on CFTs for the Superbug. Some of the discussion in the comments is very interesting. http://navy-matters.blogspot.ca/2016/08/super-hornet-conformal-fuel-tanks.html Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Are you going to write an article about how the GAU-8 fulfils all of the requirements for a effective small arms? Or how the terminal ballistics in human tissue aren't really all that impressive, all things considered? I bet its ammo takes long as hell to start yawing in human tissue. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Interesting article on CFTs for the Superbug. Some of the discussion in the comments is very interesting. http://navy-matters.blogspot.ca/2016/08/super-hornet-conformal-fuel-tanks.html The claims about drag seem reasonable. The figures I had seen for the F-15 showed negligible increase in subsonic drag, but a significant increase in supersonic drag (although still less than a pylon tank). Subsonic and supersonic drag work so differently that it's entirely reasonable that a change could have little effect on one, or even improve it, but degrade the other. Bill Gunston and Mike Spick were rather critical of 3rd and 4th generation fighter aircraft design. Why bother with fancy variable geometry intakes, delta wings, and area ruling when all that does is degrade the fighter in subsonic flight where it spends 99% of its time? It was an interesting argument, and a moot one now that fighters can supercruise. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Bunch of guys got sick after getting exposed to hydrazine from an F-16; http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/chemical-leak-in-f--fighter-plane-sends-six-airmen/article_3619f346-6b1e-11e6-90a2-0bf38c0a5f01.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 So yeah, apparently a Falcon 9 suffered a catastrophic explosion on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral today. http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2016/09/01/explosion-reported-spacex-pad/89710076/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 China and Ukraine to restart AN-225 production?!?!?!??!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 China and Ukraine to restart AN-225 production?!?!?!??!? This seems to be an unfinished 2nd airframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 AFAIK China bought AN-225 and documents, don;t know if production will happen in Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 AFAIK China bought AN-225 and documents, don;t know if production will happen in Ukraine. So China will supply the engine, avionics, and fuselage, while Ukraine supplies the... blueprints? That sort of deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 So China will supply the engine, avionics, and fuselage, while Ukraine supplies the... blueprints? That sort of deal? Yeah, i suspect that Ukraine will just find some Soviet docs under layers of dust and China will actually build that plane or some version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Analysis of the SpaceX explosion, from Scott Manley: Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-augmented_rocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Turkey's aviation industry has designed its first turbojet engine: This is a significant, but small step. There aren't that many countries that can manufacture gas turbines, and of those there are several, highly developed countries even, that can manufacture but not design their own gas turbines (e.g. Sweden). So Turkey is moving towards belonging to the exclusive club of countries that can design and build jet engines. Turkey has had licenses for a number of GE gas turbines for a while, including the J79 and (if memory serves) the F110 as well. But this is a small step. In addition to being cute and tiny, this engine isn't very efficient. Specific fuel consumption is about 50% higher than for a J85, for instance. Clearly, Turkey has much work to do if they wish to build top-notch gas turbines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 New South Korean Air-to-ground "Tank Sniper" missile (light-medium ATGM, also called Light Armed Helicopter Air-to-Ground Missile (LAH-AGM)), shown at DX Korea 2016. Tandem HEAT warhead is still in development. Guidance system on those missiles use 2 modes - TV guidance mode (via cable like some Spike missiles) and thermal imager in fire and forget mode. Missile stats - 35 kg, 1.7 meter long ~150mm caliber, up to 8 km range. KAI/Airbus Light Armed Helicopter that will use those missiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 The Myasishchev M-55 high-altitude geophysical research aircraft completed European stratosphere studies. Photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 US just lost a U-2. Pilots got out. https://tacairnet.com/2016/09/20/us-air-force-u-2-spyplane-goes-down-in-california-both-pilots-safe/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 One died, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 And the Greeks lost an Apache. http://defence-blog.com/news/greek-apache-helicopter-crashes-both-pilots-survived.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 And the Greeks lost an Apache. http://defence-blog.com/news/greek-apache-helicopter-crashes-both-pilots-survived.html Video of the above. Holy shit. Pilot and gunner both survived... how the fuck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 How many helicopter crashes can we blame on inverted loop maneuvers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/5261/the-mexican-air-force-no-longer-has-any-fighter-aircraft-in-its-inventory RIP Mexican AF Edit: Also, nice to see Tyler's name again. Good to see he is still reporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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