Belesarius Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Peregrine Falcon vs B2 from the side. SuperComrade and LoooSeR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperComrade Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Sturgeon, LostCosmonaut and Belesarius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Peregrine Falcon vs B2 from the side. That is definitely not a peregrine falcon. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Some P-8 pron: The P-1 is a much bigger bird than it looks, about the same size as the P-8.Open weapons bay: Note the wingtips: They look like winglets, but they are actually not: The P-8 also has four wing hardpoints for Harpoons and other missiles (this is a P-8I Neptune in Indian service): Scolopax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Holy shit: https://youtu.be/9pillaOxGCo Someone finally did it. Sturgeon and Collimatrix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Congrats to Blue Origin, but that was a suborbital flight only. The real trick will be to create a fully reusable orbital launch vehicle, which is infinitely harder (and would actually be useful, which New Shepherd's current capability isn't).Still, a HUGE milestone for the company, and commercial spaceflight in general. Also, their rocket looks like a penis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Congrats to Blue Origin, but that was a suborbital flight only. The real trick will be to create a fully reusable orbital launch vehicle, which is infinitely harder (and would actually be useful, which New Shepherd's current capability isn't). Still, a HUGE milestone for the company, and commercial spaceflight in general. Also, their rocket looks like a penis. It is the most penile rocket ever, yes My feeling here is that you could win so hard if this technology allows one to reuse the booster stack. Which is also easy to scale up - you simply slap three of these things together for first stage and stick a third on top to create a voltron of self-landing penises. Boom, orbital penetration and reusability solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Actually no, I don't think that's true at all. Suborbital rockets fly and much lower speeds, and have to be much less tough and structurally strong, plus the boosters themselves must be larger (and longer). It's a lot easier to land something squat and chode-shaped like New Shepherd, now try it with a long-ass Falcon 9 booster. You can't just strap suborbital boosters together and get an orbital machine. Well, in some cases maybe you can, but you have a shitty payload if you do. SuperComrade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Actually no, I don't think that's true at all. Suborbital rockets fly and much lower speeds, and have to be much less tough and structurally strong, plus the boosters themselves must be larger (and longer). It's a lot easier to land something squad and chode-shaped like New Shepherd, now try it with a long-ass Falcon 9 booster. You can't just strap suborbital boosters together and get an orbital machine. Well, in some cases maybe you can, but you have a shitty payload if you do. So you're saying that Kerbal space program lied to me all this time? Well damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperComrade Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 A "suborbital flea's jump", as the Soviets called Alan Shepard's flight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUJtMGR-UI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Kh-101 cruise missile screengrabs Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Some P-8 pron: The P-1 is a much bigger bird than it looks, about the same size as the P-8. Open weapons bay: Note the wingtips: They look like winglets, but they are actually not: The P-8 also has four wing hardpoints for Harpoons and other missiles (this is a P-8I Neptune in Indian service): Best airliner-to-bomber conversion since the He-111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Iraqi Mi-28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard 17F squadron of the French naval aviation at the airport Landivisiau; France; June of 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Commentary's basically worthless, but there's some cool footage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Is that a light gas gun scram cannon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Two stage light gas gun Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Um... Yes, of course it is. Now I feel retarded, as there's clearly no nozzle for it to be a scram cannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Between intakes, targeting optics is clearly visible. Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 There's more to it, but WB-57s are rad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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