Author Topic: Aviation Pictures Part Trois (Read 199094 times)

Bedwyr · « **Reply #1110 on:** 24 July 2018, 06:13:02 »

Here is a video of a replica running on a test stand.

Pulse Test

I am Belch II · « **Reply #1111 on:** 24 July 2018, 08:38:35 »

This was the engine from the plane so called. It was a Pulse Detonation Engine. Little different then the Pulse engine from the V-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine

even tried it in flight

hoosierhick · « **Reply #1112 on:** 24 July 2018, 16:28:27 »

Anyone else going to be at the Oshkosh airshow (Ok...EAA Airventure)? I'm heading there tomorrow for a couple of days and hope to get a ton of pics.

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #1113 on:** 24 July 2018, 17:04:52 »

Quote from: I am Belch II on 24 July 2018, 08:38:35

This was the engine from the plane so called. It was a Pulse Detonation Engine. Little different then the Pulse engine from the V-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine

even tried it in flight

this plane was in a dfiscussion i am in on another forum (a webcomic fandom.. a C-82 packet had just appeared ,and i posted a pic from a museum to illustrate the aircraft in question, and the PDE plane above was hanging in the shot.)

where i described the PDE as a sort of "Ramjet Orion Buzzbomb" after someone had made the V-1 comparison..

chanman · « **Reply #1114 on:** 25 July 2018, 14:01:03 »

Who loves rocket spam?

I wonder if rockets work with twin or triple ejector racks. Regardless, I'd love to see an A-10 or Super Hornet (or any other platform with lots and lots of hardpoints - Flankers?) with RLs on every single hardpoint, ripple-firing the suckers off

Kidd · « **Reply #1115 on:** 25 July 2018, 14:47:22 »

(Laughs in Su-25)

Though actually my taste runs more to RAF Tornado and Brimstone - precision over raw power...

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #1116 on:** 25 July 2018, 15:31:18 »

Quote from: chanman on 25 July 2018, 14:01:03

I wonder if rockets work with twin or triple ejector racks.

They do.
F-16 at Davis Monthan AFB.

Only seems to work with the smaller 4 and 6/7 tube systems though.

chanman · « **Reply #1117 on:** 25 July 2018, 15:50:35 »

Quote from: Kidd on 25 July 2018, 14:47:22

(Laughs in Su-25)

So it is!

I see the Russians do the same thing with firing rockets from expensive cutting-edge fighters for PR shoots

And sometimes bigger is more

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #1118 on:** 28 July 2018, 17:13:13 »

Damn whippersnappers... let's kick it old-school.

Feenix74 · « **Reply #1119 on:** 28 July 2018, 18:54:37 »

Younger generations . . .

No appreciation for doing it for doing it the right way . . . by hand, relying too much on their fancy toys. In our day, we had pride in our work and it took real skill to get on target, none of this point and shoot stuff . . .

chanman · « **Reply #1120 on:** 29 July 2018, 01:40:36 »

WW1 Le Prieur rockets which were little more than fireworks...

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #1121 on:** 29 July 2018, 01:54:13 »

I suppose as area-marking smoke rockets those would work. Pick out grid squares for the artillery to convert to lunar terrain, more than any actual attack capability.

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #1122 on:** 29 July 2018, 01:59:48 »

could also see those maybe being usable against zepplins.

marauder648 · « **Reply #1123 on:** 29 July 2018, 03:09:29 »

Yes that's a Skyraider with a toilet on its bomb rack :p

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The story of the toilet drop was told by Captain Clint Johnson, the pilot of another VA-25 A-1 Skyraider. The toilet was a damaged one that was going to be thrown overboard anyway. But some plane captains decided to rescue it, dress it up to look like a bomb, and drop it in commemoration of the 6 million pounds of ordnance that had been dropped by the U.S. Air Force. The Air Control team said it made a whistling sound as it came down, and that it had almost struck the plane as it came off. A film was made of the drop using a video camera mounted on the wing.

Just as the toilet was being shot off, Johnson said,’ we got a 1MC message from the bridge, “What the hell was on 572’s right wing?” There were a lot of jokes with air intelligence about germ warfare. I wish that we had saved the movie film.’

I am Belch II · « **Reply #1124 on:** 29 July 2018, 03:55:10 »

Skyraider with chemical weapons attachment.

Feenix74 · « **Reply #1125 on:** 29 July 2018, 04:00:16 »

Was there a kitchen sink on the other wing? ^-^

God and Davion · « **Reply #1126 on:** 29 July 2018, 06:06:46 »

It has an "E" badge. How can a toilet get an "E" badge? Er... I don't need the answer ;D ;D ;D

Deadborder · « **Reply #1127 on:** 29 July 2018, 08:23:51 »

Bombing the crap out of the enemy

Sabelkatten · « **Reply #1128 on:** 29 July 2018, 08:46:09 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 29 July 2018, 01:54:13

I suppose as area-marking smoke rockets those would work. Pick out grid squares for the artillery to convert to lunar terrain, more than any actual attack capability.

Looked 'em up on Wikipedia. Incendiary weapons before practical incendiary bullets were developed, they were only intended for use against balloons and airships.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #1129 on:** 29 July 2018, 14:27:48 »

Should you happen to have a 1/32 Skyraider, well, why not?

Quote from: Sabelkatten on 29 July 2018, 08:46:09

Looked 'em up on Wikipedia. Incendiary weapons before practical incendiary bullets were developed, they were only intended for use against balloons and airships.

Huh. You know, you don't really think of LTAs as combatants, but that was indeed a thing back in the day.

Feenix74 · « **Reply #1130 on:** 30 July 2018, 05:39:47 »

Lets try something a bit more modern:

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft has successfully fired its first Harpoon missile during Exercise RIMPAC 18. The ATM-84J Harpoon missile was launched from the aircraft at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, off the coast of Hawaii and successfully struck its target, the former USS Racine.

Kidd · « **Reply #1131 on:** 30 July 2018, 08:32:45 »

I wonder... during SINKEXes, are there ships or aircraft assigned to shoot down the missile if something goes wrong? I'm sure the nearest ships would be very far away from the target area, but even so do they have their anti-missile systems at the ready just in case?

Fat Guy · « **Reply #1132 on:** 30 July 2018, 09:42:27 »

Quote from: Kidd on 30 July 2018, 08:32:45

I wonder... during SINKEXes, are there ships or aircraft assigned to shoot down the missile if something goes wrong? I'm sure the nearest ships would be very far away from the target area, but even so do they have their anti-missile systems at the ready just in case?

I wonder if there's a safety system where they can detonate any missiles that go wonkey remotely?

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #1133 on:** 30 July 2018, 09:56:17 »

There are for things like sub-launched ICBM tests, such as the infamous Trident Fidget Spinner. I'd imagine a test missile is fitted with similar things, especially considering the long range of bigger ones. An AIM-9, not so much an issue since 30 miles of empty airspace isn't so hard to accomplish; 1500 miles for an ALCM (to pick a missile) is a bit trickier. And of course there's all kinds of publicly announced warning areas for tests called Missile Engagement Zones, where it is a very bad idea to be if you reflect radar or emit heat.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #1134 on:** 30 July 2018, 12:28:41 »

Quote from: God and Davion on 29 July 2018, 06:06:46

It has an "E" badge. How can a toilet get an "E" badge? Er... I don't need the answer ;D ;D ;D

There really are some things better imagined than known.

Me, I'm just upset that we don't have rules for this in TacOps. I need to know how much damage a toilet does to a Battlemech upon impact... for a friend, of course.

Fat Guy · « **Reply #1135 on:** 30 July 2018, 14:02:12 »

Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 30 July 2018, 12:28:41

There really are some things better imagined than known.

Me, I'm just upset that we don't have rules for this in TacOps. I need to know how much damage a toilet does to a Battlemech upon impact... for a friend, of course.

Depends on who used it first...

PsihoKekec · « **Reply #1136 on:** 31 July 2018, 00:14:27 »

Toilet used by star of elementals on pasulj diet would be classed as WMD even if it was treatedwith inferno weapons.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1137 on:** 31 July 2018, 01:18:58 »

I'm pretty sure that the Combine has nuked planets for less.

nerd · « **Reply #1138 on:** 31 July 2018, 22:47:51 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 30 July 2018, 09:56:17

There are for things like sub-launched ICBM tests, such as the infamous Trident Fidget Spinner. I'd imagine a test missile is fitted with similar things, especially considering the long range of bigger ones.

When the Range Control Officer on the testing support ship ordered the destruct (a feature available on test missiles only), telemetry said the guidance system was starting to right the missile.

And Lockheed and the Navy knew exactly what went wrong to cause it as well. (NDA still applies here)

marauder648 · « **Reply #1139 on:** 01 August 2018, 13:19:15 »

Apparently the JSDF has painted up an F-15