mikoyan

wow reminds me of the dc-10 accident in the US ; this one had a better outcome.

They are saying that it was a small team of US Seals; I just hope this help the American people unite once again.

The credit should go to the brave team of soldiers and airman who pull this off; and also all the US Armed forces who keep fighting day by day. Can't wait to heard the details about the operation; apparently one helicopter as lost (CNN).

Most Russian helicopters are not esthetically pleasing; maybe they are designed just to perform; and looks is the least thing engineers are thinking about. just now they are starting to build prettier choppers like the ka-60 and the mi-38. If there were a aircraft beauty pageant; the first place would be a close competition between mis tomcat and mis flanker.

I hope it will help solve the mystery of this accident; there are a lots of airplanes of the same model flying around the world and we still don't know if it was a technical issue.

no picture means that it is not real kukukukuku:lol:

how many su-25t are in service?

OK I just noticed that you actually made the flaps work like in the real jet :doh: just looking at the video you can tell that the ailerons of flaps work different than in lock-on default model; the ailerons are divided on 3 sections; the inner section works as a flap only; the wing folding mechanism is located at the end of the first flap; after the folding mechanism it has a flaperon; at that is divided by two. The outer sections seems to drop at a lesser angle that the 2 inner sections... let me look for pictures here it is on the take off config http://acecombatskies.com/index.php?app=gallery&image=1787&size=large and here you can see the inner flap section that I was talking about on the up position http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/airshow01/zhukovsky/su-33.htm Look at this video: pause at 1:48 you can clearly see that when thee airplane with 0 flap down the most inner section doesn't move; only the reminding two sections move right after the wing folding mechanism... just how it is on your model. :doh: Cockpit comment alright! then; are you going to sharpen the tail sections too? http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/su-33.htm Don't take me wrong; your model is great! it is that I'm a flanker crazy guy; I actually build like 12 wood models of it from the su-27 to the su-37; it takes a sharp eye to capture the shape and most importantly the look of the real thing; your model is getting there! I also have 2 1/72 cale models and I can tell you there is no 1/72 or 1/48 scale model that have the right shape of the real jet; most of them need modifications to fix their errors; the last link is a great reference place.

Guys that airplane looks gorgeous; I'm working on a model myself and I really know how much work and time it takes to make a model like yours. I'll like to do a small annotation; in case no one has done it before; don't get mad plz... is the shape of the nose and cockpit correct? isn't supposed to have the same outline as the regular su-27? specially where the glass meets the fuselage? look at this picture: http://www1.airliners.net/photo/0413087/L/ also look at this video; can you guys see that the ailerons are different than how they are in lock on? play close attention to 1:18 only the most inner section of the flaps remains fixed it does not move for roll; it is not like it is animated in lock on

Here is a sad article but great testament of true meaning of the word friendship; Soyuz 1 flight Waring: The article contains images that may not be appropriate for all audiences http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/04/08/134597833/cosmonaut-crashed-into-earth-crying-in-rage and here is a more detailed view of the accident: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz1.html

at least the legs look like photoshop

Looks very similar to the b-52 accident. Looks like the display was way more aggressive than other displays I have seen of the c-17. How hard is to recover from a stall on a spoiler driven aircraft; is it less effective than regular ailerons?

that button is to reboot betty!

can you imagine the smell?

The russians are using flight by wire too; some argue that it is not as advanced as for example the superhornet and f-22. I don't think that there is a way to make a mechanically operated f-22; why? for example if you look at the videos of the f-22 airhows you can see that when it turns the flaps go down depending on the aoa of speed; and they don't just go from up and down; the computers measures how much flap needs to be applied to give best performance; imagine if the pilot had to do that manually? Also what about those cool post stall maneuvers; the airplane would depart or flip if the pilot had to control it manually; you can tell for example when it does a tail slide; all the surfaces move to prevent a spin; imagine if you had to do it yourself. The raptor also uses the rudders to aid the pitch; I find hard to imagine how complex would be to produce the same system operated by the pilot and not a computer. Even the eagle has a computer to help move the airplane around. Just look at the old WWII fighter; most of them had to be operated with lots of care at low speed; most of them would go into a wing rock; some would do it suddenly; others would warn you. The problem is that pilots had to be very cautions trying to not get killed by their airplanes instead of fighting the enemy. What about the f-105 have you seen the sabre dance videos? flight by wire help you prevent that sort of situations; sometimes it also helps reduce airplane deficiencies or improve handling. My only problem with fly by wire is that if you loose your computer or if you experience a failure on your data censors you are in big trouble.

Its me or airplanes are not what they used to be. Highly unlikely scenario next: I wonder what would happen if the Argentinians decided to invade the Malvinas; what would the British do? send a vc-10 to fly mid point the Atlantic to refuel the eurofighters coming from the UK?

needs stripes... :thumbup: everything looks cooler with them

looks like he f4u I lost in a park last week :doh:

I wonder if there is a package for people coming from the states? How much would that be?

what about an su-30mk2? it can drop lots of cool stuff.

Sad stuff; RIP... I wonder if it is the same aircraft I filmed at the Great Ga Airshow? About the flanker; what is the lady on the video saying?

great video with engine noise!

su-27 ub landing

Dude even if it had spikes; nothing change the fact that it is inside of one of the coolest machine made by man. About the photos; did you use high ISO?