Force_Feedback

I want grilled shark.

Somebody still having that post in their cache?

Thank you for sharing the information with us, looking at different news sites is confusing, this is better. The bbc said the thrust reversers were locked out. And yes the plane was going fast, probably a go around attempt. A question: Are landings without thrust reversers allowed on very wet runways? I know the thrust reversers are a brake augmentation, not a substitute, but is it allowed per operations manual to land on rain/snow covered runways without thrust reversers?

Yes, Smotr is one hell of a tv-show, man if I need to know something and watch it for ~20 min, I learn more than a day worth of Discovery/NG. Also it's nice to see a journalist/presenter that actually cares about the subjects he covers. I'm a bit ashamed that I don't know that guy's name, but I suck with names anyway. Plus, he shares all of his findings and footage with the rest of the world, also for Russian speakers outside Russia. And that all for free, with no pesky flash based movie windows. The shows are quite professional and also shows criticism towards the Russian military (sometimes). Voennoje Delo and Smotr are the kind of TV I like, they actually do shoot something in there. Kind of like Future Weapons, which is great too, as it shows the latest wartech the US/Israel/UK has to offer, I'm still drooling over the Starstreak footage. Then there was a feature on some missile that did a nice corckscrew just after launch. I like shows where they blow up stuff, but with some meaning to it, and some background info, not that retarded Brainiac stuff.

Welcome to the lomac community. Remember, 4:20 AM and PM means Marley time.

Yup, and she has a safe plane too, where others will need to climp, oren the canopy, and then jump out, hoping you have enough altitude. She, and other Russian (French? sponsored) pilots can use their SKS-94 by Zvezda, be it with a minor concussion as they never wear helmets, but still. That makes it even cooler (and subjectively safer).

I don't know what meaning you seek in my 1st message, but it was meant entirely as a joke. What's up with this hostility?

That would be plain coolness, no argument here.

Dudes, it was meant as a joke, come on, loosen up. I'm trying to turn something bad into something funny, no pun intended towards the site or squad. No need to go angry mob with torches on me.

Still a tragedy, no matter the cause of it.

Yup, trying to make war look clean, hahaha, hypocrytes. But, eh it's possible, so why not, killing people with machines that can be destroyed without human casualties is good, right?..... I can already see a generation of people coming thinking war is fun & games. So what if you see bodies on a screen, you're safe in some bunker, the UCAV you pilot is 30000 feet up, and the locals have to clean the mess you made. Yay, 12 hellfires. At least your mum won't sue the government if your brains are scattered over some square meters of dirt. Now they should make 'cheap' artillery launched SAMs that can hit UAVs, without needing to have demonic rocket boosters to propel them all the way up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6903837.stm My condoleances to all involved. Man, sliding into a fuel depot, that is just too morbid. WHT did they place a fuel depot in the flight path, aren't there any regulations that fuel depots can only be placed sideways of runways and not in front/at the back of them (ie where planes fly)? I can already hear the FBW whiners start whining saying this was some computer fluke. Why aren't the procedures modified, I mean, an A-340 and a B-767 (with the inside video) botyh have crashed due to wet surfaces and insufficient braking. Can't all airlines just say that maximum, or almost maximum brakes should be selected, with autospoilers and immediate thrust reversing? And if the approach is too high that it should result in a go around, and not landing halfway on the runway and then wondering why the plane plows the field.

Another whining thread about some site going down in flames? :Flush: Poor Fox Mulder: :ufo: All the trolling on these boards will make Fox Mulder cry, so ED/BS/AA/Aim-120 whiners, keep that in mind. I can already see this becoming a 5 page thread on 'why the site is down for so long'.

BS has Advanced Vaporware Model.

It's a THREAD. btw, Army of darkness is one hell of a stoner movie.

Lol, you guys still care?

It's the only thing out there that can go from 0-15mph in 1.5 seconds, if it wants to though. Something tells me these will be much more reliable than the US and Russian counterparts, since it lacks buggy software that can start WW3.

Shit, something went wrong, should have checked them. http://rapidshare.com/files/43237109/K-36D-picz.rar.html

Not likely that ED will get their hands on the current, about to enter service Mig-29SMT documentation (SMT2, maybe 3, dunno). They may get the info of the SMT we all seen videos of six or more years ago. But even that thing would be cool, as those have a hump, A-G radar, guided munitions and a conformal refueling probe.

Ok, some other no account needed upload sheme? Point the way. А может быть просто в профиль сбросить? K-36D essentials.rar

Dear shouters... Here it is then, hope it's helpful. http://rapidshare.com/files/43094009/K-36D_pics_components.rar.html

Plus, isn't RAM pain like hazardous and irritating, or was that made up by the counterintelligence community?

It's not like it's the best engine ever, besides, all you can see is that it has turbine blades, wow, plus bypass ducts to cool the outer skin. Now we, and the Chinese experts, can conclude that this is indeed a jet engine, that it won't melt, and that it is made out of metal. Wow, that's some real NSA/CIA/NRO/MI6 stuff, wowee :/

~70000 us $, maybe 40k if you buy a used one. New seats cost between 50 and 150 thousand dollars. I can send an email to Zvezda asking them how much their latest and greatest costs :P Nice build man, do you still need some drawings of that thing? Things like the umbilical connectors, lap belt tightener. I have 'technical' drawings of the K-36DM series 2, with all the measurements (3 side view). Just shout if you need some :P

In an ejection from a K-36DM series 2 seat, as seen above, the average G load from the ejection rocket is about 18G, but that is ~18G for about 0.35 seconds. The G value from the catapult alone, the thing that fires before the rocket initiates, is ~13G for about 0.18 seconds. The frontal windblast G load is around 19G in a Mach 1.1 ejection, and 35G in a Mach 2.51 ejection. Mind you that these values only apply to the K-36. T he ACES II for example has a low level delay of 1.17 seconds before the drogue chute is jettisoned, independant of the speed (ie ejecting at Mach 1.4 or ejecting at Mach 0.7, it doesn't matter, 1.17 seconds of decelleration). This is done to limit the horizontal displacement of the seat, but, in most cases (high Mach 90 degree dives excluded), the K-36 travels beteen 100 and 300 ft more in the horizontal plane than the ACES II. The VS-2 seat for example on the L-39 is rated for 0 altitude and 150 km/h and more ejections, yet it has a Gz (rocket) loading of around 22 G. So the G-load varies greatly from seat to seat. A rough value of 16G for the ACES II, 18G for the K-36 classics, 20 G for the Mb mk. 10 can be used, but this is only for low speed ejections (under 250 knots IAS). The actual G-loading depend on the immobilizing mechanisms used in seats, and the use of nets (ACES II+, on the F-22), or windblast deflectors with nets (K-36 3.5 series), flight gear, decelleration methods (drogue chutes, stabilized drogue chutes, drogue booms) and the time those things are given. IMHO it is better to decellerate the seat in a 'smooth' (highly relative!) manner than to decellerate from Mach 1 to Mach 0.05 in 1.5 seconds. As the last mentioned method will surely save the pilot, but will also break a lot of bones and leave potential brain trauma. 'Saving the pilot no matter the cost' is something I don't agree with, as having the man/woman spend 2 years in hospital afterwards will only make matters worse. Also note that this 'slow decelleration' thing only applies to older seats. New seats with computerized sequencers and special algorythms can assertain the needed form of decelleration. So if a plane is about to lawn dart at high speed, it will deploy the main chute as fast as possible, and if ejection occurs at medium altitude, the seat will give more time to decellerate before firing the main chute.