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[159th_Viper]

When Altitude and Ego collide..........:music_whistling:

[Panp]

Vortex ring state happens in a hover with little to no forward speed and not with that much forward airspeed.

 

First tail boom strike at 25 and second at 28-29 on that ridge as he tried to pull up causing the tail boom separation.:joystick:

 

The rest was inevitable:doh:

[GGTharos]

He's at high altitude, which means less lift, which means he should have climbed higher for the maneuver he performed. That's all there is to it. Small pilot error, with big results.

 

Lets start analyzing..

He came in too fast, probably a show off, and he lost his tail after the initial bump on the ground. I thought he entered vortex ring in the first part where he was directly atop the cameraman.

[Demokrator]

[Demokrator]

Click "Full screen" and enjoy the ride. I guarantee 20 minutes of good mood:).

 

Part 1

 

 

Edited March 23, 2012 by Demokrator

[Griffin]

RIP, Raygun: Pentagon’s Laser Plane Laid to Rest

 

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/airborn-laser-rip/?utm_source=co2hog

[Pilotasso]

Russia Orders 30 Su-30SM

 

Is there any reliable site describing the declassified details between it, the SU-35, the Su-27SM and the others?

[JaNk0]

 

anyone know what missile this is?

[159th_Viper]

[/YOUTUBE]

 

anyone know what missile this is?

 

РПК-2 Вьюга 'Blizzard'/RPK-2 Viyuga.

[RvETito]

I've seen it before and I wondered why the need of torpedo-type launch. Now I stopped wonder - the damn thing set the sea on fire! I can imagine what it could do the ship that dares to launch it :D

[Frostiken]

That and it saves a lot of space - vertical launch systems are huge and dangerous. There's a lot that can go wrong with this launch method simply because there's more involved with it, but if something goes wrong it goes wrong somewhere besides on the boat.

[EtherealN]

Another point is that it allows delivery of nuclear warheads onto land targets from any submarine that has a torpedo tube... :)

[Frostiken]

Silly Russians would have to find their nukes first!

 

(:D)

 

Seriously though, I guess it does make more sense in that regard, I didn't know it was actually a 'regular' submarine-launched missile co-opted into a shipboard role.

Edited March 24, 2012 by Frostiken

[159th_Viper]

Primarily an anti-sub missile carrying a nuclear depth-charge where applicable. That's effin' scary if you are a tubie.........

[JaNk0]

[JaNk0]

[Demokrator]

[MoGas]

 

[MoGas]

[Demokrator]

Female "Strike Eagle" drivers from 455 AEW callsign "Dudettes":D.

 

[swift]

Is there any reliable site describing the declassified details between it, the SU-35, the Su-27SM and the others?

 

I have found none, maybe some Russian forum mate can tell us something more.

[Vekkinho]

Female "Strike Eagle" drivers from 455 AEW callsign "Dudettes":D.

 

 

Even their marshall is a she!

[topol-m]

F-22 upgrades on the way

 

The unit's flagship, tail number 4115, is the first aircraft to be equipped with the modifications, which add a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) capability, electronic attack, better geo-location capabilities to find enemy radars, and the ability to carry eight 113kg (250lb) GBU-39 small diameter bombs (SDB).

 

The full article here:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-fields-first-upgraded-f-22-raptors-369886/

[Mikoyan89]

[Snoopy]

Even their marshall is a she!

 

I've worked with some female crew chiefs that were just as good or better than some of the males I've worked with.