The Coolie China Boat

[swift]

What those names stand for? I mean, china? wtf? :shifty:

 

Bizarre definitions are welcome.

[ACUTech]

isn't it related to the shape?

[MTFDarkEagle]

Suppose so... the tm warthog makes destinguishing all the different controls so much easier :D

[kylania]

Yeah, it's all shape based. Coolie hat switch looks like a coolie hat. Boat switch looks like a boat, China Hat looks like a Chinese building kind of.

[Kaiza]

I thought it was closer to a chinese hat rather than a chinese building, but I see what you mean.

Edited November 15, 2010 by Kaiza

[Geskes]

No dudes you've got it all wrong. The china hat is called the china hat because it is red, and red is the color of communism. In the A10A this was called the Sovjet hat but it has been renamed for obvious reasons.

 

EDIT: It is also referred to as the Osama hat among pilots deployed in the middle-east.

Edited November 15, 2010 by Geskes

[Echonomix]

It is the switch that was made in china. :doh:

[Druid_]

It is the switch that was made in china. :doh:

As was the whole TM warthog HOTAS

[VMFA117_Poko]

ROFL! :lol:

[Le0kong]

Let me hijack this topic for a somewhat related question... :smartass:

 

Sometimes after i give orders to a AI wingman, he says something like "2, winchester" an then "2, kansas". What does that means?

[Nickhawk]

Let me hijack this topic for a somewhat related question... :smartass:

 

Sometimes after i give orders to a AI wingman, he says something like "2, winchester" an then "2, kansas". What does that means?

 

Kansas: No A/A ordnance remaining.

Winchester: No ordnance remaining.

[mvsgas]

Let me hijack this topic for a somewhat related question... :smartass:

 

Sometimes after i give orders to a AI wingman, he says something like "2, winchester" an then "2, kansas". What does that means?

Those are brevity codes. I've never heard of "Kansas" code though

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevity_code

Never mind, this link has "kansas" code.

http://www.quebecairforce.com/falcon/Guides/RadioComm/Code_Brevity_Words.pdf

 

P.S.

:D Nickhawk beat me to it

Edited November 15, 2010 by mvsgas

[swift]

So it's all about the shape and not the size, right? :joystick: I guess it's like the wedding cake as SPI, funky kanji. Thank you all gents.

[Le0kong]

Thanks both for the info, i got no luck looking on google for these. Going to print that table since i only know the most "famous" ones.

 

NEVADA(no mavericks left) seems like another code worth to remember for use with the A-10.

[olemetry]

after some research, it looks like the word "coolie" is actually a deregatory term

[Scabbers]

after some research, it looks like the word "coolie" is actually a deregatory term

 

Are you kidding me... It is the name for a conical asian hat that is prominent in south east asia.

 

Hence the Coolie hat looks like a asian hat (domed).

 

The china hat looks like a chinese buildings roof.

 

The boat switch because it rocks like a boat.

Edited November 15, 2010 by Scabbers

[JHepburn]

I agree Scabbers, but if you google it you'll get the following (third link after Wiki and Urban Dictionary, lol)

 

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coolie

[olemetry]

no, no - you are right, i made that whole thing up. please feel free to walk up to an asian person and call them the c-word to their face, you cracker ass, white honky. they should put a little more slope to the button and we can call it the david duke hat instead.

[Scabbers]

Have either of you traveled south east asia. They sell them in the market with the label Coolie hat for tourists. so I am not saying I am going to go call some one that but the hat it self has been identified by that for a long time. lets not make a mountain out of some dust.

[rocketeer]

Scabbers is right. The china hat looks like a chinese buildings roof, because they don't have such kind of hats. Chinese/south asians wear hats that are conical, with a pointed top, esp. among farmers. The so-called China hat has a flat top. From a side view it does look a bit similar to the coolie hat except for the flat top.

 

Coolie in chinese dialect means laborer, employee, servant etc. It can also mean those who does physical, manual labor, as that was common in the colonial days. These coolies typically wear domed shape hats working in the fields. Hence coolie hat = domed/conical shaped hat. Think of the movie Platoon, what kind of hats do the vietnamese farmers wear in the padi fields.

[leafer]

they should put a little more slope to the button and we can call it the david duke hat instead.

 

LOL

 

Now, the misconceptions and stereotypes...

 

A little heads up, china hats are not "prominent" in S.E. Asia just as chopsticks aren't used by Asians the world over. I can think of only one country in S.E. Asia that the hats are worn and it's Vietnam. The china hats are worn in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam and NOT part of the culture in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philipines, etc...

Edited November 15, 2010 by leafer

[mvsgas]

What those names stand for? I mean, china? wtf? :shifty:

 

Bizarre definitions are welcome.

 

Don't think to hard about it. People can come up with some weird name. From the "Aztec" panel on the F-117 to the "Sushi tray" on F-16 block 40/42.

[Echonomix]

Ok, lets just call it the red switch? Or how about the red mustache-looking switch?!

 

Wait, that might offend red haired cowboys :\

[MTFDarkEagle]

my god there are some seeeeeeeeerious people here... no jokes allowed or something?

[159th_Viper]

Let's not overthink things now shall we.

 

Ta