paulobrito
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Unknown reasons ... right. The video of the TU-22 talk a lot about these reasons.
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Dune style Ornithopters soon to be confirmed... Frank Herbert is a prophet.
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It's unknown what became of the CIA's Project Aquiline assets once they were boxed up and stored at the infamously secretive desert testing facility.
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Tupolov Tu-142M Sea Bear
PsihoKekec
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You don't need to use a radar to track it over land though, following the trail of noise complaints is enough.
Is it really that loud?
PsihoKekec
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It's a counter rotating propellers create unique sound that can be annoying over long distances, Soviets had to develop special pitch canceling headphones for air and ground crew, so aircraft could be operated effectively. Ground crew not wearing these headphones were known to end up vomiting when Tu-95 started up the engine and US submarines are known to have been able to (partially) track them on their passive sonar.
Oh that was why that one US plane was never adopted.
bintananth
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The Hunt for Red October references how noisy they are. I think the line goes "Captain! We've just been overflown by a low altitude multi-engine turboprop."
The Red October was maneuvering through underwater canyons South of Iceland at the time. The course was intended to result in passive sonar detecting only nonsensical gibberish.
EDIT: The Soviet crew knows it's a Tu-142.
gral
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The propeller blade tips are going round at a speed higher than the speed of the sound, that's why the propellers are so noisy.
Here's my favorites from childhood...
and both of these....
and both of these....
Harlock
I should have expected that really
I do appreciate a contra prop, nice blend of elegant and complicated.
Probably because of the ridiculously OP plane from this fictional setting
Speaking of which, what is the best air combat movie in your opinion?
Battle of Britain, Memphis Belle, Iron Eagle, that sort of thing
Probably because of the ridiculously OP plane from this fictional setting
Speaking of which, what is the best air combat movie in your opinion?
Battle of Britain, Memphis Belle, Iron Eagle, that sort of thing
I do appreciate a contra prop, nice blend of elegant and complicated.
Probably because of the ridiculously OP plane from this fictional setting
Speaking of which, what is the best air combat movie in your opinion?
Battle of Britain, Memphis Belle, Iron Eagle, that sort of thing
I will have to rewatch Memphis Belle.
Been awhile. Also, video unavailable in the US.
BTW, here is the plane that broke unofficially broke the fastest propeller aircraft.
XF-84H Thunderscreech
Two Russian Su-30SM Fighters intercepting and escorting a US P8 Poseidon over the Black Sea.
Also some Russian comic illustrating something similar! Pincers Out!
Also some Russian comic illustrating something similar! Pincers Out!
PsihoKekec
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Pilot who did this, passed away two days ago. Legendary F-14 Pilot Dale 'Snort' Snodgrass Dies In A Tragic Plane Crash
Egyptian Su-35's.... blindfolded. No one they kept losing the air war to Israel.
Egyptian Su-35's.... blindfolded. No one they kept losing the air war to Israel.
Maybe their pilots are so good,that they could use it even in that state ?
Aaron Fox
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(Note: these are some of the few without some glaring music in the background, other one using Where Eagles Dare theme in the background while also showing other helicopter designs)
The Fl-282 'Hummingbird' intermeshing rotor helicopter. The world's first serial production helicopter. From what I understood, it is also one of the easiest to fly. As in 'a grandmother with some basic sub-100 hour training can do it' easy.
The US had its own designs but they were fraught with mechanical and reliability issues... at least until they managed to nick a few surviving Fl-282 and had one of the designers help them out, which eventually led to the HH-43 Husky:
It also has a grandson in the K-MAX.
It must be noted that using intermeshing rotors is more efficient than pretty much every other design I've seen, at least from what I've gleaned. Then again, the K-MAX can literally haul itself in external cargo weight.
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
So here's a good question when do you think the last B-52 will fly? And the last DC-3 and its variants. And of course the C-130.