And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I assume you are looking at the rectangular dark patches arranged in a U shape just ahead of the nose wheel doors? I think those are part of its EW system, along with the four rectangles on the bottom of the engines.
Au contraire. That's exactly how you want to load the wings, because he's not cruising inverted, he's rolling and/or pulling back on the stick, keeping all the Gs the airframe is pulling positive. When used as part of a ground- or surface-attack, it also lets the pilot see the target on a pop-up from low-level by looking through the top of the cockpit, before diving inverted, completing the roll-out, and dropping or launching ordnance.
Not sure about the other comments but you are the best bullshitter on the planet or know what you are talking about. Didn't even bother reading the rest. Stale mate
Just lost one close to Mt. Rainier yesterday, hadn't found the crew so far. They fly almost on my roof on their training flights. I saw the same plane fly over the home around 3 P.M. They lost contact around 3:20..Hopefully the crew makes it!
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ReplyDeleteNot really that heavy.
ReplyDeleteSee what a fully loaded F15, F14, Or F4 Phantom can carry. The F18 is small potatoes.
How about in bad weather?
DeleteCan't beat the workhorse A-6 all weather Intruder.
DeleteLooks to be in anti-ship/land attack configuration with four AGM-84K SLAM-ER and two AMRAAMs and two Sidewinders for air defense.
ReplyDeleteWhy does it look like a cockpit on the bottom? What is that?
ReplyDeleteI assume you are looking at the rectangular dark patches arranged in a U shape just ahead of the nose wheel doors? I think those are part of its EW system, along with the four rectangles on the bottom of the engines.
DeleteYes, thank you.
DeleteI've heard that there's 'no slack in light attack'.
ReplyDeleteFlying upside down/looping with that load is not going to be good on the wing structure.
ReplyDeleteAu contraire. That's exactly how you want to load the wings, because he's not cruising inverted, he's rolling and/or pulling back on the stick, keeping all the Gs the airframe is pulling positive. When used as part of a ground- or surface-attack, it also lets the pilot see the target on a pop-up from low-level by looking through the top of the cockpit, before diving inverted, completing the roll-out, and dropping or launching ordnance.
DeleteNo pun intended, but that's how they roll.
Not sure about the other comments but you are the best bullshitter on the planet or know what you are talking about. Didn't even bother reading the rest. Stale mate
DeleteDeliberate ignorance is always its own reward. You do you.
DeleteIt's amazing to me that it can find lift with that much air distraction under the wings.
ReplyDeleteJust lost one close to Mt. Rainier yesterday, hadn't found the crew so far. They fly almost on my roof on their training flights. I saw the same plane fly over the home around 3 P.M. They lost contact around 3:20..Hopefully the crew makes it!
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