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Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2023, 18:13
Replies: 837
Views: 262,766
Posted By NoHoverstop

Cough HMS Eagle 1970 Cough Yours was a top...

Cough HMS Eagle 1970 Cough
Yours was a top effort though :D :ok: and it helped no-end that we could casually refer to it some years later to our (soon to be) hosts in the Marine Nationale when...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2023, 22:43
Replies: 837
Views: 262,766
Posted By NoHoverstop

Then you've not looked very hard. Saab Gripen...

Then you've not looked very hard. Saab Gripen would be one. There's at least one other. I would hope that, given the specific air-data probes that the Rafale uses*, it's designers have taken note of...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2022, 21:13
Replies: 106
Views: 54,530
Posted By NoHoverstop

The experimental (rear) cockpit (RC) in XW175...

The experimental (rear) cockpit (RC) in XW175 didn't have authority to shut down the engine; flight idle was the min the experimental FCS could do, based on the physical limit of travel of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2022, 19:31
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,148,442
Posted By NoHoverstop

A phone rings: Civil Servant: Ukraine Ministry...

A phone rings:
Civil Servant: Ukraine Ministry of Agriculture. Poultry and Battlefield Recovery Department. How may I help you?
Caller: Hello. I need to have a tank moved.
CS: Oh. Not chickens...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2022, 23:38
Replies: 20,899
Views: 1,366,116
Posted By NoHoverstop

After three weeks of strenuous and heroic...

After three weeks of strenuous and heroic efforts, Ukrainian forces finally concede that Grandmother Hoskinsky isn't going to let anyone put her on an evacuation bus.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2021, 19:19
Replies: 20,899
Views: 1,366,116
Posted By NoHoverstop

We are victorious, brother. The struggle of our...

We are victorious, brother. The struggle of our generation that has brought us all together, regardless of tribal loyalties and ancient feuds, in order to fight side by side to defeat the foreign...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2021, 23:04
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

From my perspective at the time, the Boeing...

From my perspective at the time, the Boeing concept was never as simple as the LM one. Even from the word go, the Boeing aircraft relied on big scary engineering stuff that was far from simple and...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2021, 22:47
Replies: 20,899
Views: 1,366,116
Posted By NoHoverstop

The Captain won't have it in the hangar, so just...

The Captain won't have it in the hangar, so just to make sure we've hung 3 tonnes of bomb-shaped concrete on it, we've hung Chiefy's model submarine on it and we've stuck the fat work-experience kid...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Mar 2020, 19:38
Replies: 837
Views: 262,766
Posted By NoHoverstop

<meanwhile in a distant/nearby...

<meanwhile in a distant/nearby underground/subsea/suburban/London/volcano-based lair/log-cabin/tent/basement-flat-under-a-pillar-box-outside 221B Baker Street>
"What's that Lassie/Penfold/Oddjob?...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2019, 23:36
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

That particular "cognitive failure" has been...

That particular "cognitive failure" has been designed out in in the sense that the F-35B has no nozzle lever. It has a throttle and a stick. The former is the means by which the pilot conveys to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2019, 21:45
Replies: 40
Views: 15,025
Posted By NoHoverstop

180 seconds if your leaping heap had the...

180 seconds if your leaping heap had the half-flow mod (but then you weren't allowed wet take-offs, or was that for another reason?). 2 1/2 minutes was very much an "ish" thing wasn't it? Various UK...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2018, 22:57
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

The experimental Bedford Arrays* on HMS...

The experimental Bedford Arrays* on HMS Illustrious were basically made out of scaffolding. Having-at Lusty's flight deck tramlines with the trusty Black and Decker to make some holes to fit flush...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2018, 22:24
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

Nice one. 11 and a bit years after doing the SRVL...

Nice one. 11 and a bit years after doing the SRVL demo on FS Charles de Gaulle with the* electric nozzly jet, someone's done it with an example of the intended electric nozzly jet onto (one of) the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2017, 22:23
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

Well there was a Gold one of these...

Well there was a Gold one of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAeS_medal_recipients#Team_Gold_Medalists in 2009 which, as you can see, even makes it into Wikipedia so was a bit public.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2017, 23:46
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

Are you sure you haven't mis-remembered a...

Are you sure you haven't mis-remembered a description of the HMS Illustrious 2008 trial, rather then the 2007 PA Charles de Gaulle demo? SRVL approaches were flown then to overshoot (or to stop...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2017, 23:33
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

...in the 20th century. It's been done in the...

...in the 20th century. It's been done in the 21st (on a French ship with an older jet).

Well done by the way. We suspected it had already bin-dun but I didn't have any proper info on your event...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2016, 16:45
Replies: 14
Views: 5,120
Posted By NoHoverstop

You may be right that it's a catapult attachment...

You may be right that it's a catapult attachment point, but I don't think it is.

1. The Chinese do not have any catapult-equipped aircraft carriers. They might have them in mind, but are a long...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2016, 22:19
Replies: 28
Views: 9,795
Posted By NoHoverstop

Sounds like Fish-head pedantry to me, rather then...

Sounds like Fish-head pedantry to me, rather then universal naval pedantry.

"Call it a boat. It annoys the Fish-heads", was the advice I was given. And if the term "boat" was good enough for...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2016, 22:08
Replies: 13
Views: 6,207
Posted By NoHoverstop

Possibly, but does it matter? (compare #1 with #2...

Possibly, but does it matter? (compare #1 with #2 in the pair from 0:22)
https://youtu.be/qFavtMOXrOE
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2015, 22:19
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

well, the intent was to provide F-35B handling...

well, the intent was to provide F-35B handling characteristics, using the VAAC digital active control system. As in inceptor displacement (and force, since XW175 at the time had an active sidestick...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2015, 23:29
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

I am not aware that any aircraft has landed on...

I am not aware that any aircraft has landed on any QE class ship, so that does rather mean that no SRVL trials on QE class ships (can I call them boats yet?) have taken place. However SRVL has been...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2014, 19:42
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

No-one knows*. It's not done one yet. However, I...

No-one knows*. It's not done one yet. However, I can't think of a good reason why it shouldn't be easy and safe**. I spent a lot of time looking at how another digital active-control V/STOL jet would...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2014, 12:23
Replies: 58,121
Views: 11,021,809
Posted By NoHoverstop

The Chief of the Air Staff inspects the first of...

The Chief of the Air Staff inspects the first of the RAF's new "ROVER enabled" close air-support jets and realises he's been sold a pup.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2014, 16:50
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

Unified Control

LO - the clue is in the name. Left hand always does stuff related to fore-aft movement, right-hand always does stuff related to up-down. It's not rocket science and neither is it hard to find this...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2013, 18:26
Replies: 58,121
Views: 11,021,809
Posted By NoHoverstop

"Miss. E6." (once again the inter-service...

"Miss. E6."

(once again the inter-service "battleships" finals gets serious)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2013, 20:12
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

ski-jumping advanced STOVL

Following on from the undercarriage/ramp interaction discussion, another area where the F-35B designers have to be pretty savvy is how the flight control laws cope with finding themselves suddenly in...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2013, 18:45
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,633,860
Posted By NoHoverstop

It may be worth remembering that the X-32 and...

It may be worth remembering that the X-32 and X-35s were X-planes, that is concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA) built for very limited flying lifetimes, rather than aircraft to put into operational...
Forum: Flight Testing
20th Sep 2012, 17:15
Replies: 2
Views: 2,166
Posted By NoHoverstop

Is this an indication in a HUD/HMD? If so, then...

Is this an indication in a HUD/HMD? If so, then without wishing to sound trite, the symbology will do whatever it was programmed to do based on the inputs it gets and the characteristics of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2011, 16:55
Replies: 58,121
Views: 11,021,809
Posted By NoHoverstop

It wasn't until he sent in the 3rd draft, this...

It wasn't until he sent in the 3rd draft, this time with a picture, that Flt Lt PPRuNe finally got Air Clues to accept his submission for "I learned about flying from that".
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2011, 21:24
Replies: 32
Views: 8,414
Posted By NoHoverstop

Engines, thanks for sticking up for some of my...

Engines, thanks for sticking up for some of my colleagues. STOVL is something that will always be surrounded by misconceptions, woolly thinking and blatant lies. Obviously it is not unique in that...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2011, 23:03
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

HMS Invincible had a 7° ramp to begin with but...

HMS Invincible had a 7° ramp to begin with but this was later increased to 12°, which is the same for Hermes, Illustrious and Ark Royal.

Whether you like it or not, the ski-jump principle is...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2011, 18:06
Replies: 7,482
Views: 2,421,793
Posted By NoHoverstop

Until one of those turns up, you'll have to make...

Until one of those turns up, you'll have to make do with answers from me. Your second question is easiest - no, they do not. Or rather, the brakes might but the but the tyre/deck interface will not....
Forum: Flight Testing
30th Jun 2011, 20:47
Replies: 126
Views: 33,993
Posted By NoHoverstop

Easy to criticise someone else's work, so here...

Easy to criticise someone else's work, so here goes!

How do I get into that seat without stepping on something expensively frangible or bashing my head on the overhead throttles/condition-levers...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2011, 09:34
Replies: 86
Views: 26,335
Posted By NoHoverstop

Ever stood on a bow ramp in Sea State 6? :) ...

Ever stood on a bow ramp in Sea State 6? :)

Fair point though and when I wrote that I suspected someone might pick up on it. Are we agreed though, that neglecting ship motion (at your peril!) the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2011, 10:08
Replies: 86
Views: 26,335
Posted By NoHoverstop

Indeed. Stilton, the whole point is that if...

Indeed.

Stilton, the whole point is that if they're doing it right they should be launching at below stall speed. The remaining runway required to accelerate to above (1g) stall speed is in the...
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