Vampire made for cuddles & headpats!
they should have kept the spider crab name
Cute Thundy.
>>64350311Enlarged from actual size.
>>64349837
>>64349837I find the Gripen cute in a tryhard kind of way.
>>64350377What happens to the plane if you cut the wires?
>>64352203I suspect the wings may fall off, at least during some manoeuvres.
Obligatory. As shitty as it was as a plane, it's still cute. And that Luftwaffe camo, complete with the swastika, looks on it like a full-sized Stahlhelm on a toddler.
>open thread>no barrelbarrel
>>64353829>barrel>no barrelbarrel
fighting guppy
>>64352602Why is it so lumpy
>>64351907God can you imagine the rush of flying that fucking thumping, screaming beast, canopy open, wind blowing through your hair? How could a man STOP wanting to fly that fucking thing?
>>64352203It would be very painful...
>>64355375didn't stir very well when adding the flour
>>64350748jet version
>>64355375>OK, Sir, the Buccaneer design is almost ready to enter testing>"Great, give it a nuke too">What?>"Give. It. A. Fucking. Nuke. Too.">But it won't fit!>"Make it fit"
>>64354631Ah yes, Belphegor the Flying Toilet, aka the only jet crop duster, a great explanation of why it is so, and the service of autism in sabotaging the Soviet Union.I guess it counts as "so ugly it wraps around to cute", like bats or something.
>>64353757The little ram air turbine on the front always cracks me up
>>64356024This is the sort of can-do attitude that made the West great.
>>64353757Not shitty, just extremely dangerous due to the propulsion and fuel system. (and yes by extension that inherent danger of the engineering design/fuel gave narrowly limited operational effectiveness as a military aircraft)
i have this idea that would make ground effect machines be able to fly higher, and still be legally under maritime laws.
>>64356133I have several questions and I want the answers to none of them.
>>64349837I really love the early jet age. Scorpions, Starfires, B-47s, and Vampires are so cool.
>the Sea Hawk will raise its wings above its head to appear larger and more threatening
>>64358112Here's your thread >>64351042
>>64353606that's sexy, not cute. But why using smokewinders when you can just inject smoke into the engine exhaust?
>>64358005You sure? It's a fun story.
>>64356090I remember hearing that those things are supposed to be staggeringly loud.Like thunderscreech "why did god give me ears? to suffer?!" loud.
>>64356133This thing gets more bizarre the longer I look at it. I genuinely think this is the strangest military aircraft I've ever seen.
>>64361557That whole project gives me strong vibes of some genuinely competent autists who technically delivered on explicitly stated requirements and gave precisely zero fucks about the end result being usable or not. Especially since it was ordered by the "big brother nation)))", so fucking them over would be a plus as long as you can get away with it.
>>64356149There is one in civilian hands, somewhere on the tube there is a detailed walkaround.
>>64360735so you have 2 smoke trails per plane, duh??
>>64350311>>64350316
>>64355653For YOU
>>64357470Just build a flying boat. Say it's a ground effect vehicle, then fly above ground effect level when no one is watching.Ground effect vehicles are just an excuse to fly low and fast.
>>64355106Split tail allowing for patients to be taken in and out at reasonable height. Smort!
>>64356149Weren't these originally crop dusters that got pimped out, then ended up kicking major ass in 'Nam?
>>64369756No they are based on trainer jets.
>>64365895Uk infrastructure?
>>64374315From what I gather, it's an old WW2 runway that had seen minimal maintenance during its time as a civilian airstrip and was never designed to cope with high-thrust jet engines.
>>64375611Smug comes to my mind
Found a bigger picture.
