>be me, soviet crop duster>can't dust crops
>be YFM-1 Airacuda>dedicated bomber hunter>crew of 5: pilot, gunner, radio operator and two loaders>primary weapon is 37mm autocannons, one in each wing pod>gunner sits behind the pilot and aims the cannons with a compensating gunsight>loader in each pod, who's primary duty is to reload the cannons but can use them manually if required>defensive waist mounted .50 cals for the radio operator if interceptedAll of this was pretty ambitious for a late 1930s aircraft, had it worked. The issues with it included:>slow as fuck, can't catch any modern bombers>engines overheat incredibly easy, has to be towed to the runway>most systems run off an APU, which if it fails causes the loss of nearly everything on board the aircraft, including the engines>also essentially incapable of single-engine flight, lmao>pilot has to shut down and feather props for loader to have any chance of surviving a bail out>handles like shitDespite all this a handful were in service with the US during WWII, although they never served in any combat role and were quickly retired
>>2083226>carrier launched air superiority fighter-bomber arctic patrol aircraft for legacy support of le cuntries that didn't pay NATO dembts>can't be launched VTOL while armed>can't be launched STOL or VTOL unarmed from carriers because it'll melt the deck>can't operate in inclement weather because the stealth coating melts>can't be armed with any pre-existing weapons because of software incompatibility>can't fly over the north pole since it doesn't have enough fuel to get that far from any known airbase without drop tanks>can't mount drop tanks without compromising stealth>can't mount unguided bombs without compromising stealth>can't fly any reasonable mission without compromising stealth>at least two of them have been already lost entirely (they dont know where they are)
>>2083228forgot my image
>>2083226>failed at the one thing they were designed forgelding.
>>2083228XFV-12 VTOL aircraft, meant to be better than the Harrier. After Rockwell built the first prototype, they found they overestimated the predicted engine thrust. It could not do any vertical takeoff and the project was abandoned.Built using A-4 and F-4 parts.
>>2083234she's still mountable
this thing has literally killed more marines than the Taliban did
>>2083228Translator's note: most of this is bullshit
>sesquiplane
>>2083226kind of an obvious one but>unsinkable transatlantic cruise ship>sinks on its first crossing of the Atlantic
this type of tall dahon-likeshit as a bike, rides like shit and snaps in halfshit as a folder, hueg, rattly and heavy as fuck
