pipedreams Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Dassault Rafale M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janice6 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 8:23 AM, gwalchmai said: Bearcats were built with breakaway (splodable) wingtips because there was a concern the wings might fold. The idea was to blow the tips in a controlled manner, leaving a compromised, but flyable airplane. Apparently Grumman never got them quite right. A few deployed spontaneously in flight, IIRC, and the idea was eventually abandoned. https://www.flightjournal.com/f8-wings-folded/ There are a ton of posts of wing folded takeoffs on search. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinD Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 8:10 AM, pipedreams said: Like my post in "Beautiful Cars....." this is the "Best of the Best" in my opinion. Was built in the next town over from my boyhood home. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Russian bombers - two of them - flew near Alaska recently and were welcomed by two US interceptors. The bombers were not escorted so apparently just a probing mission. This is seemingly their answer to our B-52, and maybe about that age, but with dual props rather than jets. What were the design trade offs which led one country to props and the other to jets? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 56 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Russian bombers - two of them - flew near Alaska recently and were welcomed by two US interceptors. The bombers were not escorted so apparently just a probing mission. This is seemingly their answer to our B-52, and maybe about that age, but with dual props rather than jets. What were the design trade offs which led one country to props and the other to jets? BUFF was originally conceived with turboprops, IIRC. No hook, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Too bad they couldn't get a big enough hook. Big Ugly Peanut Butter Jelly Fellow could have been a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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