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  1. David Hingtgen
    Crap, that scheme's worse than I feared. Oh well, it'll save me some money. (that scheme I won't even consider buying, at all) No VF-4 for me. Anyways---man, the cover art looks even worse, angle-wise. The wings are STRAIGHT OUT. That's really, really wrong.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Pretty, but I think all the wing/fin angles from head-on are still wrong. (the wings are way too horizontal, that sticks out the most to my eye) And of course, it really all comes down to exactly how they're going to paint it in the end.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Robot mode---yup, they're SUPPOSED to have a jet on their back, so I'm fine with it. Jet mode---we'll see. Again, I'll be pretty lenient due to G1-homage, but I am very worried about Silverbolt, as a Concorde is just as bad as an SR-71 for trying to "fit a robot inside". (I pray they are aware of the XB-70, but pessimistically assume they don't know about it, or know about it but still went with a Concorde for G1-sake)
  4. David Hingtgen
    New fuzzy pic of Not-Fireflight from the new Super-Ion:
  5. David Hingtgen
    Erm, those comments are like 15 years out-of-date. I'm talking about 2009-2010 vs 2011-2012 markings. Anyways, awesome Fulcrum/Flanker diamond formation pic: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Sukhoi-Su-27-(Su-27S)/1341091/L/
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    I think they honestly lost/forgot the original marking. Or didn't know there was more than one style--They "revived" it a few times---you could even see the old style on the CAG and the newer style on the CO at the same time, etc. I think it's frankly whichever stencil the paint guy grabbed at the time. And if they remembered to "mirror" it on the other side or not.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Am I the only one who didn't know the Jolly Rogers had gone back to black-n-white for their XO's plane? Like a year ago? http://www.airliners...uper/2060066/L/ http://www.airliners...Super/1924725/L Missing the white fin-tips, but I still think it looks cooler than the yellow version on a Super Hornet.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Agreed, the shield is very overlooked in valks for marking/identification purposes.
  9. David Hingtgen
    If you swing the wings back just a bit, can the inner missiles still stay attached to the wing? It looks to me like they'd only work when the wings are fully forward. (IMHO a lot of people seem to forget that the VF-11 swings its wings to any angle it needs depending on its speed like the VF-1 and F-14, and not JUST for transformation)
  10. David Hingtgen
    I think she's really tall.
  11. David Hingtgen
    This was on my list of ones to check out, so next time I'm at BestBuy etc I'll definitely take a close look. Anyways, the 2 best night shots I got with my Canon S3IS:
  12. David Hingtgen
    That still doesn't really explain vernier. The term is named after the person (a French guy) so there really is only one word and one pronunciation. It's inherently French. It'd be like saying that "Deutschland" has an equally-correct alternate pronunciation.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Got a question-----any suggestions for a camera for someone techology-inept? As in, for my mom. (it'll be too late for a Mother's day gift, but she would like one before she goes on her next trip) Basically, it needs to have 2 buttons: On/off, and "take picture". Also, "pressing the button half-way to focus, then all the way to snap the shot" is a BAD thing---she will never ever master that. Any digicams that DON'T have their shutter button operate that way? It basically needs to have an ultra-super-fast autofocus---because otherwise she'll miss every shot, asking why it didn't take the picture when she pressed the button down.
  14. David Hingtgen
    IIRC, the RAF wants to display it as-is as a tribute/memorial.
  15. David Hingtgen
    I still think AC2 had the best music in the series.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Did you watch VF5SS's review? He transformed it with the parts on to show exactly that.
  17. David Hingtgen
    I'm waiting for an Alto re-release, however long it takes. Buying the super and armor packs now though.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Heathen! One of the best intros ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ahwjGWTl7g (and in a rare feat, reading the top two comments is actually a good thing, and spot-on)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Just a basic stand, to display it in-flight. The VF-4 is all about fighter mode, heck we almost never see it with landing gear deployed. As for the missiles---they look more detailed than any other representation I've ever seen. I'm pleasantly surprised. To me they have that "this is how they were always intended to/should look" aspect to them---as if they'd never really been fully detailed out in drawings, but this is the original vision----seen for the first time.
  20. David Hingtgen
    I can translate it, but it takes so long that I have to have a vested interest in attempting it. Plus, frankly---I don't think very many Japanese people know the "correct" pronunciation of western aviation words---they just do strict transliteration of the letters seen in books etc. How well does "Illinois" come across? How about bookay? (bouquet). See that nowadays too. On a related note, way too many "people who should know better" (like journalists) are popularizing "aircrafts". Aircraft is already plural, like deer and sheep. "4 aircrafts" is just as wrong as "4 sheeps".
  21. David Hingtgen
    Well, the "aerodynamics in modern English" way does pronounce the S for the plural form. I think. Regardless, it is a long-established aerodynamic term, and you can't debate the correct pronunciation or claim "it's whatever the majority say it is". Because frankly, a couple of people on MW do not constitute the majority among people in the world using aeronautic terms. It'd be like saying you want to pronounce wing with a long-I sound, or flap with a long-A. "Deploy flapes!" Or "rooder" instead of rudd-er. Kind of like when you hear someone say they have Nike shoes, and pronounce it exactly like "Bike".
  22. David Hingtgen
    Triple-slotted flaps. Haven't been seen since the 60's AFAIK, but man can they create lift... Or, you can always just go to max flap (which on many planes is rarely done). Here's an MD-11 at flaps 50: http://www.flightlev...Video-4845.html
  23. David Hingtgen
    Ver-nee-ays! Not ver-niers. It's one of the world's many French aeronautical terms, like pitot and canard.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Aer Lingus A330, and I'd say a -200.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Years ago, Jane's (and the DOD) would have paid SO much money for a shot like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air-Force/Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-31/2082356/L/
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