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  1. David Hingtgen
    Saw in 2D. Good, not great. I think part of the problem is that there's just no way to "wow" people now with a digital world. The Matrix already explored a similar aspect, and half of all SciFi movies have a "cyberspace" scene inside the computer etc. As a big fan of Reboot, I was of course drawing constant parallels---users, games, programs. Anyways--I didn't like Zeus at all. Seemed very out of place, and a waste of 20 mins IMHO. Finally---Kevin Flynn's dialogue is supposed to be lame/old/hippie. He's stuck in the 80's, and he was still stuck in the 70's back then... I personally liked it. Or, just imagine he's channeling "The Dude". PS---no after-credit sequence. The obvious one they could have done, I think is going to be expanded into "TR3N" or something. On a related note, where's my figure? The lack of that in the movie itself too, is a disappointment.
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    A nit-pick, but it's SV-51γ, not SV-51Y. (as in, gamma)
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    If you want a really good Rafale, you need 1/48. http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/rm/kit_rg_4517.shtml Hmmn, the one electric indigo posted might be the Hobby Boss kit. That's actually an overall better kit, but it's really more like 1/80 scale.
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    Space shuttle wallpaper. Big enough to cut/trim/resize to any size you may need. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-132/hires/iss023e044629.jpg (a 90-degree rotation helps a lot) And--nobody's ever gone sledding in this fun of a manner:
  5. David Hingtgen
    I would imagine it's almost certainly this kit: http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/mod/italeri/036preview.htm
  6. David Hingtgen
    If they're cheap, I buy figures just for parts. Revoltech/Figmas are usually too expensive to do so though--every fig I want for parts, is fairly desirable to other people inherently. (I would love to have most anything from a Bunny Haruhi) (also, there's like 4 different scales for Revoltech, so a lot of times swapping won't work).
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    The F/A.2's radar is newer than the APG-65, the newer version of it is the Typhoon's radar. Also, I feel the Sea Harrier is an inherently more agile version of the airframe. When it was first installed, the F/A.2's radar would have been one of the best AMRAAM-capable radars out there IIRC, surpassing most F-15/16/18's in service then. The Sea Harrier (all versions) has A2A as a primary role, Harrier II's do not.
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    2 new members with this thread as their first post. That's not suspicious at all...
  9. David Hingtgen
    Best A2A Harrier was the F/A.2 version of the Sea Harrier. For the Marines, I'd definitely go with the F/A-18D.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Basically. I remember looking at the Neo-Geo box many times at Software Etc and Babbage's.
  11. David Hingtgen
    The IRST is a non-issue, as the PAK-FA obviously uses Plasma Stealth™. End of the British Harrier:
  12. David Hingtgen
    Then it's a bad design. Valks shouldn't NEED armor to look decent. The VF-25 certainly stands alone. (the DX version, is another matter).
  13. David Hingtgen
    Actually, having forward-swept wings means your wings should be mounted further back, as center of lift should be aft of center of gravity*. Look at the X-29. *Unstable planes, by definition, do not follow this rule. However, extreme instability would require so much correction that I believe it's "aerodynamically inefficient"---I know of no unstable plane that is highly unstable. They're all "barely" unstable. The F-16 I know actually had an alternate wing-mounting location built-in to the design--if they couldn't get the unstable version to work aerodynamcally or FBW-wise, they would simply move the wings a few inches and make it stable. The main point was that it's a matter of inches.
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    If you do that, all you've got a VF-25 with the wings on backwards.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Gripens are awesome. Especially Czech ones. Very slightly NSFW in some places, but totally PG-13 at most: http://www.scribd.com/doc/30377648/211-Squadron-Kalendar-New
  16. David Hingtgen
    I thought you were referring to the Pegasus's water-injection system, when you made your "run on water" remark.
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    Hey, water-injection defines the early jetliners. Few things cooler than a seemingly coal-powered 707 climbing out... http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-707-123/0541868/L/ Last airliner I can think of designed with water-injection was Northwest's DC-10's.
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    Wow, that's the most blatantly-against-the-rules political post I've seen in a while..
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    Personally, I found an F100-229E starting up worse than a Pegasus. A Pegasus is loud, but the -229E is "piercing". It's like an explosion vs a dentist drill----one may be louder, but the other seems to go straight into your brain... As for the PAK-FA kit---I think part of it may be that the drawing "magically" has no actual cockpit behind the glass---that makes it look like there's much more open space. Is there a side-view of the actual kit? Adding in the pilot and coaming will make a big difference I bet.
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    YF-21 canopy never did "lock" into an open position, nor even have much friction--you just opened it as far as you wanted and hoped it'd hold when you let go.
  21. David Hingtgen
    The CRJ1000 is a 100-seater. It is directly replacing the Fokker 100 with its first deliveries. (which itself replaced many a DC-9). Soon it will be nothing but RJ's, except for over-water flights it seems. Dear airlines: there is nothing "regional" about a Dallas-New York flight... (which according to my latest Delta timetable, is all they offer---that would have gotten you an L-1011 some years ago)
  22. David Hingtgen
    I'm just gonna toss out a spoiler reminder. Just 'cuz it's in a trailer somewhere, doesn't mean it's not a spoiler.
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    SCOOP thread!

    David Hingtgen replied to EXO's topic in Toys

    Almost news: Yamato is now part of HLJ's "our price".
  24. David Hingtgen
    Can you stretch an airliner too much? Yes, yes you can. I'd love to know the climb performance/TTW ratio... http://qa.airliners.net/photo/Bombardier-Aerospace/Canadair-CL-600-2E25-Regional/1525641/L/
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    The F-16XL was an amazing plane, its load/range capabilities were insanely better than a stock F-16. Not sure exactly how it'd perform vs an F-15E though--IIRC they were quite close. The F-16XL would cost less to buy per plane, as it's smaller with just one engine---but the F-15E would cost a lot less to initially develop. And you could imagine how much stuff a current F-16XL would have tacked on by now, it'd make the Block 60 look sleek... NASA has both of the XL's, I know at least one still flies fairly often. PS--the production version would have been F-16E and F-16F. Much like the F-101, I think the 2-seat version of the F-16 looks cooler. PPS---an F-16 with a bigger wing is basically an F-2. 25% larger IIRC.
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