David Hingtgen Posted November 8, 2015 Author Posted November 8, 2015 You don't have to increase the *diameter*----Rolls is fond of adding stages to increase power. Quote
frothymug Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 IIRC, he used the term "larger", which set off alarms in my head. Was I misinterpreting, or did he actually say "more powerful"? Increasing the size of the core while holding fan diameter constant would have to mean reducing the bypass cross-sectional area, where the vast majority of thrust is generated. From what I remember, the guy talked about using composite ceramics to increase allowable Tt4, which would yield a moderate increase in thrust without having to increase fan diameter. Perhaps David H. has a point. They could always add intermediate compressor and turbine stages, lengthening the engine and therefore making the engine "larger". It might still pose a rotation ground clearance problem, but probably not as difficult to mitigate as a larger fan diameter. Quote
Chronocidal Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 So, it's not quite a fan-liner, but I have to wonder about the inspiration for this design... http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a18169/cobalt-co50-valkyrie/ Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 I'm not sure what I'm liking more, the fanliner or the Connie. I better show this to gramps. He'll love it. I miss Camarillo Connie. Quote
Mazinger Posted November 15, 2015 Posted November 15, 2015 I was building a Nausicaa Gunship out of LEGO. Did some googling and stumbled upon this. Holy ish, this made my day! Apologies, if this is a dupe. Haven't been on the forums long. Quote
derex3592 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 So, it's not quite a fan-liner, but I have to wonder about the inspiration for this design... http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a18169/cobalt-co50-valkyrie/ I MUST have this in my life!!!! (repainted of course!) Quote
Shadow Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Russia apparently brought out the big guns. I'm actually surprised the Tu-160 got used. The first 45 seconds put a smile on my face. Edited November 17, 2015 by Shadow Quote
mickyg Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 My goodness, so much reused, repeated footage. Someone must've been watching Macross 7 before compiling this! Quote
spanner Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Some nice footage but yeah it was like a bad case of Deja Vu.. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 You can tell a Tu-22M even in the dark----world's blue-est afterburners. Quote
Shadow Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 The Tu-22 and Tu-160 are quite a sight during a night takeoff I'd imagine in person. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 Theres been a recent defence review in the UK and the short version is that we'll be acquiring nine P-8s (I was sort of hoping for the Japanese P-1, just for varietys sake, but theres an urgent need as Red October has been getting frisky off the coast and we've had to borrow someone elses plane to go listening for an outbreak of Russian choral singing) and up to 139 F-35s (much more than expected), with the first 24 due by 2023. Its unclear yet whether or not they will all be Bs (for the new carriers) or a mix of Bs and As. I guess no-one told the RAF that the F-35 can't dogfight, is slow, doesn't carry enough missiles, isn't stealthy enough, can be detected on I.R, can't fly for more than five minutes etc etc etc... Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Wow, they're gonna get the first few to you in 8 years, fully 30 years after the JSF Program was initiated. Incredible. What a fantastic turnaround time. At least they had the good sense to pick up some P8s. Hard to beat the 738 for cost-performance ratio, especially if maintenance schedules are based even loosely on the platform's long history of reliability. Quote
Vifam7 Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Wow, they're gonna get the first few to you in 8 years, fully 30 years after the JSF Program was initiated. Incredible. What a fantastic turnaround time. No worse than it took for the Eurofighter Typhoon to reach service. Quote
electric indigo Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 You'd think that development within one company would be easier than with four different countries. Quote
spanner Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 You can tell a Tu-22M even in the dark----world's blue-est afterburners. such a beautiful engine glow! Quote
GMK Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 Strange - flip the visor down, fires cruise missile. Quote
Shadow Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 They did post better footage of the bombing operation. Interesting how the Bear and Tu-160 used standoff cruise missiles while the Tu-22Ms got to drop dumb bombs. Quote
GMK Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 Is there any footage of the cruise missile engines actually igniting? Quote
Shadow Posted November 26, 2015 Posted November 26, 2015 Closest out there is of the missile already cruising past folks with a camera. I always thought it would be very subtle with the missile descending to cruising altitude. The Tu-95s are dropping Kh-55s from what I've read. Can't tell what the Blackjack's are dropping. Russia has been using Syria as abit of a test arena for newer weapons (Su-30SM, Su-34, Kalibr missile) Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 It seems that the UK military is keeping up the habit of being one of the nerdier on the planet; gear installed or in use by the UK armed forces has included TARDIS ("Five rounds, rapid!"), Storm Shadow (because everything is better with ninjas!) and Skynet (which I'm sure is not going to backfire on us in any way at all). I've just found out that during a round of testing involving the F-35, it was used in signature trials against a suite of UK-specific sensors called... Robocop (!). Quote
grigolosi Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 I can just see them calling the augmentor "hyperdrive motivator"................ Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) And, oh, whilst not an official title, the Phalanx CIWS installed on Royal Navy vessels are, of course, referred to as "Daleks". Edited November 29, 2015 by F-ZeroOne Quote
505thAirborne Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 No obnoxious music, just straight video and sound.... Enjoy! Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted November 29, 2015 Posted November 29, 2015 And, oh, whilst not an official title, the Phalanx CIWS installed on Royal Navy vessels are, of course, referred to as "Daleks". I've heard Americans call them R2-D2 Whiskey-Bravo That is, R2-D2 With Boner. Quote
grigolosi Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) A little off topic but this is the smallest afterburning jet engine i have ever seen....... Edited December 1, 2015 by grigolosi Quote
areaseven Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 I miss Kai Tak International Airport. I'm sure Graham does too. Quote
mickyg Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 A little off topic but this is the smallest afterburning jet engine i have ever seen....... Wow! That is amazing! You can see the fuel level drop, too. Crazy stuff. I want to know how that test "table" was mounted and didn't get carried away though. Quote
grigolosi Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 It may have been braced against the tree, its hard to tell though. AB eats up so much gas, its insane. On takeoff with a 300 gal centerline, the F-16 empties most of the tank. The fuel flow on the GE engine has no set number for pounds per minute when in burner. But to see an AB equipped turbine that size is really incredible. Quote
Shadow Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 Good footage of a PAK FA demo from MAKS. Quote
SchizophrenicMC Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 There is no more obvious list of 10. Wow! That is amazing! You can see the fuel level drop, too. Crazy stuff. I want to know how that test "table" was mounted and didn't get carried away though. Dear god the fuel consumption. Quote
Dobber Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 No obnoxious music, just straight video and sound.... Enjoy! Nice video! "Let history never forget the name.....Enterprise." Chris Quote
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