July 22, 20205 yr The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
July 22, 20205 yr Only "over 300 mph".. the Tonka boys were plainly not trying! It's an old 'un, but a good 'un, Ron! Sidewinder AtG... the coppers must have had REALLY hot cups of coffee to go with their doughnuts. Edited July 22, 20205 yr by HighBypass spelling Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
July 22, 20205 yr Commercial Member Not sure how an infrared-guided missile locks onto a radar gun. But fun story nonetheless. Cheers! Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
July 23, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Luke said: Not sure how an infrared-guided missile locks onto a radar gun. But fun story nonetheless. Cheers! Yup. Additionally, I'd be interested to know how an air to air missile was going to be shot at a ground target. 🙂 Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
July 23, 20205 yr You guys beat me to it. I wish I had a nickel for every sidewinder my crews loaded on F-105s. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
July 23, 20205 yr Moderator Great find Ron! Awesome sense of humour from the RAF. 🤣 Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
July 23, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, Chock said: Yup. Additionally, I'd be interested to know how an air to air missile was going to be shot at a ground target. 🙂 A sidewinder couldn’t be used for that purpose, but an ARM (Anti-Radiation-Missile) such as the AGM-88 definitely could. An ARM missile is specifically designed to home in on ground-based radar emitters. In a combat scenario, they would mainly be used to destroy guidance radars used by surface-to-air missile launch sites. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
July 23, 20205 yr 30 minutes ago, JRBarrett said: A sidewinder couldn’t be used for that purpose, but an ARM (Anti-Radiation-Missile) such as the AGM-88 definitely could. An ARM missile is specifically designed to home in on ground-based radar emitters. In a combat scenario, they would mainly be used to destroy guidance radars used by surface-to-air missile launch sites. Actually, sometimes you didn't even need a missile: During the Gulf War, coalition pilots were aware that their radio communications were being monitored by the Iraqi ground defences, so occasionally when they were painted by a few SAM or Triple A search radars, they would sometimes give the call 'Magnum!', which is the radio alert for when you launch an AGM-88 HARM (or at the time, also the - now retired - British ALARM equivalent), even though they were not actually genuinely launching a missile. Hearing this call, Iraqi radar defences would often shut down, rather than risk getting a missile up the wazoo. There is a good portrayal of this kind of thing during the Vietnam War in the movie Flight of the Intruder - with excellent visual effects which still stand up well today even though the movie is now almost 30 years old - where they are flying an Iron Hand (SAM suppression) strike in an A6 Intruder, using the older AGM-45 Shrike. Edited July 23, 20205 yr by Chock Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
July 23, 20205 yr This is an oldie. I remember being emailed this and boring my audience back in 2002 on the difference between heat-seeking and radiation-seeking missiles. Also the fact that missile systems need to be armed before they can be used. Edited July 23, 20205 yr by Petraeus Petraeus
July 23, 20205 yr Always like a good laugh. Similar to the one about the large military ship and the lighthouse arguing who has the right way. John C. Specs: black box thingy with spinning fans, lights and a bunch of wires that go to screens with pretty colours and a keyboard with many keys. The black box thingy also has a push button activated coffee cup holder. John C.
July 23, 20205 yr That's great, next time I get pulled over I will politely tell the officer he's lucky I was able to disarm the missile before it was fired and for saving his life he could at least let me off with a warning... Flight Simulator's - Prepar3d V5/MSFS | Operating System - WIN 11 | Main Board - GIGABYTE X870E Aorus Elite WIFI7 | CPU - AMD 9800X3D | RAM - CORSAIR 64GB 6600Mhz | Video Card - EVGA RTX3090 FTW3 Ultra | Monitor - DELL 38" Ultrawide | Case - CORSAIR 750D Full Tower | CPU Cooling - CORSAIR H170i Elite LCD 420mm Push/Pull | Power Supply - EVGA 1000 G+ | Sound System - Definitive Technology ProMonitor 600 w/subwoofer
July 23, 20205 yr Author 6 hours ago, Petraeus said: This is an oldie. I remember being emailed this and boring my audience back in 2002 on the difference between heat-seeking and radiation-seeking missiles. Also the fact that missile systems need to be armed before they can be used. Just a bit of fun mate. No need to get all technical. The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
July 24, 20205 yr 12 hours ago, Ron Attwood said: Just a bit of fun mate. No need to get all technical. This is AVSIM. We are flight simmers. Isn't all our fun all technical? 🙂 Petraeus
July 24, 20205 yr I hope not. Hangar chat is far more than just nuts-and-bolts stuff. Sometimes swapping a few white lies and bragging about the women we've known is a whole lot better that discussing the aerodynamics of moving bodies based on varying air densities.......Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
July 24, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, W2DR said: bragging about the women we've known is a whole lot better that discussing the aerodynamics of moving bodies Isn't that the same thing? 😁 Petraeus
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