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Offline rpm

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« on: December 17, 2006, 01:18:32 PM »
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"It was easily the smoothest test airplane I've ever flown," said Beesley, a longtime Air Force, General Dynamics and Lockheed test pilot, who has flown the experimental YF-22 and early test versions of the F-22 and the F-117.

"The airplane worked marvelously," he said. "It flew and handled like we thought it would."

In some cases, the plane handled even better than expected, Beesley said.

"It was very pleasant to fly and very responsive," he said.

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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2006, 01:24:02 PM »
Thats pretty awesome!
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2006, 01:29:37 PM »
Ok so what happened to the F22?
tought that was supposed to be our new superduper plane?
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2006, 01:49:46 PM »
The F-22 is replacing the F-15. The F-35 is replacing the F-16, F-18 and Harrier.
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2006, 01:52:17 PM »
They scrapped the F-22 program and are Focusing on building an airforce of LA-7's with some old russian blueprints the US government bought on E-Bay
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2006, 01:53:09 PM »
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They scrapped the F-22 program and are Focusing on building an airforce of LA-7's with some old russian blueprints the US government bought on E-Bay


thought HTC was providing the technical data for that? ;)
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2006, 01:57:57 PM »
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thought HTC was providing the technical data for that? ;)
No, the LA7 remains outside the reach of current technology.
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2006, 03:07:23 PM »
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..."It was very pleasant to fly and very responsive," he said. "FM is totally nerfed"....


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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2006, 11:29:33 PM »
I hear it's perked.
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2006, 07:26:04 AM »
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They scrapped the F-22 program and are Focusing on building an airforce of LA-7's with some old russian blueprints the US government bought on E-Bay


:rofl :rofl :rofl
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2006, 09:33:36 AM »
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No, the LA7 remains outside the reach of current technology.


Heh.

I wonder if that pilot will diss the over the open channel, the next "HO Dweeb" that shoots him down
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