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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2007, 12:28:47 PM »
F14 was the star in Top Gun, NOT Tom Cruise.

Top Gun was a B movie


F14 was the only plane in active service to use the Phoenix missile, but the missile was not made for the F14. Quiz: What plane was the Phoenix originally designed for?
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« Reply #46 on: October 24, 2007, 12:29:35 PM »
F-111
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« Reply #47 on: October 24, 2007, 12:36:22 PM »
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All are ground due to no spare parts...


Nope. The Iranians are making their own spares, and China is supplying some too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_aZ7qSg0NY


The Iranians even considered starting an F-14 production line, but found it too expencive. Instead they went for an updated F-5 design:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttQYIrPzJ0
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« Reply #48 on: October 24, 2007, 12:38:16 PM »
The F-14 had a turning radius the size of West Virginia.
If you walked by and farted next to it, something on it would break.

BTW... the Iranian F-14's are still active, they just don't fly them that often due to the shortage of spare parts.  You'd think someone over there that I am sure was educated at MIT on Uncle Sam's dollar could reverse engineer those 'special' parts and make a suitable replacement.  jesus the thing is 70's technology, they ought to actualyl be able to improve it.

How ironic would it be for a US Fighter to be shot down by Iranian F-14???
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« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2007, 12:56:59 PM »
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F-111


Actually it was the North American XF-108 Rapier that was the intended user of the Aim 47 missile that in turn became the aim 54 phoenix after the cancellation of the Rapier.
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Offline MotorOil1

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« Reply #50 on: October 24, 2007, 01:02:20 PM »
Found this interesting quote from an unconfirmed website on the F14:

"Despite the Iranian regime's official anti-Communist stance (the Communist Party is officially banned in Iran), there are persistent rumors that one or perhaps several IRIAF F-14A were delivered to the Soviet Union in exchange for other arms assistance. At least one Iranian F-14A crew has reportedly defected to the Soviet Union. There is every reason to believe that the F-14A, its AWG-9 fire control system, and its Phoenix missiles were completely compromised at this time. An examination of the Phoenix supposedly helped the Soviets to build the Vympel R-33 (known in the West as AA-9 Amos) long-range missiles which arm the MiG-31 Foxhound. However, Gennadiy Sokolovskiy of the Vympel Design Bureau denies that the R-33 was based on the AIM-54 Phoenix, maintaining that he has never actually seen a live Phoenix. "

Everything I've seen has been unconfirmed if the F14 is still in operation with Iran or not.  If it is, it won't be many.
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« Reply #51 on: October 24, 2007, 01:12:17 PM »
impossible, the russians have never copied any USA design, they have invented everything themselves. Starting with the TU4.
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« Reply #52 on: October 24, 2007, 01:25:40 PM »
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impossible, the russians have never copied any USA design, they have invented everything themselves. Starting with the TU4.


even the internetski? (known in the west as the internet)
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« Reply #53 on: October 24, 2007, 01:29:07 PM »
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even the internetski? (known in the west as the internet)


Dah!

It was invented by Almitri Gorbechov


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« Reply #54 on: October 24, 2007, 02:30:24 PM »
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negative ghostrider.  the pattern is full.




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« Reply #55 on: October 24, 2007, 02:43:19 PM »
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When the Aim-54 got old, it could explode on launch due to minute cracks forming in the solid propellant.  This is one of the reasons it was retired before the F-14.



That sounds curiously like the ASTAC from Red Storm Rising - with the anti-satellite missile blowing up randomly because the propellant was beyond expiration.

Name source please.
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« Reply #56 on: October 24, 2007, 02:58:09 PM »
Just go to google and type "Aim-54 phoenix propellant cracks".  Then take your pick.

The article I read said that Navy inspection teams found cracks in over 50% of the Aim-54C's in storage.
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« Reply #57 on: October 24, 2007, 03:04:12 PM »
I found references to normal guys like you and me having concern about cracks forming, but no primary sources (i.e. USN). Solid propellant will crack with age - but doesn't necessarily lead up to a motor casing failure. And even so, reloading them isn't a big deal - they've got plenty of ammonium percolate laying around for the shuttles use.
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« Reply #58 on: October 24, 2007, 03:22:12 PM »
Its the one plane that's one step short of a robotech fighter ;)
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« Reply #59 on: October 24, 2007, 03:44:53 PM »
only designated fighter with variable wing?
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