Explosives

[Murdr]

No idea what that is, been out since '81. Is that an army or marine thing?

If only there was a world wide information network where one could type something like "11C" into a search engine and find an instant answer 

[ColKLink]

ok, ya have 2 bombs of equal size, and both filled with the equal amout of sheep pellets,...... One is dropped from a p-47 d40, doin say 288 mph, (for you math geeks)....the other is dropped by a f/a 18, doing 702.5 mph ( yeah we all know) which one will scatter pellets with more force over a larger distance?

[Rich46yo]

If only there was a world wide information network where one could type something like "11C" into a search engine and find an instant answer 

Murdr my generation looks peole in the eye and asks them a direct question.

[Murdr]

To put this in perspective...

500lb object impacting at 288mph=1,387,320 joules

500lb object impacting at 702.5mph=8,254,378 joules

200lbs of TNT detonating = 418,400,000 joules
That's over 50 times the energy from a 500lb 702mph impact!

ok, ya have 2 bombs of equal size, and both filled with the equal amout of sheep pellets,...... One is dropped from a p-47 d40, doin say 288 mph, (for you math geeks)....the other is dropped by a f/a 18, doing 702.5 mph ( yeah we all know) which one will scatter pellets with more force over a larger distance?

What is the altitude it is being dropped from?  What is the terminal velocity of the bomb?  Dropped from high enough, each could impact at a similar speed and trajectory (eg. the results would be a draw).

[Murdr]

Murdr my generation looks peole in the eye and asks them a direct question.

In the eye?  I don't even own a webcam 

[Rich46yo]

In the eye?  I don't even own a webcam 

I guess I aint going to find out then. Which means you weren't in USAF. Which means you are unable to make educated damn guesses, "which turned out to be right", about 500lb air dropped bombs cause you were never around them, or, the aircraft that dropped them.

Are we in concurrence?

[Murdr]

I see a trend here...Too lazy to click links to information that someone else looked up on the topic and bothered to post.  You would rather type 100 words in protest, than type 3 characters into google and get the info yourself.

Your guess was rather vauge

but I'm not sure if the chemical mix causes a bigger blast but my guess would be yes.

As it's been shown, the quantity of explosive content has reduced as the explosive power has increased.  How that qualifies as "right", I'm not sure.

What I am sure of is the reason AKAK has taken to calling you Dick.

[ColKLink]

whatsa "joules? heheh I might as well lern something too

[Bronk]

What I am sure of is the reason AKAK has taken to calling you Dick.

 

[Murdr]

whatsa "joules? heheh I might as well lern something too

joule - unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI); it is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre. Named in honour of the English physicist James Prescott Joule, it equals 107 ergs, or approximately 0.7377 foot-pounds. In electrical terms, the joule equals one watt-second—i.e., the energy released in one second by a current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm.

[ColKLink]

Ok, thanks, but that might be a tad deep for ol klink,.....But I got the idea <S>

[Murdr]

Which means you weren't in USAF. Which means you are unable to make educated damn guesses

As indicated by my MOS (that's Military Occupation Specialty code for those unable to use a search engine) I have worked with HE (:rolleyes High Exposive) weapons, and as also indicated previously, I can read and look stuff up too    

I will be sure to pass along to my Naval aviation friends, and IAF friend that they are also unable to make educated guesses about such things since they were not in the USAF 

[Buzzard7]

What were you thinking murdr? Don't you know the flyboys have all the right answers?
What I find funny around here is the Navy guys having trouble landing at Peterson AFB. The runway doesn't move so they have trouble hitting it.

[morfiend]

As indicated by my MOS (that's Military Occupation Specialty code for those unable to use a search engine) I have worked with HE (:rolleyes High Exposive) weapons, and as also indicated previously, I can read and look stuff up too    

I will be sure to pass along to my Naval aviation friends, and IAF friend that they are also unable to make educated guesses about such things since they were not in the USAF 

  M,
 Your preaching to the choir,they cant hear they're too busy singing!     

[ColKLink]

3  m.o.s.'s -in 4 yrs of active service in the united states marine corps. (1833/1316/2142)we didnt think alot of navy or airforce pileits, until there isn't any Marine air around.  uncle was f-4 phantom pilot(usaf), 2 other brothers (blood) served in the crotch" (thats marine corps) for those that served in the sissy services.Apache helo's justcame out back then for the army., they were laughable, compared to our cobras. ect ect ect. Marine pilots "hang it out there". for their ground marines.