« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano  (Read 1862 times)

Offline trax1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3973
Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« on: March 11, 2011, 07:04:20 PM »
Check out this aircraft from Embraer the Super Tucano, aKa A-29, it's a prop driven aircraft that just looks badass, each plane is relatively cheap at only $9 million each, the U.S Airforce is currently looking at buying some of these, as of now it's primarily used ny the Airforces of South American countries like Brazil & Columbia.  It carries a lot of arrangement for it's size, it has 5 hardpoints which can carry loads up to 3300Lb's of ordnance, as well as rocket pods.  Check out this video of it, you might notice in some of the video that some have a paint scheme thats kind of an homage to the P-40 with the sharks mouth on it's nose.

http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/military-aircraft/super-tucano-in-action/802461906001/
« Last Edit: March 11, 2011, 07:06:59 PM by trax1 »
Logged
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

Offline AWwrgwy

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5478
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 07:20:17 PM »
Buy American.



Air Tractor® AT-802U         

If the Air Force wnated to go slow they would have kept the A-10 instead of pawning them off on the Air National Guard.


wrongway
Logged
71 (Eagle) Squadron
"THAT"S PAINT!!"

"If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through."
- General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay

Offline trax1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3973
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 07:25:10 PM »
Quote from: AWwrgwy on March 11, 2011, 07:20:17 PM
Buy American.

(Image removed from quote.)

Air Tractor® AT-802U         

If the Air Force wnated to go slow they would have kept the A-10 instead of pawning them off on the Air National Guard.


wrongway

Damn, 8,000-lb payload, that things a beast.
Logged
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

Offline MarineUS

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2679
      • Imperial Legion
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2011, 07:35:07 PM »
It's fuel prices. The Jet fuel is too expensive
 :rofl
Logged
Quote from: hitech on January 25, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

HiTech

Offline oakranger

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8380
      • http://www.slybirds.com/
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2011, 07:41:25 PM »
If i was in the Air Force, i would so much want to fly that. 
Logged
Oaktree

56th Fighter group

Offline curry1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2321
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 07:46:17 PM »
Quote from: oakranger on March 11, 2011, 07:41:25 PM
If i was in the Air Force, i would so much want to fly that. 
If i got put in that instead of an f-16 or some such I would be disappointed.
Logged
Curry1-Since Tour 101

Offline fbEagle

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 584
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2011, 07:51:58 PM »
when do i get mine for AH????  :lol
Logged
<Insert witty remark here>

Offline Yossarian

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2516
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2011, 08:21:27 PM »
Quote from: AWwrgwy on March 11, 2011, 07:20:17 PM
Buy American.

(Image removed from quote.)

Air Tractor® AT-802U         

If the Air Force wnated to go slow they would have kept the A-10 instead of pawning them off on the Air National Guard.


wrongway


Argh...they could at least have given it a nice paintscheme!
Logged
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
Apparently I'm in the 20th FG 'Loco Busters', or so the legend goes.
O o
/¯________________________
| IMMA FIRIN' MAH 75MM!!!
\_¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2011, 08:26:30 PM »
I don't understand, is this a down grade of an upgrade to the air force? :headscratch:
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2011, 08:27:33 PM »
I don't understand is this an upgrade or a downgrade to the air force?  :headscratch:
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline kilo2

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3445
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2011, 08:31:38 PM »
I wonder if they wanted prop planes why would they go with this design. 346 mph top speed. I guess speed really doesn't matter though.


Start building new p51s  :rofl
Logged
X.O. Kommando Nowotny
FlyKommando.com

"Never abandon the possibility of attack."

Offline F22RaptorDude

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3641
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2011, 08:41:04 PM »
sorry about the double post, computer is dealing with a virus right now  :mad:
Logged
Reaper in a T-50-2 Scout tank in 10 seconds flat

Offline saggs

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1250
      • www.kirksagers.com
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2011, 08:55:27 PM »
Quote from: MarineUS on March 11, 2011, 07:35:07 PM
It's fuel prices. The Jet fuel is too expensive
 :rofl

Is JP-4 or whatever the military calls it, really any different then Jet-A?   It's basically all kerosene or naphtha.   I think an Airtractor and a F-22 burn pretty close to the same stuff, just the Airtractor is a lot more efficient.  Running turboprops where feasible instead of jets could potentially save the military a lot of money.

Right now around here Jet A is 40-50 cents a gallon cheaper then 100LL, so it's the little piston GA guys who are getting smacked hardest by fuel costs.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2011, 09:02:10 PM by saggs »
Logged

Offline Wildcat1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2163
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 09:03:57 PM »
personally, i think the next attack aircraft should be a derivative of the A-26.

twin-engine piston aircraft, cheap to build, cheap to maintain, heavy ords load, room in the nose for 1 or 2 Bushmaster MK-44s maybe?
Logged
having fun and getting killed since tour 110
The King of 'Cobras. 350th FG, Tunisia 2016

Air Traffic Controller (Air Warfare/Surface Warfare) 2nd Class, USS John C. Stennis CVN-74

Offline Tupac

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5056
Re: Airforce Going Retro? The Super Tucano
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 09:08:22 PM »
A1 skyraider FTW
Logged
"It was once believed that an infinite number of monkeys, typing on an infinite number of keyboards, would eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. However, with the advent of Internet messageboards we now know this is not the case."
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »