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12-19-2006, 09:38 PM
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#61 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Manuverability would be first, second speed, third accuracy, and finally reliability.
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Corporal: "Hmm. it's quiet. too quiet."
BANG!
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12-19-2006, 10:20 PM
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#62 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 8,929
Country: | Wow look at this thread. Like the Phoenix from the ashes...
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12-20-2006, 02:55 PM
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#63 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 19,959
Country:  | and all because P-38 didn't quite grasp what it was about 
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12-20-2006, 06:15 PM
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#64 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
Posts: 1,934
Country: | Damn! Not again! I keep forgetting to look at the dates!
__________________  Its better to have an
Army of deer being led by a lion,
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12-22-2006, 12:37 AM
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#65 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edmonton,Alberta
Posts: 2,260
Country:  | I would want Range, higher ceiling, armour, speed and manouverability, and above all else FIREPOWER!!!!!!!!
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Hello me...meet the real me.
And my misfits way of life.
A dark black past is my
Most valued possession.
Hindsight is always 20-20,
But looking back its still a bit fuzzy.
Speak of mutually assured destruction?
Nice story...tell it to readers digest!!! | |
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12-22-2006, 06:31 AM
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#66 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
Posts: 397
Country: | Speed is for me. I want a plane that can fly into formations for one pass, then get out of there before the enemy reacts. | |
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12-31-2006, 05:59 PM
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#67 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 8,929
Country: | There are now two of these threads. This one appears more comprehensive however.
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01-01-2007, 05:35 AM
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#68 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 19,959
Country: | no there're plenty of repeated threads, i feel like going back and giving life back to some of my old ones, it does seem like the trend these days 
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01-01-2007, 10:10 AM
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#69 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London
Posts: 37
Country: | perfect jet - although almost impossible- for me would have to be
1) fast - acheivable by hydrogen PDE ramjet engines + delta wings + slim design
2) quiet - acheivable by using the F117 style engine exhaust mufflers
3)super cruise
4) vtol/stol (vectored thrust)
5) stealth (no right angles in design + radar absorbing paint)
6) manouverable (vectored thrust + canards + sweep wing)
7) tough (armour)  packs a punch (massive load capabilities)
9) cheap ( new fules/ materials)
im bored now so im just gonna say -----the perfect jet must be everything
ie, the alleged Hypersoar / aurora jet but until its shroud of conspiracy is lifted , we have nothing. | |
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01-01-2007, 01:49 PM
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#70 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 8,929
Country: | And none of those design constraints are allowed to conflict.
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01-01-2007, 03:52 PM
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#71 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Queensland
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Country:  | I go to say "toughness" meaning as in P-47 Thunderbolt or A-10 Thunderbolt II "toughness" but it would be hard to get that into a modern jet... Modern Jets just can't be toughened up enough... | |
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01-01-2007, 06:55 PM
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#72 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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Originally Posted by HealzDevo  I go to say "toughness" meaning as in P-47 Thunderbolt or A-10 Thunderbolt II "toughness" but it would be hard to get that into a modern jet... Modern Jets just can't be toughened up enough... | Wanna bet????
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01-02-2007, 12:28 PM
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#73 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by HealzDevo I go to say "toughness" meaning as in P-47 Thunderbolt or A-10 Thunderbolt II "toughness" but it would be hard to get that into a modern jet... Modern Jets just can't be toughened up enough... | Have you seen the pics of the IDF F-15 that landed minues starboard wing. Not the tip. I mean all the way to the root, fore to aft. Minor damage.
Oh and the F-18 missing 1 vertical stab.
Just some examples off the top of my head. 
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01-02-2007, 06:13 PM
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#74 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by Matt308 Oh and the F-18 missing 1 vertical stab. | There was a pic around here somewhere of one missing the entire radome. | |
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01-02-2007, 06:19 PM
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#75 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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Country: | Ah. Didn't see that one. What was cause? Collision?
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