And a lot of YT videos aren't worth mentioning
Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36) thread
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And a lot of YT videos aren't worth mentioning
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
They're former US fighter pilots not some arm chair general.
Guys ... I must admit I slowly lose my patience!
There is NO need at all to repost any stupid claim,l any random stupid idea posted in the internet anywhere. Think at least a bit on your own and if there's nothing to post or discuss, then please do not post random BS and discuss nonsense!
There is NO need at all to repost any stupid claim,l any random stupid idea posted in the internet anywhere. Think at least a bit on your own and if there's nothing to post or discuss, then please do not post random BS and discuss nonsense!
Just a general advice, don't just accept people's words just because of their position of authority (or claimed position of authority). Do try to think it through with common sense or maybe a little research, thats all I'm going to say
Former US fighter pilots don't mean they understand the engineering physics behind designing aircraft. Their job is to know their plane enough to fly it well, not to know every detail and design feature for what it's worth. When they talk about anything outside of their immediate field, they become armchair generals as well. Like I said, you can easily do the napkin math to figure out that clearing the aircraft during ejection is a complete non issue.
If you want to build a robot fish, would you ask an engineer or an ichthyologist about it, or would you ask a fish? A fish, if it could talk, could add some valuable input, but it would not be the authority on the subject matter.
Here I am beating a dead horse, but this is the reason why ejection gives pilots spinal injuries, the rocket motors on the seats are insanely powerful. Worst case scenario assume this is a zero zero ejection so there's no drag and the ejection is straight up, which is usually not right as most eject forwards to negate the drag force pushing back at speed.
Most ejection seats fire for about 0.5 seconds. Using some basic kinematic equations that are taught in high school.. Even the weakest ejection seats at 11G can completely clear the entire aircraft in half the firing time, and reach a far safer altitude with a full burn. The image below illustrates how far and fast ejection seats truly push pilots. Notice in a quarter of a second, a J-36 pilot has already easily cleared the dorsal intake, and the entire aircraft as a whole.
Most ejection seats fire for about 0.5 seconds. Using some basic kinematic equations that are taught in high school.. Even the weakest ejection seats at 11G can completely clear the entire aircraft in half the firing time, and reach a far safer altitude with a full burn. The image below illustrates how far and fast ejection seats truly push pilots. Notice in a quarter of a second, a J-36 pilot has already easily cleared the dorsal intake, and the entire aircraft as a whole.
I mean you are not wrong. Inside every missile is a bomb.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
I already knew that hence why would they bother to point that out? I’m not the one arguing that pilots are going to be sucked into the inlet.
The point is that we are all collectively bright enough to recognize stupidity and bad takes from other outlets and individuals and personalities, so there is no need to post their bad takes in flagship threads.
It just comes across as being bitter at the fact that stupid opinions and bad takes exist and are circulated at other places, without being constructive here. It is essentially just complaining, and for the audience here it is just preaching to the choir at best, or rage-bait circlejerking at worst.
If people really want to fight the good fight and tear down some bad takes and stupid opinions, I advise people to leave SDF to do so and actually contest them at other forums and platforms.