Fmk.6john Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Saw her at RIAT 2006, what a wierd and wonderfull aircraft. Comments welcome, John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguarfan Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Superb photos of still a strange looking bird!! Hard to believe they are gone or about to go, seems they were just being shown to the world a few years ago. cheers for the photos - Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
model_madness Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Nice pics, I was in a long car queue waiting to get into RIAT when she flew over, i was gutted at having missed her on show! One of a kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I can remember when this aircraft was a big secret and was beyond cutting edge. Now theyre phased out? Man, thats a real bummer. Its as if some movie star youve loved your whole life has just passed. Makes you feel you're next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennygman Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Nice pics John, I especially like the one just as the 'chute pops! If I can take the liberty of posting in your thread, here's a couple I took of the static Stealth that illustrates a couple of modelling points. Note the asymmetrical displacement of the control surfaces... And the lozenge shaped 'lump' behind the Star and bar which isn't included in the Hase' kit. I have one of these ongoing at the moment and I'm trying to incorporate theses features. The other thing your pics illustrate is the displacement of the vertical surfaces - took a razor saw and a very deep breath to cut those off! Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwaldram Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 bloody hell, outdated already... i suppose that means Australia will by them in 5 or 6years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmk.6john Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Bennygman Yous pictures must be from the Sunday, mine are on the Saturday and you can see that the static on that day had 'symetrical' droop on the control surfaces, unless the hydraulic pressure decayed unevenley over the weekend and one surface drooped further than the other. Hell the plane has mysteries that will keep us going for ages, dd you notce that they 'bagged' the jet exhaust up with gaffer tape and black plastic?, there are some secrets that will be kept for a very long time!!. I have read though that they are not exactly going to be retired, but keep in storage and may be used again if required, a bit like what they did to the SR-71. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J35 Draken Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Shame it's going, always an interesting aircraft to see. But those pics are from '07 rather than '06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennygman Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yous pictures must be from the Sunday, mine are on the Saturday and you can see that the static on that day had 'symetrical' droop on the control surfaces, unless the hydraulic pressure decayed unevenley over the weekend and one surface drooped further than the other.John. You're quite right of course, I only just noticed that. So the question is how do I display mine? Perhaps best not go there in case we start another F-18 style fiasco! . it hadn't even occured to me that it might be a different machine on the other day, although it was towed back to the North side each evening. I waited for ages to chat with the guys manning the gazebo, but they always had quite a crowd around. I'm sure most of the questions would have got the old, "you know what sir, I have now idea how they manage that" response . One of the things I wanted to ask was if the crews would convert to the Raptor (or were interested in doing so). Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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