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Stupid questions about the Rhino (Super Hornet)
- Thread starter Boss_BlueAngels
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If I read this right, your saying the A through D Hornet wasn't needed, SSOO since I can say this with "nearly" pure anonymity, you're either an old steam gauge sim instructor who still thinks the A-4 is the end all/be all of jet aircraft and using the HUD is a crutch, OOORRRR, your f_cking smoking crack, so which is it?
Really informative article on the Super Hornet...
http://www.sci.fi/~fta/aviat-5.htm
http://www.sci.fi/~fta/aviat-5.htm
I knew this thread wouldn't get 3 posts further without you picking up on that, hence the selection
Then I beat ya .... as it didn't even get 1 post further .... beware the wily Bogey. :icon_winkI knew this thread wouldn't get 3 posts further without you picking up on that....
The A-4 Skyhawk. The finest tactical jet anyone's ever mounted up ...
A4's Forever!
I'm curious as to what the Boeing "sixth generation" will be. I'm thinking UCAV. I guess Boeing is saying the Navy should save some money so it can afford the really good stuff in 2024.
I was actually pretty serious about the Super x 3 Hornet, I remember years ago watching one of those Super Hornet roll out videos (on vhs, lol) and they were talking about the future of the bug all the way out to Block IV which, from the artists conception, was a blended wing body... But this was 10-11 years ago, and I haven't found any other information since.
Heres some semi official info on what the (coming online) Block II+ Super Hornet looks like
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/03/13/212600/ultra-hornet.html
THEY'VE DONE IT !!!
"They" have mated the A-6 and the F-14 and added state-of-the-art whistles and bells. Good show ....
F-18 A-D with a combat load carried less ordinance than an A-6 (Go ahead, make the Pk/jet to DMPI ratio argument, I'll counter that too), was underpowered, didn't carry enough gas (so we went from 1+40 cycles to 1+15 or less, had almost no bringback. It's big selling point was that it was ready for PGMs, but then they hung the LANTIRN on the Tomcat and the Hornet wasn't much more than a short legged CAP.
It is easy to land on the ship and great in a knife fight. We do one of those a lot, haven't done the other in 30+ years.
I'm disappointed that you feel you need anonymity to propose your points and I don't think you should lob F-Bombs at your elders!
F-18 A-D with a combat load carried less ordinance than an A-6 (Go ahead, make the Pk/jet to DMPI ratio argument, I'll counter that too), was underpowered, didn't carry enough gas (so we went from 1+40 cycles to 1+15 or less, had almost no bringback. It's big selling point was that it was ready for PGMs, but then they hung the LANTIRN on the Tomcat and the Hornet wasn't much more than a short legged CAP.
It is easy to land on the ship and great in a knife fight. We do one of those a lot, haven't done the other in 30+ years.
I'm disappointed that you feel you need anonymity to propose your points and I don't think you should lob F-Bombs at your elders!
I won't compare E-2's and Awacs because I have never sat in either. Unless you have flown A-6's, F-14's and F-18's your arguments are academic. In Afghanistan and Iraq the hornets went everywhere the tomcats did and employed more variety of ordnance than the tomcats. F-18's employed all J-weps and tomcats just got Jdam in time for Iraq.
Boeing has a plan to sell generation "4.75" Super Hornets (as opposed to gen. 4.5 we have now) to tide the Navy over until a 6th generation Fighter comes out in 2024 (which I'd assume would have to be a Super-Super-Super Hornet to make that timeline - Engineering Change of Proposal must be the golden ticket for defense contractors
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gene... Generation Fighter With Block 3 Super Hornet
It's funny. This is the exact stance the Marines have taken with regard to the "super" hornet. Let's skip the whole "super" hornet thing and get the next generation fighter, the JSF. I dunno, I think the supers will be around for a long time to come. The Navy is the one with the money...so it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
ty fixed it.
Has thrust vectoring ever been considering for existing legacy aircraft, as well as the Rhino?
Well thought out
I will lob F-bombs, anywhere and everywhere
I stand by what I said, and lets be honest, anyone who throws the A-7 into the mix is a retard.
I chose my anonymity statement based on Fog's numero uno post count. For all I know he's COMNAVPACSINWESTLEADDEVILDOG and didn't want to get wailed on too hard.