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The Great Growler Gallery
- Thread starter woodman
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LordTravi would hate meeting that guy in the showers
He also bears a striking resemblance to Flash.
@Vettemuscle: Your questions have been addressed already in the other Prowler/G model threads. Check those out and post/PM me if you still have questions.
Brett
And Gatordev actuallyHe also bears a striking resemblance to Flash.
MasterBates
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I think that guy has bigger feet than ME!
I need to find where he gets his flight boots....
I need to find where he gets his flight boots....
He also bears a striking resemblance to Flash.
Brett
He does look a little like me, but he still has a full head of hair........and huge feet...........
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What is the airspeed restriction on the EW pod? It's a M1.8 plane according to the stats, even as a Growler, but I'm guessing it's a M0.88 plane if it's hanging the jammer pods. Any update?
FWIW, my understanding is that the pods themselves have been tested > 1.0, but not on the kooky canted pylons on the SH airframe. Frankly, there's probably not much merit in testing above .86. The drag with all that stuff hanging off the wings is already going to present a monumental problem for going much faster then that without burning major amounts of gas. In the unlikely event that a G model has to bug high speed you can just overspeed the stores, as repairing any possible damage is cheaper than jettisoning several million dollars worth of pods - we often brief that in the Prowler. If it comes to a turning fight (even more unlikely), we can punch the stores and go that route, but without a gun or heaters, that's also a defensive, losing proposition.
Brett
I was under the impression that propellors and rotors already do go supersonic.
Interesting. Here's some numbers for you science nerds to crunch:
Let's say you have a RAT blade that is roughly 7-8 inches long (radius of whole turbine) spinning at 400 RPM in a slipstream that is ~.86M. What is the effective relative airspeed experienced at the blade tip? Show your work.
Brett
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
Funny you say that.. A very nasty Growler just landed here in Corpus..
Interesting. Here's some numbers for you science nerds to crunch:
Let's say you have a RAT blade that is roughly 7-8 inches long (radius of whole turbine) spinning at 400 RPM in a slipstream that is ~.86M. What is the effective relative airspeed experienced at the blade tip? Show your work.
Brett
uhhhh.... 42?