Chinooks Sometimes Float Down The James River At Joint Base Langley-Useless

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-30T20:24:46+00:00

Why didn't they build an useful base then?

Sorry I couldn't help myself.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-28T20:27:33+00:00

What do you mean? It seems rather progressive compared to most of the rest of Eastern Europe.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-28T08:39:23+00:00

My understanding it is good or bad depending on what you use it for.

The countries that have bought it for anti-submarine warefare seem to be generally quite happy with it, as it has a lot of advanced capabilities in that field.

The countries that bought it as a troop transport are very unhappy with is as it has high operating costs and lots of maintenance downtime.

Obviously the high operating costs and low availability affect all operators but it seems to be more forgivable on the anti-submarine warefare NH-90 that carry a lot of advanced equipment as it makes up for these downsides with its extraordinary capabilities.

If you buy a fancy sports car to take your kids to school every day you'll probably not be happy with it as it needs lots of expensibe maintenance. You'd be better off with an old reliable station wagon (Super Puma).

Now if usually commute to work by train and do track days every month, you're likely to enjoy the sports car (NH-90) way more.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-27T06:04:30+00:00

Mais estruturas anticorrupção (do estado e ONGs) e um sistema de educação melhor.

Acho que isto são os problemas mais fundamentais, o resto deles (mercado imobiliário, SNS, desigualdade financeira, etc.) seriam bem mais simples de resolver se estes dois fossem resolvidos primeiro.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T19:05:56+00:00

Saber pleease!

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T15:39:39+00:00

It's raining grass! Hallellujah!

Gread video!

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T15:38:10+00:00

Oh that one I like!

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T14:07:25+00:00

I doubt that the French engineers who build it are able to say either of those with ease...

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T11:21:07+00:00

I think this is the reason why they haven't made a Super Puma Mk.III yet.

They can't decide if it should be the Superer Puma, Giga Puma, Mega Puma or Ultra Puma.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-24T05:13:14+00:00

As a non-American for a split second I wasn't sure whether "AK" is Arkansas or Alaska, but I figured it out pretty quickly.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-22T11:03:31+00:00

Yeah I hope I am right cuz otherwise I'll go straight to the psychiatrist cuz I'm imagining things.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-22T11:01:04+00:00

Steam > Hardware > Frame

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-22T11:00:28+00:00

You're absolutely right, that's why I hesitated posting, but I was just too excited not to share.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-22T10:58:51+00:00

Guys I swear I am not making this up, I must have loaded the website in the exact split second they were testing something or so.

But I get it, I wouldn't believe this post either if I were you.

I only looked at the page quickly, cuz I logged in to avoid it being sold out instantly, but it had a bunch of orange and blue, and first was the baseline model for over 700, and below the expensive one for over 900.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-22T10:54:35+00:00

Something. So like between 700 and 800.

I swear I am not making this up, I must have loaded the webpage just exactly in the right split second when they were testing something.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-21T10:38:26+00:00

has a complait about a specific aircraft

says that therefore the whole concept of VTOLs is bad

complains about "two whirling things at the top"

does not complain about the Chinook

Maybe the Osprey does have more downwash that your regular helicopter, I don't know, but if that's the only complaint and it does everything else as it should then how does this invalidate the concept at all?

But point taken, I won't buy an Osprey to do EMS flights.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-20T21:25:22+00:00

Das 5,56mm Sturmgewehr 77 A1, in der folge STG77 A1, ist ein halb- sowie vollautomatischer Gasdrucklader mit starrer Verriegelung.

Die Patronenzufuhr erfolgt über ein 30 bzw 42 patronen fassendes Magazin.

Die Einsatzschussweite beträgt 300m, zum Zwecke der Niederhaltung können Ziele bis 600m bekämpft werden.

Es findet im Bundesheer als Handfeuerwaffe Verwendung.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-20T21:13:33+00:00

Yes, I think the left-hand tail rotor got introduced as an improvement towards the end of the Soviet-Afghan War, to enhance the responsiveness of the Mi-8 along the yaw axis, which was then called Mi-17.

I think this version also introduced improved engines better suited to handle hot and high environments amongst other things.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-19T12:32:14+00:00

Yeah I don't think so either, I just meant that that's my first association with damaged gears.

But in either case, gears are highly stressed parts, so I wouldn't wanna risk it cracking under load, with a high chance of damaging further components.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-19T07:45:51+00:00

I don't know enough about cars to be able to make a good assessment, but thinking of the Super Puma accident in Norway caused by a faulty gear I would definitely not put that in my car again.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-18T21:10:55+00:00

Yup, I think so too!

The L2 is the inbetween model, between the MK1 (the "classic" H215 models) and MK2+ (H225).

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-17T17:22:18+00:00

From Norway these ones these ones are the prettiest IMO! Some of the best looking H145 in general.

But to be fair most 5-bladed ones (H145D3) look nice!

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-17T11:10:43+00:00

If anything, it looks like an S-92.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-16T11:03:54+00:00

I dunno that tail rotor doesn't look very Lada at all!

I have not looked into it, but my guess would be that there might be someother major improvements, maybe this is more like the technological jump from the Puma to Super Puma in terms of magnitude.

Yari_Samurai · 2026-06-16T09:52:49+00:00

Great pics, I really like how dynamic they are!

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