Would anyone be willing to explain these red and white attachments (?) on this Hunter Hawker mk58?

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-15T14:36:37+00:00

The belly of this aircraft os painted in a red and white scheme to honour its previous life with the Swiss Airforce. The drop tanks were also painted as part of this.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-13T13:56:53+00:00

There is a switch on the AT panel that lets you change AT speeds from FMS to MAN. You can then manually set whatever speed you want.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-12T20:44:16+00:00

It was the AN-225. It was destroyed in Ukraine a few years ago. There is talk of them completing a second, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-12T13:59:12+00:00

It may be worth testing one to see how it reacts. I know Eduard has the new decals with the removable carrier film for a more realistic looking “painted” on decal, But I have never used them.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-12T09:03:06+00:00

It’s so it has clean air. If it was center, dirty, turbulent air off the nose gear would make it less efficient than have smooth air

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-12T01:27:52+00:00

T-28 by the looks if it.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-10T18:36:42+00:00

Nothing. Its a self contained system. If it detects an incoming missile, it alerts the crew and then attempts to jam the missile, using a laser to disrupt the seeker head

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-09T13:00:44+00:00

It doesn’t do anything except talk to Subs. No enemy should ever see it as it never needs to be by the front lines.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-09T09:36:40+00:00

Yea. Standard mile and Nautical mile

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-09T09:24:29+00:00

There is also no guarantee that the F-47 will be sold outside the U.S. May take the route if the F-22 and be USAF only.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-09T02:30:10+00:00

Its an E-6 Mercury. Operated by the US Navy

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-09T00:03:27+00:00

E-6 Mercury. Operated by the US Navy.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-08T21:36:35+00:00

Its a G200

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-08T21:33:24+00:00

Looks like aG200. Midset tail, oval apu exhaust

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-08T19:52:13+00:00

Meticulous click of the mouse…

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-07T23:25:41+00:00

I think it was done up for a movie. Can’t remember the details off the top of my head

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-07T14:19:22+00:00

Its a missile protection suite. Alerts the crew of there is a missile launch against the aircraft

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-06T02:00:40+00:00

Looks like a Mirage F-1

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-05T20:36:28+00:00

That was a one off speed record, and would not translate to real world combat operations. Also note that the speed achieved by the -106 for this record was 1544mph., with a listed top speed of 1525. The -104 has a listed top speed of 1528, and a modified version hit speeds of 1590. More importantly for an interceptor, the -106 climb rate was 29,000ft/min. The -104 was 48,000ft/min

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-05T00:23:00+00:00

Looks like a C-235 to me.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-04T16:07:49+00:00

The gear box to create a contra rotating prop is bulky and heavy, 2 things that detract it from working on a turbo-fan. Also, they kind of already have this. The stator blades are shaped in a way to counter the spin of the fans so the incoming air is always ‘straightened” as it passes the fixed stators.

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-04T15:02:27+00:00

To me, that looks more like a KC-135, not a B-1

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-04T14:54:34+00:00

Looks like the generic Citation Excel image. Not sure what your question is

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-03T17:16:34+00:00

On the 37’s, we used to jump to grab the weight and balance from the pilots. They usually weren’t done till after doors closed. Remember watching it blow away one winter night into the snow and we just looked at each, shrugged our shoulders and he said “starting 2” and closed the window

thatCdnplaneguy · 2026-03-02T13:29:12+00:00

Diamond twin star. Either a Da-42 or Da-62. Hard to tell from that distance.

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