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    F/A-18F Super Hornet Build Time-Lapse From Beginning To End

    Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/15/09

    In reply to F/A-18F Super Hornet Build Time-Lapse From Beginning To End
    One of the coolest variants of the F-18 is the X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing research craft used by NASA. I actually got to see it at NASA Dryden many years ago when it was being prepped for flight. Basically, it is a F/A-18 with a wing more similar to the original wing. This wing was replaced early on in the development because it was too thin and not rigid enough. They took a pair of these wings and modified them with actuators and controllers. They can then warp the wing shape in flight which changes the flight dynamics of the aircraft. It's pretty cool stuff for aero weenies like me.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/15/09

    @engineerd misses Uncle Pete: That is cool to see fly.

    Have you ever seen the HiMAT demonstrators? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiMAT
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/15/09

    @pauljones: Yeah, that is a bizarre aircraft, but totally cool. In my senior design project in college we wound up using canards on our airplane for stability. Our payload was located such that a traditional tailplane was unstable due to the rotation about the CG.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/15/09

    In reply to F/A-18F Super Hornet Build Time-Lapse From Beginning To End
    That is one sexy jet, though. Not as sexy as the F-14 that went before it, which remains the Megan Fox of fighter jets, but I wouldn't say no to a chance to take one of these for a spin.
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    07/15/09

    @pauljones: Strange, I never thought of the F-14 as having toe-thumbs...
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/15/09

    @BaconSandwich: One misshapen thumb. One. And you know what? Misshapen thumb or no, you'd be all over that, and so would I; just like I'd be all over an F-14A, TF30s or not.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    07/15/09

    @pauljones: The F-14 is sexier than the F/A-18!? No way. It is way too big and clumsy, can't maneuver at low speeds, and has way too fat of an ass.



    I like my planes the way I like my women, slim, sleek, maneuverable, and not TOO fast, with properly angled vertical stabilizers = F/A-18.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/15/09

    @The5thElephant: Umm...do you have any familiarity with the F-14 design at all?

    The F-14 is actually extremely agile at low speeds, so much so that baring the S-3, it was one of the easiest jets to land on a carrier. Granted, the F/A-18 has a slightly better instantaneous turn rate, but that has more to do with the fact it has a FBW system, while the F-14 is hydraulic.

    Also, I, too, like my planes the way I like my women: once I turn the throttle up, I like them to be able to go for a while. Not something that F/A-18 can do all that well.
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    Image of Chaparral Chaparral
    07/15/09

    @pauljones: The FBW system on the F/A-18 is still hydraulic. The difference is the computer controls the valves on the F/A-18 and on the F-14 mechanical cables control the valves.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/15/09

    @Chaparral: And the computer is still faster.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to F/A-18F Super Hornet Build Time-Lapse From Beginning To End
    Hyperactive video tour sponsored by Starbucks: One on every Boeing assembly line since 1971.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to F/A-18F Super Hornet Build Time-Lapse From Beginning To End
    Too much travel of tool boxes, needs more Kaizen to do it quicker.
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    Image of BadIdea BadIdea
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    The guy who designed the Aztek works on the fifth floor. Fire at will. Repeat...fire at will.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/13/09

    @BadIdea: Well played! Yes, please take him out!
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    INCOMING!


    No, wait. It's GM.

    Nothing's coming in.

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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    America: Good at Jets, really shitty at cars.


    The Navy is unhappy at the Government's purchase of so many fleet Chevy Uplanders, they decide to take their rage out at the source.


    Detroit: So shitty, pilots believe their in Iraq.


    GM tries to remind the nation of their supplying the Allies by hiring a flyover, then quickly aborts after realizing that the majority of the plane is built overseas. Epic fail.


    That's all I got. That Saab joke just stole my thunder.

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    When you're government-owned, the private jets get much, much awesomer.


    There should be a T-Rex in the cockpit.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    Oh, look it's Fritz. I'll wave. No, don't jump! It's not worth it! Oh fuck. He jumped.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    More effective than carpet bombing, the U.S. Navy has resorted to dropping GM headquarters into cities that it wants destroyed.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    NADA Welcomes Congressional Oversight of Dealership Closures
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    Don't let the Proles escape.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    Hey Maverick, whatsay you and I take go take a shower after we buzz the tower? Come on, I'll scrub your back.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/12/09

    @Prius Racing Fanatic: Only if you goose me, Goose.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    This is our house now.
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Caption This: F/A-18 Hornet Flyby Edition
    Detroit: Where the gangs really have the authorities outgunned.
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