SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > General > General Topics
Forget password? Reset here

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-22-14, 06:11 PM   #2521
Herr-Berbunch
Kaiser Bill's batman
 
Herr-Berbunch's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by u crank View Post
Is it an aircraft?
Yes, yes, yes!
__________________
Herr-Berbunch is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 01:14 AM   #2522
Eichhörnchen
Starte das Auto
 
Eichhörnchen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: The Fens
Posts: 15,791
Downloads: 5
Uploads: 0


Default

Fair chance it's a Cessna then?
Eichhörnchen is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 01:32 AM   #2523
Herr-Berbunch
Kaiser Bill's batman
 
Herr-Berbunch's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
Uploads: 0
Default

Military aircraft yes, Cessna no.

Faster still.
__________________
Herr-Berbunch is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 02:14 AM   #2524
svt94
Swabbie
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 11
Downloads: 16
Uploads: 0
Default

Is it Cold War Era?
__________________
If you put a toaster on a hippos back and dragged him through the water by his gahdam tail you would have a nuke boat.

Sometimes progress sucks.
Bob 'Dex' Armstrong
svt94 is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 02:57 AM   #2525
Eichhörnchen
Starte das Auto
 
Eichhörnchen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: The Fens
Posts: 15,791
Downloads: 5
Uploads: 0


Default

Then if it's an older type, maybe a Piper?
Eichhörnchen is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 04:04 AM   #2526
Oberon
Lucky Jack
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 25,976
Downloads: 61
Uploads: 20


Default

Was it made by BAC and Breguet?
Oberon is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 04:23 AM   #2527
Herr-Berbunch
Kaiser Bill's batman
 
Herr-Berbunch's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by svt94 View Post
Is it Cold War Era?
Yes, definitely hales from that time.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eichhornchen View Post
Then if it's an older type, maybe a Piper?
By my rough calculation it's about 4.3 times faster than the fastest Piper (not including the prototype Piperjet).
__________________
Herr-Berbunch is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 04:34 AM   #2528
u crank
Old enough to know better
 
u crank's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Prince Edward Island
Posts: 11,567
Downloads: 136
Uploads: 0


Default

English Electric Lightning.
__________________

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

― Arthur C. Clarke




u crank is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 04:57 AM   #2529
Herr-Berbunch
Kaiser Bill's batman
 
Herr-Berbunch's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Was it made by BAC and Breguet?
Sorry Jamie, didn't see your post! Nothing French about it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by u crank View Post
English Electric Lightning.
Almost there, that's where it is. But what is it?
__________________
Herr-Berbunch is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 05:22 AM   #2530
Eichhörnchen
Starte das Auto
 
Eichhörnchen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: The Fens
Posts: 15,791
Downloads: 5
Uploads: 0


Default

Is it a flap control on the side-console?
Eichhörnchen is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 05:46 AM   #2531
Herr-Berbunch
Kaiser Bill's batman
 
Herr-Berbunch's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Eichhornchen View Post
Is it a flap control on the side-console?
Nope.
__________________
Herr-Berbunch is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 06:39 AM   #2532
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 181,445
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Indeed, it's a WWI submarine tender, the USS Fulton to be precise.
Well done Jamie
__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 06:48 AM   #2533
Jimbuna
Chief of the Boat
 
Jimbuna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
Posts: 181,445
Downloads: 63
Uploads: 13


Default

I've had more than my fair share of picks so I'll add a couple of photos to help this along...



__________________
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Oh my God, not again!!


GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)
Jimbuna is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 06:57 AM   #2534
Oberon
Lucky Jack
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 25,976
Downloads: 61
Uploads: 20


Default

Sneaky, the words above it have been scrubbed out!

This might help some people:
https://www.haraldjoergens.com/panoramas/lightning/
Oberon is offline  
Old 10-23-14, 07:19 AM   #2535
Eichhörnchen
Starte das Auto
 
Eichhörnchen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: The Fens
Posts: 15,791
Downloads: 5
Uploads: 0


Default

Maybe I'm being dim, but isn't it just the Mach counter?
Eichhörnchen is offline  
Closed Thread


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:42 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2024 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.