Novalogic just kind of ran with it. F22 Lightning III is still my favorite old PC sim

Is this from a test in the Pacific?

Now you’ve got me excited about the applications of another special forces C130 derivative. This would have the capability to insert a SEAL team with equipment anywhere there is a body of water, with a range far exceeding the Chinooks that can currently deploy rigid inflatables.

If you actually read the article, you’ll note that the use cases for such a plane are decidedly non-military. (Firefighting, search and rescue...) Please retrieve your dunce cap and wear it for the remainder of the day.

Mustang prices have spiked in the past 5 years. My lightly optioned 2012 GT Premium came in a little over 32k. A comparable package now is 39k. That’s a huge difference.

I absolutely don’t want to go back to the trend of long refresh cycles, and neither does anyone buying a new car. Look at (arguably) the best enthusiast years in history- 1965-1971. Models typically got YEARLY headlight/taillight revamps and got redesigned/refreshed bodies every 2 years. Look at the 2010-2012 vs the…

I agree with the thoughts of what adding more power would do. Not so much the environmental side of your comment. Developing a higher horsepower engine means more development money, more expensive components, tighter tolerances and better parts to keep the same durability...the list goes on. The Miata, BRZ, and FR-S…

I almost forgot what website I was on, but then I saw a Miata in the #1 spot. And not just any model, but one that isn’t even AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC yet.

Seeing as how Nissan is not at all involved in this, I’m sure they’re doing just fine. MAZDA, on the other hand....

I actually originally wrote ABL. But then I figured no one would know what the hell that was, since most people don’t follow obscure military programs. I am happy to be proved wrong!

Just be glad they don’t replace it with a “Death Instrument”. They’d have an instant Airborne Laser.

Yes, absolutely. We’re talking acceleration curves though. As in, one of the big disadvantages to steam was that it was simply “dial-a-pressure” and the initial acceleration was not well regulated and quite hard on aircraft. The acceleration rate of the new cat is controllable and variable down the entire length of…

You just have to picture the triple digit speeds these things are moving at. If you put a stop light on the deck and a Porsche next to that cart, you’d make the Porsche look like a Yugo when the light turned green

No. Incorrect. They don’t have acceleration curves mapped out yet for Hornets with wing mounted fuel tanks instead of centerline tanks. With the weight of the fuel on the wings, the wing root sees more stress during a launch, and thus they have to develop a different acceleration curve despite the aircraft having the…

Now if only they could fly the B-1B for the same hourly cost as the B-52, and if only we had a few dozen more of them! And therein lies the reason we have two different airframes for the bomber role still.

Haha yes. Which is one of the reasons the article says don’t buy an ‘83. But $200 worth of swap meet edelbrock intake and Holley carb and your woes are gone forever!

I laughed because late in the life of my 200k mile ‘84, I had red duct tape holding down the rear edge of the sunroof because of that exact thing. Also, if you are really, really, entirely too happy with your life, do a clutch change on a 951. It’s the extra little things on the turbo that make you wish for a toolbox…

Also twice (or maybe twice twice) the price if something goes wrong, which happens far more often when flogged than their C4 bretheren. Corvettes don’t have anything approaching the sheer frustration of Speed/Reference sensors....or unsolvable hatch delamination....or dissolving odometer gears if you have a ~86 and…

The presenter mentioned that one of the influences was NFS: CARBON. Who thought it was a good idea to mention the most garbage NFS game ever made?? The game isn’t even out yet and they already need to reboot the reboot.

A very smart question to ask.