Silverbolt 104 Posted April 13, 2010 it seems robert gates was here these days and signed or will sing a treaty with Brazil. and my feeling is that the Super Hornet will have as its firs south america operator Brazil! i feel that a historical momment will just happen in front of my eyes! i can't belive, i hope it concretizes till the end of this administration with a signed and aproved treaty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Jimbib 747 Posted April 13, 2010 This Pony gets around, good pic of it here... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=20879&p=209751 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DWCAce 19 Posted April 13, 2010 it seems robert gates was here these days and signed or will sing a treaty with Brazil. Hope he has a good back-up band! j/k Good news though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rotarycrazy 4 Posted April 13, 2010 Thats great news, but i was hopping to see a rafale in FAB colors love the super tucano I had the chance to see one up close when we got them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infernus 0 Posted April 27, 2010 Yay for Prop planes! is this less underpowered than the Boeing OV-10? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted April 27, 2010 I guess that depends on how much crap they pack into it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
column5 63 Posted April 30, 2010 Its wonderful how history repeats itself over and over in military aviation... Vietnam...immediate need for the Skyraider Cold War...immediate need for the A-10 Today...immediate need for the Tucano No matter how much technology advances there is always the need for simple, reliable, relatively inexpensive aircraft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rotarycrazy 4 Posted May 5, 2010 Its wonderful how history repeats itself over and over in military aviation... Vietnam...immediate need for the Skyraider Cold War...immediate need for the A-10 Today...immediate need for the Tucano No matter how much technology advances there is always the need for simple, reliable, relatively inexpensive aircraft. Today more than ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted May 5, 2010 K.I.S.S. Sometimes keeping it simple helps... As for the Tucano it's a good airframe in use by quite a few militaries in one form or another and it's a pretty good COIN airplane... But for me it would need to have a big radial engine 8 hours loiter time inbuilt 20mm guns and carry plenty of ordinance oh they already did that it's called a Skyraider... oh well nothing like history to prove you wrong is there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DWCAce 19 Posted May 5, 2010 Hmm, never really thought about it, but I'm assuming that a fair amount of the A-1's where scrapped... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557 Posted May 5, 2010 A Turboprop driven Skyrider would be nice, with new avionics, a second seat in tandem and a similar airframe like the old one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotdown 8 Posted May 5, 2010 A Turboprop driven Skyrider would be nice, with new avionics, a second seat in tandem and a similar airframe like the old one Could the turboprop take as much damage as the original radial piston engine and keep running?. If it can't then you should add a lot of armor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
column5 63 Posted May 5, 2010 A Turboprop driven Skyrider would be nice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2D_Skyshark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+76.IAP-Blackbird 3,557 Posted May 5, 2010 Ok, that`s ugly .. lets make a modern version and all is ok ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gocad 26 Posted May 5, 2010 (edited) Wouldn't a modern version of the Skyraider look a lot like this? The A-10 is actually (regarding the airframe itself) pretty low-tech....in a positive way. Edited May 5, 2010 by Gocad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rotarycrazy 4 Posted May 5, 2010 take an a-1 an stick a c-130 engine in the front and your good to go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gocad 26 Posted May 5, 2010 I also wonder if a turboprop engine would also offer the same amount of protection as the radial engine did....somehow I doubt it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rotarycrazy 4 Posted May 5, 2010 you can add armor, the turboprop will offer more power and a better range, and it would weight less too, about 700lbs less Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
