Building a Super Hornet in Four Minutes!
08-31-2009, 06:46 PM
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Building a Super Hornet in Four Minutes!
Cool time-lapse video of an F model bug being built for the RAAF. So does this make Australia the first export customer for the super hornet?
YouTube - Building a F/A-18 Super Hornet in 4 Minutes!!!
YouTube - Building a F/A-18 Super Hornet in 4 Minutes!!!
08-31-2009, 08:28 PM
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Hey AZFlyer -
Not to hijack your thread or anything - but thought you would enjoy this video of what the plane can do after it leaves the assembly line on your video!
(though this is a C model).
Got to love the cloud surfing! A little motivational music too. Enjoy!
YouTube - F18 Rage against
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Not to hijack your thread or anything - but thought you would enjoy this video of what the plane can do after it leaves the assembly line on your video!
(though this is a C model).Got to love the cloud surfing! A little motivational music too. Enjoy!
YouTube - F18 Rage against
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08-31-2009, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Hey AZFlyer -
Not to hijack your thread or anything - but thought you would enjoy this video of what the plane can do after it leaves the assembly line on your video!
(though this is a C model).
Got to love the cloud surfing! A little motivational music too. Enjoy!
YouTube - F18 Rage against
USMCFLYR
Not to hijack your thread or anything - but thought you would enjoy this video of what the plane can do after it leaves the assembly line on your video!
(though this is a C model).Got to love the cloud surfing! A little motivational music too. Enjoy!
YouTube - F18 Rage against
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The F/A-18 has been my favorite airplane above all else since as long as I can remember. (Granpda was a Naval Aviator in WWII/Korea and lived in Pensacola while I was growing up....used to watch the Blue Angels from his backyard, back when they first started flying the Hornet).....If only the guard flew hornets......I've never noticed it in other videos before, but it almost looks as if the wingtips are just barely bending upward during some of the high G stuff...serious load on the wings! (Actually never new it was visible at all on any fighter).
09-01-2009, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AZFlyer
Awesome! Not a hijack at all. The Hornet and Rage go together like beer and pizza, man. The F/A-18 has been my favorite airplane above all else since as long as I can remember. (Granpda was a Naval Aviator in WWII/Korea and lived in Pensacola while I was growing up....used to watch the Blue Angels from his backyard, back when they first started flying the Hornet).....If only the guard flew hornets......
I've never noticed it in other videos before, but it almost looks as if the wingtips are just barely bending upward during some of the high G stuff...serious load on the wings! (Actually never new it was visible at all on any fighter).
The F/A-18 has been my favorite airplane above all else since as long as I can remember. (Granpda was a Naval Aviator in WWII/Korea and lived in Pensacola while I was growing up....used to watch the Blue Angels from his backyard, back when they first started flying the Hornet).....If only the guard flew hornets......I've never noticed it in other videos before, but it almost looks as if the wingtips are just barely bending upward during some of the high G stuff...serious load on the wings! (Actually never new it was visible at all on any fighter).
Even though I have TOTAL confidence in the aircraft - it can be a tad unnerving 
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09-01-2009, 08:13 PM
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F-18 wing warping
those wing tips can move quite a few inches each way
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827...eslatic_02.jpg
(NASA/DFRC photo)
09-01-2009, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Several years ago, NASA modified an F-18 to use "wing warping" for flight control, like the Wright brothers did.
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827...eslatic_02.jpg
(NASA/DFRC photo)
http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827...eslatic_02.jpg
(NASA/DFRC photo)
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