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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Mar 8

For years, I've been working towards building a website to house all of my opinions and research. Today, it goes live with the launch article: Jet Fighter Generations Aren't Real.

This website comes with a major change in how I produce and share content, so please read. 🧵

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 4d

I'll look.

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 5d

Love all the detail. I've referenced this many times and will continue to do so

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe @aeck.bsky.social & @heatloss.bsky.social will like these.

BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · 5d

Updated❗

Radar/Aircraft weight %. Red values are approximations. R-2L weight does not include power supply, APG-63 (40.5 lb or 18.4 kg) and RP-22SMA (16.3 kg) do include it. I have two sources for Cyrano IV, they don't agree. It's a mess really.

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · 11d

My thanks to @massiasthanos.bsky.social for bringing to my attention this application on Ti on the A3J Vigilante.

BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · 11d

Wing leading edge, made from Ti-5Al-2.5Sn alloy, by TIG welding, with commercially pure Ti used as filler metal.

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · 11d

A3J Vigilante - the gold plated, titanium giraffe🧵

The North American Aviation A3J (first flight 31 August 1958) was one of the most advanced aircraft of its time, especially in terms of manufacturing technologies.

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 22d

I'll make a version for YT in a few days to weeks

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 22d

I did a cool presentation

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 22d

Conferences are fun and also exhausting

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · 27d

I was not the target audience but I laughed nonetheless

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 11

The app also hardly works for me lol half the time I can't open a post

I'm pretty done with social media, I'm moving to YT and the website more and more.

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 11

No. I didn't know people from Twitter were browsing here. I opened up this app after logging out of Twitter yesterday out of disgust

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ah yes cheering on someone's death because they're on the "other side" is such a civil and normal and not authoritarian at all response

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 11

This website prides itself on being better than Twitter but I don't really see it anymore

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm not seeing much support for Spain and Switzerland ditching. India deal is probably dead but this is also probably a good thing, we don't want to give free shit to the Russians.
But yes, Trump effect probably had something to do with that one

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Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · Sep 1

🧵 Footage of a Torpedo Testing Barge/Torpedo Trials Craft (YTT).

Probably YTT-2 at the Naval Torpedo Test Range, Piney Point, Maryland.

Note observation barge dropping its semaphore for signaling the moment that the torpedo crosses its line.

"Torpedo Testing"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/353747338

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Aug 19

Not beating the kegseth allegations

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Pete Hegseth pull-up is a bit different than the ones we did at Parris Island. Maybe it’s an Army thing.

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Aug 1

Seafair time?

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Jul 7

well, i am in law school

but i'd rather spend my time not getting paid enough but working with radars

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article is up on my website and my substack.
open.substack.com/pub/heatloss...
www.greatdefensesite.org/articles/the...

The Case for the Spark Eagle

We've been putting off the EF-15 for far too long.

open.substack.com

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · Jun 29

Work is all yours, though.

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BaA43A3aHY @baa43a3ahy.bsky.social · Jun 28

MiG-23 turn rate🧵

One important fighter aircraft performance parameter, for close range air combat, is turn rate [ω, measured in °/s].

I will be comparing the maximum sustained & instantaneous turning ability of the MiG-23, with that of other contemporary fighters.

a fighter jet is flying through a cloudy blue sky with smoke coming out of its tail .

ALT: a fighter jet is flying through a cloudy blue sky with smoke coming out of its tail .

media.tenor.com

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Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · May 30

Mobile protected firepower was more to replace the Sheridan conceptually but without LAPES and the compromises made for that capability. I think that's still extremely relevant. Booker was just the wrong vehicle for the job.
I don't know enough about AMPV to comment.

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · May 30

Studies are done before new aircraft requirements are drawn up that determine whether or not an alternative like that would work. I expect that F-35 based alternatives were explored in depth and determined to not sufficiently meet requirements, much like with F-15's development.

Heatloss @heatloss.bsky.social · May 30

That would require a significant redesign internally externally and require a RCS re-optimization. It sounds easy but in practice with modern aircraft it's really hard. 174 is also not the only thing they want in F/A-XX.

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