Underrated and aesthetically pleasing hardware Part Two

>>35153417
what the fuck is that

>>35153492
U2 Spy plane

>>35153492
RQ-X/UQ-2

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>>35153417

>>35153555
I can't look at this for too long. There's something wrong with the scale, like those zoomed in pictures of model cars.

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It was too beautiful for this world

>>35153417
>Underrated
how

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>>35153417

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>>35153417
the plane my granddad flew

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F-ck-1 is aesthetic current gen f5
:) it make me happy

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B1 is aesthetic af

>>35153492
>what the fuck is that
That's what the Russians said in 1956.

>>35154084
One of the coolest planes ever IMO.

Not 100% on topic but could one of you fine chaps post your best A-10 picture i need one.

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>>35156197
among friends

>>35154078
>how
Basically because not:
F-22
A-10
B-2
B-52
etc

need me to hold your hand a little longer?

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>>35154476

Really beautiful plane, it's the lovechild of the F-20 and F-16AB

>>35153503
>>35153417

So is that more fuel or some type of sensor suite/radar?

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a couple favorites of mine

>>35154601
>when you only have enough funding to build half of a twin boom

>>35154476

it's like the yf-17 and yf-16 got put through the pods from the fly

>>35154084
my nigger

>>35153555

Gotta hustle

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>>35154476
>>35158820
Oh wow, didn't know about this jet. Looks borderline Soviet aesthetics cool.

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>>35154084
Flying Boats are too good for this world.

>>35155871
I don't get it. What's aesthetically pleasing about that radio tower? Some sort of equipment on it? /his/ in-joke?

>>35160454
Look close

[spoiler]it's a ship [/k doesn't have spoilers]

>>35155919

Is there an inherent advantage to having rear facing props pushing air rather than front facing props pulling air?

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>>35160748
Yes, aesthetics

>>35155919
2 turning 2 burning 2 smoking and choking

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>>35155393

>>35160748
If I had any guesses as an armchair pilot, id say it wasnt an advantage so much as a necessity because of the mass in the front of the wing

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skypig aesthetics

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>>35161410

wrong image.

>>35160748
Doesn't mess with the airflow over the wing, IIRC, although there tends to be plenty of drawbacks that go with it.

>>35159859
Every day

>>35161445
The wing messes with the airflow through it.

>>35159324
I want to love it, but I just cant

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>>35161989
Wopland represent.

>>35156722
I guess the SR-71 is underrated too?