WI Crippler
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To answer your question Yes to all of them.
Parts for all former USSR based aircraft are very easy to come by hell the Mig21 is the longest produce Fighter aircraft every right now you can go to Romania and get brand new wings for $200,000.
As for working on them they aren't that hard to work on even Western Fighter are quite easy and don't forget there are allot of former Mechs out there.
As for Weapon System's the only one's that I know that are still Classified are the F-22 most Weapon System are left over from mid 60s tech that have been updated. Every scene the inside of the latest B-52 Glass Cockpit upgrade nothing has change since they came out of Boeing.
OK now I know you're bull****ting because about the only commodity you can get from Romania is a cheap baby from one of their orphanages. Because orphans are about the only thing Romania produces. That's because they have to feed Dracula somehow.
Yeah, I was an avionics tech. So I know for a fact that there are classified materials within our aircraft. Now, the weapons we use might not be classified, but there is a completely different chain in the supply system, as well as extra layers of tracking that go into the process of removing and replacing of a sensitive part. Nobody is getting electronic countermeausures equipment.
Yeah, I was an avionics tech. So I know for a fact that there are classified materials within our aircraft. Now, the weapons we use might not be classified, but there is a completely different chain in the supply system, as well as extra layers of tracking that go into the process of removing and replacing of a sensitive part. Nobody is getting electronic countermeausures equipment.
The ALR in my barn is illegal?
I don't think Scorpian understands how quickly military avionics goes bad, and how impossible it would be to keep up with keeping such a jet in parts would be.
Note, before the secret service breaks down my door: The first sentence was a joke, and a lame one at that.
Actually Redress I do know how quickly Military Avionics go South. As for parts as I said you can get pretty much anything for Soviet block Airframe's and hell most of the Western Build stuff say up to 1978.
I know a guy who is rebuilding an A-6B and yes he has all of the Avionics including the Norden AN/APQ-148,AN/ASN-92 inertial navigation system and CAINS (Carrier Aircraft Intertial Navigation System) he is rebuilding it to a Iron Hand Bird.
The ALR in my barn is illegal?
I don't think Scorpian understands how quickly military avionics goes bad, and how impossible it would be to keep up with keeping such a jet in parts would be.
Note, before the secret service breaks down my door: The first sentence was a joke, and a lame one at that.
And the avionics is the 'spensive stuff too. Even if its unclassified, a radar antenna is not cheap to replace or repair. Considering the length of time a part can spend in NRFI status, without a robust supply chain, you've effectively downgraded the capability of the aircraft with the loss of one, non-classified aircraft part. Then there are the systems software upgrades. Where will you get those from? Somebody who buys a vintage military aircraft, is going to be so far behind the curve of what active military aircraft are capable of, there's nothing to worry about.
Without a handy AIMD, you are not going to keep yourself in avionics, period.
I so miss using military jargon...
And the avionics is the 'spensive stuff too. Even if its unclassified, a radar antenna is not cheap to replace or repair. Considering the length of time a part can spend in NRFI status, without a robust supply chain, you've effectively downgraded the capability of the aircraft with the loss of one, non-classified aircraft part. Then there are the systems software upgrades. Where will you get those from? Somebody who buys a vintage military aircraft, is going to be so far behind the curve of what active military aircraft are capable of, there's nothing to worry about.
Software is out there and can be purchase rather easily, as for avionics expensive yes and no depending on what your looking for. Soviet stuff rather cheap Western Stuff once again depends on what your looking for.
I think you will need to prove this before I would even consider believing it.
Really would you like me to name you the three Aircraft factorys for you and what each one does.
It is a well know fact that the Romania's build the best of the Mig21 serious.
Sure. It's not going to change the fact that Romania is Europe's only third world country.
Sure. It's not going to change the fact that Romania is Europe's only third world country.
Hell even Mongolia has Harriers.
I want a harrier. I have always wondered why Harriers did not have more of a FOD problem though.
I really don't see the point to weapons like tanks, planes, nukes and biological weapons being owned by private citizens.
Of this list Nukes and Bio you can't get. As for Tanks,and Plane's have you every been to an Airshow or a Parade that has Military Vehicle in them. We who do this as a hobby are collectors. I own two WWII trainers to me I see it as my duty to educate the next generation of are collective past.
Speaking of BAE, their avionics system guys are seriously on a different level of thinking. I troubleshot some serious ATARS datalinking issues out at Yuma with them. They were all worried about oscilation frequencies and all this other garbage, and I am telling them its probably just a wire somewhere. Turns out I was right, because somebody years ago had signed off on the installation of a wiring bundle, and never actually installed it. Once we got the bundle in, miracle of miracles, it worked.
Ha Ha that is rich yea I've heard they can be real big arse.
Hey Crippler anymore thoughts about having a Military Section most of this thread has been about the Military.
I'll throw it out to vauge. See what he says.
I think people should be able to have any weapon that a "normal soldier" would have and by that I just mean basically all types of guns, and nothing more.
So thats no nuclear weapons, anti-tank missles or deadly bioweapons. Just normal firearms.
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