What are you watching?

[Firefly]

Such an incredibly modern gun for its time. IIRC she's still in service with the Brazilian police!

[Firefly]

Holy moly! 

 

[Klaiber]

Very cool!

[Firefly]

Short and sweet. 

 

[Klaiber]

Love it!

[Klaiber]

@Firefly -

I have no idea why you'd try this without working rudder pedals, but I guess he likes doing things with two hands and one leg tied behind his back.

 

[Firefly]

Oh boy... The movie is an absolute classic in Polish aviation circles. I'd love to do some roadbase operations myself. Finding the right stretch of road is the hard part, especially on Caucasus. Not surprised they chose the Persian Gulf, though they should've found a road with no trees or lampposts next to it.  I would never attempt this without working rudder pedals. Shame they didn't use proper Polish skins. 

EDIT: Hey boss, look what I found...

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/english/licensed-third-party-projects/heatblur-simulations/dcs-ajs37-viggen/219721-any-good-suggestions-for-a-road-base-in-the-caucasus-map?p=5873223#post5873223

Not that I'm trying to suggest anything, but... You might have the perfect map to try some of these out. 

[Klaiber]

Hmm, that gives me an idea.  Maybe I can add some Road Landing exercises to the NAV map.

Let me think about it.

[Britchot]

You can reference two Navaids, like the intersection of ARC II-1-5 050° and II-1-6 220°. Or the simpler single fix like RSBN 04, 120° for 120km. 

Figure out where the good sections of roads are and then figure out the marker. The pilot might need to fly high for reception and find the area to descend. Or, using the map to draw those intersections, can use pilotage to navigate, once in the area. 
 

[Klaiber]

I'm excited about this.  I'll see if I can have something before Friday.

[Razwald]

 

[Vonrd]

WOW! That's awesome. You can tell that the makers are history buffs.

[Klaiber]

That's amazing!  Great find Raz!

[Razwald]

Ran across this interesting video.

 

[Firefly]

This one's for @Erhardt.

 

[Erhardt]

From what I´ve heard Firefly, it was not a very good rifle?

[Firefly]

Not quite true. It's an excellent target rifle chambered for a superior cartridge, but as a military arm it suffers from a fragile stock (the piece of wood under the receiver and magazine is very thin), a fairly weak locking system (especially compared to the Mauser), rather slow loading (Krag speedloaders weren't used by the Norwegian military) and, most damningly of all, excessive production cost. 

[Razwald]

 

[Firefly]

Every Melodysheep video is a feast for the eyes, ears and soul. This one's my favourite. 

 

[Heinrich]

 

[Stuka]

S! Guys!

 

[Britchot]

That song is on Hell Let Loose for German victories and menus. 

[Labroisse]

Panzerlied

 

 

[Wilhelm_Reinhard]

Fokker Dr.1 Replica (Sands design) with Le Rhone 9J: Chill31000 on YouTube

Highly skilled pilot, wonderful videos. In his demonstration of max performance level turns, you can catch glimpses of his control inputs. Videos of run-up of the 9j without the cowl (such a simple-looking engine), barrel rolls, loops, Cuban 8s, etc.

[Britchot]

Just fell into this deep-dive playlist with my renewed interest in the Mi-8, due to the impending Mi-24 release.  It's a refreshing series that goes a lot deeper than the majority of YT content.  It doesn't just show you how, but why.