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That's nice I like the paint colour a lot, there is something about aircraft painted in dessert colours.
scott
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Yes mate they did View attachment 84908\ said:Nice model. I like the sand colour I don't understand so much about planes.... forget my question, but the weapons really go upper the wings? o_O I never see it before :P
Allan, it's the Italeri kit re-boxed, which might be easier to find.\ said:That looks great pete the jaguar is a favourite of mine can you still get this kit ?
Er! What is a wing fence Joe. Probably showing a great ignorance ? :rolleyes:\ said:Nice job Peter, and great use of the old base.Polux, yes; you will see this configuration on some older British Cold War jets, the Lightning being another one that springs to mind. It frees up the limited under-wing space and pylons for other ordnance/fuel tanks and also acts as a wing fence.
Wing fences help to control boundary layer of airflow over the wing. You see them on swept wing aeroplanes mostly. I believe the Germans pioneered them prior to Word War Two.\ said:Er! What is a wing fence Joe. Probably showing a great ignorance ? :rolleyes:Laurie
Joe you just brought back a disturbing memory of my first time on an aircraft ! A BOAC 111 and I had a window seat over the wing , ten minuets into the flight we came out of cloud only for me to see the wing doing a jitterbug , scared the life out of me I thought the wing was going to come off lol\ said:Not at all Laurie, most wouldn't have bothered to ask or wouldn't care anyway. Next time you take a commercial flight get a wing seat and watch the various sections of wing at work and the way they move about, it really is quite an amazing spectacle.
Yeah I know that now :D\ said:If they didn't flex they would come off
No apologies need some quite interesting facts coming out there.\ said:Yes I had noticed how they flexe Joe. Interesting to watch their movment more so in taxiing across to the runway. Having been in the architectural scene always noted, but few do, how a staircase or a floor concrete or wood will also move.Had boats earlier and was surprised to find out how the hulls move around and of course that is the inherent strength to move and not resist.
Apologies Peter for taking over your article.
Laurie
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