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Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 06:04 PM
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I was looking at the LM photos and was wondering what this thing is on the bottom of the airplane?
Anybody know?
Thanks
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swanee
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Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 06:41 PM
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An antenna of some sort? I'm sure it's one of those spooky parts that no one likes to talk about.  |
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Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 07:29 PM
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swanee wrote:
An antenna of some sort? I'm sure it's one of those spooky parts that no one likes to talk about.
either that, or it could be just an aft facing camera, they mount them on the test birds so that they can video the different tests....lots of ORANGE wires on the test birds....
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Posted: Feb 21, 2007 - 07:51 PM
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Ztex wrote:
I was looking at the LM photos and was wondering what this thing is on the bottom of the airplane?
Anybody know?
Thanks
Z
Well, that's none other than the super-secret F-38 Remora. |
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Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 03:51 PM
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Nahhhhh.....it's the 3-D holographic image generator! Makes one F-35 look like a whole fleet so as to confuse the enemy's targeteers!  |
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Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 07:02 PM
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LinkF16SimDude wrote:
Nahhhhh.....it's the 3-D holographic image generator! Makes one F-35 look like a whole fleet so as to confuse the enemy's targeteers!
<enemy AAA gunner>
Which one do I shoot??? I've got 90 of em on visual, but no radar lock!!!
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Posted: Feb 24, 2007 - 09:41 PM
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parrothead wrote:
LinkF16SimDude wrote:
Nahhhhh.....it's the 3-D holographic image generator! Makes one F-35 look like a whole fleet so as to confuse the enemy's targeteers!
<enemy AAA gunner>
Which one do I shoot??? I've got 90 of em on visual, but no radar lock!!!
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Posted: Feb 24, 2007 - 10:45 PM
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shoot at the middle one of course!  |
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Posted: Feb 28, 2007 - 07:14 PM
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| It's the pad you use to mount it on the pillar when it becomes a gate guard..... |
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Posted: Feb 28, 2007 - 07:44 PM
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It's the pad you use to mount it on the pillar when it becomes a gate guard.....
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Posted: Feb 28, 2007 - 08:36 PM
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Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 03:31 PM
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Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 08:15 PM
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| I think its just a video camera installation for taping in-flight footage during the flight testing. |
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Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 08:18 PM
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Look at the post for the laser gun installed on the F-35; that is almost exactly where the laser beam is coming from in the picture....  |
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Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 08:24 PM
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