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01-13-2012, 08:16 AM
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I didn't know anything about the F-35. So it lands vertically and can take off without a catapult. Pretty impressive.
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01-13-2012, 06:49 PM
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There are three variants ... the stovl (short take off and vertical landing) version that is shown in the video (the F-35B), the airforce version, the F-35A that is the ctol (conventional take off and landing) variant ...and the carrier varient, the F-35C ... which has stronger landing gear and a tail hook.
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01-13-2012, 07:02 PM
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Short video of the stovl variant doing a take off ... love it when all the doors come open and the nozzle rotates... this is the test flight version with the side open doors ... the first production ones have the bigger single piece door that opens to the back to help airflow into the lift fan :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Xm7_PPE-8nk |
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01-13-2012, 10:27 PM
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It's like a giant metal fly!
Thanks, Wright Brothers. 
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01-14-2012, 12:39 AM
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The Wright Bros. would run screaming.
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01-14-2012, 05:44 AM
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That is definitely cooooool.
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01-14-2012, 09:41 AM
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“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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AR-15 variant .458 SOCOM
http://458socomforums.com/index.php?topic=253.0 http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/AR15bigbore.htm 
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01-14-2012, 09:52 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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11/16" grouping at 100yards!
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01-14-2012, 10:07 AM
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Did you check out the size of those rounds? Freaking huge. And that grouping is from a auto feed, that is pretty amazing.
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01-14-2012, 12:27 PM
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still says videotape
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Wow that is impressive. Of course your woodchucks would need buffalo characteristics to justify that purchase.
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01-14-2012, 12:31 PM
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It's not for woodchucks, it's for mothers-in-law.
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01-14-2012, 01:32 PM
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still says videotape
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They do get big.
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01-14-2012, 03:53 PM
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Quote:
 I did a little research on why in the hell they would even make such a monster, pretty interesting. Seems the Shooters wanted a knock down one shot one kill without lugging the Barrett around.
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01-14-2012, 03:18 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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and have tough hides
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