- sin_free_for_00_days ( @sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ) 39•7 months ago
Here’s an article about it. The tl;dr is: test pilot shoots at ocean, kicks in afterburners, bullets start out faster, but slow quickly. They reunite in mid-air and sparks fly.
- PolandIsAStateOfMind ( @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml ) 12•7 months ago
Instant karma
- Kiosade ( @Kiosade@lemmy.ca ) 5•7 months ago
What I don’t get is… I mean, the relative speed difference between the bullets and the plane just doesn’t seem like it would be enough to cause them to rip through the plane as if the plane was shot on the ground from a dude with a gun or something.
- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 3•7 months ago
The bullets lose momentum once fired, but the jet added momentum after firing, so it’s more like it caught up to the bullets.
- Kiosade ( @Kiosade@lemmy.ca ) 3•7 months ago
Right but what was the speed difference at impact? Like if the jet was only going say, 60 MPH faster than the bullets, wouldn’t it just be like when some gravel on the road bounces off your car on the highway?
- Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) 3•7 months ago
Indeed. I read a little more and it did indeed shoot itself down, so… 🤷♂️
- Kiosade ( @Kiosade@lemmy.ca ) 4•7 months ago
Yeah in the end it IS what happened, so I guess the speed difference must have been considerable. I just wonder how it could have been so much. Maybe the afterburners can create a LOT of acceleration/thrust, idk.
- theneverfox ( @theneverfox@pawb.social ) 2•7 months ago
There were angles involved - imagine throwing a Frisbee forward and running fast enough to bump into it. Now imagine you throw it up, and you run until it hits you in the back of the head
No matter how fast you’re going forward, it’s still coming at you from an angle you’re not moving
- sin_free_for_00_days ( @sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ) 3•7 months ago
He shot the bullets, then tilted down a little more and hit his afterburners. He had to pull up so not to continue on to a salty grave and his parabolic trajectory and the bullets surprised each other. So, a pinch of the bullets slowing significantly and a sprinkle of the plane speeding up.
- Gilles_D ( @Gilles_D@feddit.de ) 27•7 months ago
The Tiger gained the dubious distinction of being the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. On 21 September 1956, during a test-firing of its 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons, pilot Tom Attridge fired two bursts midway through a shallow dive. As the trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the Tiger as it continued its descent, disabling the aircraft and forcing Attridge to crash-land the aircraft; he survived with a broken leg and multiple broken vertebrae.
From Wikipedia
I think just saying that it hit itself due to its high speed doesn‘t really tell the whole story.
- atsum ( @atsum@feddit.ch ) 8•7 months ago
I think just saying that it hit itself due to its high speed doesn‘t really tell the whole story.
Well just like most descriptions of ADHD isn’t it?
- Apathy Tree ( @ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English16•7 months ago
Why yes, I am capable of shooting myself in the foot at record speed as soon as I open my mouth. In fact it’s mandatory!
Lovely of you to notice!
- bigkahuna1986 ( @bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml ) 9•7 months ago
The problem with being faster than light is you’re always in darkness.
- conorab ( @conorab@lemmy.conorab.com ) 7•7 months ago
F-11 is confused…. It shot itself in its confusion.
- Zoop ( @Zoop@beehaw.org ) 3•7 months ago
It’s super effective!
- I Cast Fist ( @ICastFist@programming.dev ) 6•7 months ago
I like to imagine that fighter jet was used for plane jousting. Fuck missiles and machine guns, MELEE PLANES!
- Schnabeltierpoet ( @Schnabeltierpoet@feddit.de ) 4•7 months ago
Oh no, NCD has another leak