mountain flying...

[jankees]

...in India


IndianAF (0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0010) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0006) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0007) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

IndianAF (0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

[Splitpin]

Beautiful shots JK ....hopefully I'll be able to add a few of my own Mirage shots soon .
Keep them coming mate

[Charl]

Always wondered about those absolutely enormous appendages under the M2000, I suppose they sit on the aircraft CG.
Nicely shown in the 2nd last shot in exaggerated wide angle, there must be a substantial performance limitation.

[Splitpin]

Always wondered about those absolutely enormous appendages under the M2000, I suppose they sit on the aircraft CG.
Nicely shown in the 2nd last shot in exaggerated wide angle, there must be a substantial performance limitation.

Charl, according to the war thunder specs for that aircraft, with one centerline tank is as follows:
parasite drag is =0.06100 kgf , whatever that is.
Max speed reduction of -63.4 km/h
Climb rate down by -35.9 m/s
Turn rate +2seconds.

[Charl]

OK that's for a "normal" size singleton inline tank.
Adding TWO humungous appendages under (in front of?) the wings you'd probably go with the square and multiply everything by 4!
On that basis, it needs all the fuel in there, just to take off and carry them to altitude...
They also look like camel dicks.

[Splitpin]

First of all...Sorry to Hijack your post JK.
@Charl....I don't doubt your math on this, and like you I have never seen such attachments on an aircraft that size....a Hustler maybe.
However , I am struggling with the reference to the 'ship of the desert" male appendage. I really wanted to google this , but being dinner time , I thought not.
So, good Sir, I shall leave this here...

[Charl]

I'm sure JK doesn't mind a little discussion around his choice of screenshot...

[Adamski]

February's banner is [another] tribute to JK ... who never fails to include a Kiwi livery for us in his production line!