Building a full-sized cockpit

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@ Salaxi54

Top Gun has just a little too much male bonding in it for my tastes; I thought you might be more of an Iron Eagle type....

Here's Top Gun Recut..... as a love story...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXxi9IKZSA

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If you tried to land an F-16 on a carrier, the landing gear would snap off, it's just not strong enough for the loading of that sort of landing. The usual carrier fighter was the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet, not the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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Here's a Hellenic Air Force F-16.... some pr0n for Vasilios....

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Merlin said:
@ Salaxi54

That film has just a little too much male bonding in it for my tastes; I thought you might be more of an Iron Eagle type....

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If you tried to land an F-16 on a carrier, the landing gear would snap off, it's just not strong enough for the loading of that sort of landing. The usual carrier fighter was the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet, not the General Dynamics F-16.
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Merl, i am pretty aware of which aircraft is suited for carriers, and the F-16 is not one of them. However, being a Navy retired, i have a soft spot for Naval aviation.. :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw

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Nice pic there! Did you know that the US Navy actually bases F-16s at 5 stations? http://www.f-16.net/units_airforce166.html
I happen to have some pics taken when dropping by Miramar, i think i should dig 'em out, surely they'll be of some interest! :)
 
/Merlin runs off, before Salaxi54 gets a chance to tell him where that soft spot might be located.....:blink: :wooha:

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Merlin said:
@ Salaxi54

Top Gun has just a little too much male bonding in it for my tastes; I thought you might be more of an Iron Eagle type....
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You could be right but judging by the cover... there's just too much meat in Iron Eagle.

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Ok, here's the few i could find for now, these were shot at Miramar, August 1986. Guaranteed not to be found elsewhere! :)

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I hope you enjoy them!
 
At least Iron Eagle had F-16s in it, which is more than I can say for Top Gun.

F-14s and Northrop T-38 Talons were in Top Gun. I had to laugh at the Talons painted black, with red stars on them - they were supposed to be the bad guys :lol:

Edit: AV-8B Harrier, A-4 Skyhawk, E-2C Hawkeye and the small one with the contrail could be an F-16.
 
Merlin said:
I had to laugh at the Talons painted black, with red stars on them - they were supposed to be the bad guys :lol:

Edit: AV-8B Harrier, A-4 Skyhawk, E-2C Hawkeye and the small one with the contrail could be an F-16.
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Lol, nice US-made MIGs! hehe Yup, that's the same F-16 that's on the ground.:thumbsup:
 
salaxi54 said:
Merlin said:
I had to laugh at the Talons painted black, with red stars on them - they were supposed to be the bad guys :lol:

Edit: AV-8B Harrier, A-4 Skyhawk, E-2C Hawkeye and the small one with the contrail could be an F-16.
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Lol, nice US-made MIGs! hehe Yup, that's the same F-16 that's on the ground.:thumbsup:
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Hah! It was hilarious back in the cold war. I remember seeing the Iron Eagle 2, which had F-4 Phantoms as Mig-29's. In fact, the first movie I remember having real Russian fighters, was 007: Goldeneye.
 
Come this autumn, i believe at least i'll be having a new office chair!
This is as far as i got on the ejection seat till now, but moving along quite fast.. :)

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Now, remember, these are pieces i cut from scrap wood i had, so cost was actually nill. The inner skeleton is not actually in place, you'd have to imagine it lifted a few centimeters up. Lots more to be cut.. :picard
 
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Your mad wood working skillz continue to impress! :cool:
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Thanks mate, i would've been faster if parameter = 'real life' wasn't in the way... But i promised myself when starting this, that i wouldn't let a day go by without doing even the tiniest of additions, be it cut, glue, sand, paint, or just plain ol' reading plans! :)
 
salaxi54 said:
Thanks mate, i would've been faster if parameter = 'real life' wasn't in the way... But i promised myself when starting this, that i wouldn't let a day go by without doing even the tiniest of additions, be it cut, glue, sand, paint, or just plain ol' reading plans! :)
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Yeah I know the feeling, Funding and Real Life (including very cute 15 month old Daughter) are slowing down my 500+ restoration/enhancement project too. :p

I'm slowly buying and restoring all my old fav computers from the 80's/90's - I have the C64 & A500+ but would love to add an Apple ][e, Mac ][, Amstrad CPC6128, Tandy 1000ex and a Mac Classic to the collection! (im totally dreaming according to my wife!) :D
 
Today's updates involve the seat belt rollers.
Luckilly, this 'steam-punk' mechanism will not be visible, so i didn't need to worry about looks. As long as it's efficient! :)

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And here's a piece of the right footguard..
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I hope to have more stuff added tomorrow. :nuts:
 
The time and skill going into this is insane! I'm really looking forwards to seeing the final result! :thumbsup:
 
Thanks mate, this will be a long jurney..
Haven't had much free time this Sunday, but managed to add a few bits.

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coming along in its own good time :thumbsup:

personally I`m looking forward to seeing most of it put together, then I can get a sense of the size of the thing, coz I know it an`t going be small
 
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