firstmax95

A thread that I read earlier in this section on fastest ever speed prompted me to post this little off-topic note of interest. Anyone interested in going 0-120 in four seconds?! We can all do it this coming summer- all it takes is a little trip to Ohio and some $$$....and really big jewels!

http://www.topthrilldragster.com/pub...ideo/index.cfm

Quicksilver

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Ever gone from 0-150 in 1 & 1/2 seconds...I have...

MaxJag

That would be cool Beavis..

CBass69187

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Are you a Navy Pilot?

limsandy

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That's 100mph/s^2 acceleration! You're talking about some serious acceleration there.....


~limsandy

Quicksilver

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Was. Both knees shot due to emergency egress (sorta my back too...not to mention that I'm an inch shorter now). Killed both engines on cat launch due to ****** bird ingestion. Talk about some scary moments...

vito1281

What kind of plane did you pilot? Man, we have some interesting people on the board here!

Quicksilver

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F/A-18C. Great plane, but a little short legged. Turns "very" well in the right hands, though.

vito1281

You think a Max with a CAI and Y-pipe could take it though????

00MAXIST

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Maybe in the twisties.

Quicksilver

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Definitely in the twisties...but straight line...no way Actually, you could beat me in the 1/4 mile if I was war loaded...

vito1281

Did you actually end up participating in a war campaign, such as the Gulf War? Any interesting stories?

CBass69187

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Thank god for the seat.

Quicksilver

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96 and 98 my air wing (CAG-11) hit targets in Iraq as part of Desert Storm enforcing UN sanctions and also was in on Desert Fox as well. I've got 52 combat missions from those 2 years.

97 I did counter narcotics in the Caribbean, Central, and South America. That was real fun!

vito1281

Is that Special Forces assignment?

Quicksilver

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No, as a matter of fact it was volunteer work. Cushy job, extra pay, and in the lovely Caribbean...wonldn't have missed that for anything. I went down in conjunction with our E-2 squadron. They found them, I scared the beejeezus out of them, then the Coast Guard or Navy would pick them up. Worked pretty well, I think.

POPO6SPD

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0-120 MPH in four seconds? that would be a fun time! I've gone 0-125ish MPH in 11.3 seconds, and I could'nt amagine accelerating faster than that. You guys have got B*lls!

SteVTEC

whoa!


Definitely! One of the things that makes this place great!

Quicksilver

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Believe me when I say I've got the "itch" to go blow some **** up. All my buddies are going over there to "help", and I'm stuck at home working a real job. Oh well, I had my time in the sun. At least my brother is carrying on the family tradition (he's a LTjg on the USS Ramage, DDG-61). He was the weapons officer, now he's the battlegroup search/seizure/boarding training officer. Cool job

GhettoMAX

hehe now thats fun! you lucky bastard

Quicksilver

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It's all fun and games until a bird flys into your intake and goes right through the stators, into the rotating turbine assembly. Can you say flameout? <--- Me as I was very forcefully ejected...

MaxSE03

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I'm hoping you can shed a little light on the subject. Don't get me wrong, i am not trying to discredit you! I'm just having a hard time figuring out the numbers. You were born in Dec of 1974 according to your profile. That would have you graduating High School in 1993 if you were not advanced past any grades. You must have a Bachelors degree before attending AOCS. After completion of AOCS, you must attend Primary flight training, Intermediate phase, and then Advanced naval flight training. I just can not figure out how you completed all of this and started flying missions in 1996.

Quicksilver

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Born in '74? Where did you get that from?

MaxSE03

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In your profile below your name.

Quicksilver

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Well cool...it's definitely not right. I graduated HS in 1989, Annapolis in '93, and flight in '95. Got to my squad in January of '96, deployed for my first WETPAC in May of '96.

Quicksilver

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It shows 1970 in my profile? What are you talking about?

MaxSE03

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I see December 16, 1974.....

Quicksilver

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WTF is this?? I see 1974 now too...anyone got the twilight zone music I can borrow? Hold on...let me change it, and see what happens...

Quicksilver

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OK, now check it and see what it says. It may have been the auto typing complete thing that this version of IE/Windows XP is using. I guess I never bothered to look at my own profile to check and see what's up.

MaxSE03

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Looks Good!! Sorry for the doubt.

Quicksilver

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Thanks for informing me that I was younger! Damn, if only it were true...

GhettoMAX

damn, sorry didnt meant to sound like it was all fun.

btw I bet it felt pretty wierd driving a car after piloting a jet? huh?

Quicksilver

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It's cool man I make fun of it now my own self! It's not weird driving after flying (except that you lose that 3rd dimension mobility). It's weird not driving for 6+ months when you're gone on deployment, then coming back and driving around home or driving cross county (like me..I was in CA, family in GA) to get to home. That's definitely a strange feeling. Or the few times you have to drive for shore patrol or something, and your on the wrong side of the damn road! Like the United Arab Emeriates (I think it was there). No day time speed limits, and they drive on the wrong friggin side of the road!

dblrr900

I did a little action on the 'southern' boarders too. My Infantry Company was assigned to some Joint Task Force action in South Texas. I believe working on the US boarders is a much better time and effort than policing foreign countries.

I can def. say my time in Panama and TX was a real trip. I could only imagine what kind of fun you had to have flying in the same environment... Lucky Duck!

Quicksilver

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Everyone can have their own "policy" as long as we follow orders. When one of us becomes president, we can actually make our own policy and have others enforce it

dblrr900

Ahhhhh.

I miss the days. To anyone here.... if you have half the heart or will, I recommend serving at least 4 years in the service. There is absolutely nothing like it in life. Truely the best and worst memories you can ever have.

I think Quicksilver will back me up on that.

Quicksilver

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Damn skippy! It's makes a man/woman out of you in a way that you will always cherish. I know the lifestyle isn't for everyone, but to do it once is to know something that is impossible to explain to those who haven't been there. It's just awesome.

SkyDaver

Just out of curiosity as an old US Navy hard hat diver, what squadron, bird farm and when?

(Geez, I'm old. I was commissioned when you were just eight.)

SkyDaver

The more I thought about this, the more skeptical I became.

I follow a USENET newsgroup that concerns itself with naval matters (sci.military.naval), and posed the question about the likelihood of both engines flaming out due to a bird ingestion on carrier launch.

One of the participants, PDR, an aeronautical engineer, wrote:

Whilst not suggesting that this is completely impossible, the prevention of
engine fratricide is a specific design objective in a twin-engined fighter. The
whole reason for going for the complex, expensive and heavy solution of fitting
two smaller engines rather than one big one is the issue of mission
reliability - providing a degree of at least "get you home" redundancy in the
event of one engine failing. Therefore the consequences *of* a failure are
considered very carefully to ensure that such an event doesn't actually cause
the problem which the whole design solution was focused on preventing (i.e.
failure of the second engine). In a proper design there is mechanical
containment within the engines themselves, then there is a strong "wall" between
the engine bays adjacent to the high energy parts of the engines. Then there are
design approaches like explicitly NOT routing control lines, signaling lines,
fuel & oil lines etc etc for one engine through the containment zone of the
other. There's no point in having two engines if when one catches fire, the
supplies to the other are damaged in the process. (end what PDR wrote)

So, in short, I'm going to pose the same question on the rec.aviation.military newsgroup. I am very, very close to hoisting the BS flag.

mbrennan5

HAHA,
I figured atleast a couple people would say how cool the coaster is Well okay its not a jet but still. I'll be at Cedar Point for 4 days in the Spring, good times Okay back to tech talk...