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AT-6 dry lake bed

Why is it that the following gear looks to me far less scary? But then again, what do I know?...

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AT-6 dry lake bed

Why is it that the following gear looks to me far less scary? But then again, what do I know?...

No idea what this sentence means...also, no idea why you posted a picture of the A29 Super Tucano in a thread about the AT-6?

Super-T

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AT-6

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Edited by ClearedHot

The real question is who is the winner who is trying so hard to speak like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman?

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The real question is who is the winner who is trying so hard to speak like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman?

Me's'a foreigner, patois' different. Sorry, will amend ways. My main question is: doesn't that AT-6 gear look a bit frail for what it is?

What AT-6? It's already been pointed out that the picture you posted is a Tucano, not a T-6. You can tell by the 5 bladed prop, rounded as opposed to triangular starter air intake below the left cowling, FLIR (or whatever) in the nose as opposed to under the cokpit, and the fact that its has a Brazilian registration number (but odly that looks like a Colombian roundel on the aft fuseladge).

My main question is: doesn't that AT-6 gear look a bit frail for what it is?

Guess you've never been with a student on their first no-flap

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What AT-6? It's already been pointed out that the picture you posted is a Tucano, not a T-6. You can tell by the 5 bladed prop, rounded as opposed to triangular starter air intake below the left cowling, FLIR (or whatever) in the nose as opposed to under the cokpit, and the fact that its has a Brazilian registration number (but odly that looks like a Colombian roundel on the aft fuseladge).

AT-6 on the video, Super Tucano on the picture for comparison...

got to fly the AT-6 2 times last year during an operational eval at DM. It was a sweet airplane actually.

AT-6 seems like a better design. Putting the eye ahead of the exhaust shroud should improve visibilty greatly.

How in the world did that engine not shit itself as soon as that dust started flying into the intake?

How in the world did that engine not shit itself as soon as that dust started flying into the intake?

Probably the same way all those other PT6's do just fine in the dirt.

How in the world did that engine not shit itself as soon as that dust started flying into the intake?

The reverse flow design certainly helps.

Talon dudes are goobers.

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Talon dudes are goobers.

First thing I thought of when listening to dear Kenneth.

The Tucano also has an Air-to-air kill under its belt

Who flies those aircraft? Americans with a member of the country's government on board? Or the country's own pilots?

Who flies those aircraft? Americans with a member of the country's government on board? Or the country's own pilots?

No idea, I am surprised that this online though

How in the world did that engine not shit itself as soon as that dust started flying into the intake?

Inertial separation. Introduces a high-G turn in the intake flow prior to the compressor. Debris is too heavy to make the turn.

Inertial separation. Introduces a high-G turn in the intake flow prior to the compressor. Debris is too heavy to make the turn.

You're mom's too heavy to make the turn.

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