Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "The Ridiculous Design Flaw of the Sukhoi Su-24" video.

  1. Side fact: the reason the TSR-2 has half-conical intakes while the TFX (F-111) doesn't (rather it has quarter-conical intakes), is because English Electric had done wind tunnel R&D work with their P.17A (one of TSR-2's precursor design submissions for GOR.339) and found quarter-conical intakes beneath the wing to have severe shortcomings; thus the intake placement was changed. General Dynamics did no such testing of the intake placement (or other aspects such as properly fatigue testing the wing components), and various accidents inevitably resulted. The UK may have never got a direct Canberra replacement (though various aircraft would do their best to fill the tactical nuclear bomber role from 1972 to 1998), but we didn't lose much when the F-111K order was cancelled.
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  2. A PS video that's only 30% cringe' & propaganda and 70% actually interesting aviation history... it's been quite some time 😂 .
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  3. Disinformers of a feather, flock together.
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