Comments by "Her Royal Fluffiness Celestia, Princess of Cake" (@CakePrincessCelestia) on "Sandboxx" channel.

  1. It's so stealthy that noone ever could witness it operating.
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  2. In the DCS community there's a meme because the S-400 only exists as a mod which is pretty much OP: "What does it take to defeat the S-400?" - "A realistic simulation."
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  3. 8:44 "The real villain in Top Gun was Maverick's arrogance." - Nailed it.
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  4. Ah, the S-400... as someone from the DCS community, there's a meme with the Grim Reapers having a gajillion of "Can XYZ defeat an S-400 site?" videos which usually goes awry thanks to how it's totally overmodelled (being a mod and not part of DCS itself) and them not being the best DCS pilots on the planet. The best answer to the question "What could possibly defeat it?" is just "A realistic simulation." :D Will watch later :)
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  5. Probably more like 4.69th gen, to be fair :)
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  6. They literally managed to produce their own biros (aka ballpoint pens) for the first time ever in 2017. Those things have been around since the early 40s...
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  7. I'd totally be down for that to become the official NATO designation :D
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  8. Just how many of those were in the air? Asking for a friend... XD
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  9. The moon is quite literally explored better currently than the deepest depths of the world's oceans.
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  10. One more in the same line: Russia's been sending the most heavy weapons to the Ukrainian army so far (literally hundreds of tanks, artillery units and IFVs being captured)... and they went from having the 2nd largest army in the world to having the 2nd largest army in Ukraine :)
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  11.  @riskinhos  And maybe you should learn about how that could have been done before making en even more stupid comment on "social media".
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  12. 5:21 Eugen Sänger entered the chat. 6:11 That's the name of Sänger's "Antipodal Bomber", which was a concept from WWII emerging the desperate strife to somehow be able to hit the US "at home" that never got real though. You should make an episode on that one, it's pretty interesting. It basically was pretty much similar to the later X-20 in theory. 11:18 Would be great 13:10 "And if that day comes, we may learn that platforms like the Dynasoar aren't as extinct as we might have thought." - Love that pun.
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  13.  @xvy333  It takes more than just a low freq / high wave length system to do that. They knew the route and the exact times and managed to just get the exact moment when that 117 had it's doors open. Doesn't make the SA-3 an all out "Stealth Fighter killer".
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  14. 262 was the first both in serial production with significant numbers and in active service. That's what mostly counts. Also, there have been a few P-80s stationed and operating in Italy by the end of January in 1945 AFAIK. To me they're all the pioneers of the jet age.
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  15. I've heard the copium lines are getting insanely long in Russia right now...
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  16. Thanks for pointing that out. Without knowing I suspected it was tied to the joining the NATO thing maybe. But yeah, Sweden always had their own (cool) airframes :) (loving the Viggen!)
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  17.  @wigon  This. Also there was the F-111 with the Pave Tack which was a retractable pod, but integrated into the airframe as it if was part of it. That whole thing took up the bomb bay, though, so the LGBs had to go on wing pylons instead.
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  18. Sir, you've just won 5 internets for that statement! :D Haters gonna hate. That bloke's Sam.
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  19. Made my day! Literally Craiged me up! :D
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  20. In Cobem Poccnr, you don't eat crabs, ... oh wait, wrong place XD
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  21.  @thudthud5423  I remember having had a model of that thing as well. Also, it has been featured in MicroProse and EA flight sims since 1987, the actual F-117 appeared in 1989 for the first time in one of those Chuck Yeager's sims IIRC, and definitely in MicroProse's F-117 Stealth Fighter 2.0 in 1991. Around that time, the F-22 also started popping up in those games... and we had some sort of X-32 design in ATF in 1995 and both the actual X-32 and X-35 in Eidos' JSF in 1997.
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  22. Fun fact: The nose is just red, becaue it takes all the friction at those speeds. He's always the frontmost reindeer.
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  23. That just was possible because the missile didn't know where it was at all times.
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  24. I dare to say he's pretty much on par with Ward Carroll.
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  25. A-10 vs the largest traffic jam the world has ever seen... that probably would have been the most efficient use of that gun ever.
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  26. They managed to build their first own ball pen / biro in 2017. Says it all.
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  27. [Crab Rave intensifies]
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  28. It's so stealthy it didn't make it onto the list.
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  29.  @bryonslatten3147  I can deal with it. I'm about 20% faster... but my rainboom isn't quite as stealthy though :D
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  30. "It's FAT AMY in her natural habitat - always defensive" ~Mover 2021 To be fair, I like the F-35, especially the B model. But I also do like big girls... ;)
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  31. 5:44 Let me be that guy that takes the idea 180. What about using that rocket to bring that F-15E(X, whatever) to its operations area in no time in order to increase its range and reaction time? I mean, that'd save them all the fuel enroute so they'll either end up with more playtime or higher range while at the same time "getting there" in so much less time... you might be able to detect even the stealthiest aircraft, but could you react sufficiently to a Strike Eagle that enters the Danger Zone at M5+ and is going to drop a truckload of Wickmids on your assets before you even notice?
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  32. They've literally been made for the F-22 to fit inside the weapons bays...
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  33. I'm hypersonic, but not a missile - even though I know where I am at all times by knowing where I am not ;) 1:57 Not just that. People generally think like "wHoA, tHoSe ThInGs ArE sO fAsT, iT's ImPoSsIbLe To DeFeNd AgAiNsT!", but the truth being that nothing is going anywhere near Mach 5 at low altitudes, simply because air density and physics do exist. So the most vital thing of modern hypersonic missiles being the lofting trajectory to get fast at altitude, primarily for increasing range and their capability to manoeuver midcourse. Nevertheless, in the terminal phase those get as vulnerable as any other thing.
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  34. True, and that very idea dates back to the 40s BTW...
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  35. Meanwhile me: Lives less than 30 miles from an airbase where Eurofighters are stationed for almost 13 years by now and has yet to actually see one for real...
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  36. 3:28 Uh, well... it's quite simple: if (source.origin == RU || source.origin == CN || source.origin == IR || source.origin == PS) source.LevelOfTrust = -69420; 16:01 M .69. Nice! 17:55 Nice, nice, nice! 28:58 The Absolute Unit Of A Gigachad entered the chat. Dang, I want that thing in DCS so bad. I hope FlyingIron will bring theirs for X-Plane over to DCS after dropping the A-7E. 29:54 If you're even remoely interested in historic railroad stuff, make sure to pay the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden a visit while you're in that general area...
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  37.  @BriShep123  Anyway, it looks waaaay steeper than it probably is.
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  38. I'd be glad if it ended up in DCS as well... :)
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  39. The race for speed is all on again, while trying to keep things stealthy. Temperature and friction are real factors, but supercruise-capable fighters like the Raptor and Eurofighter show where it's going.
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  40. I've literally been calling the Cyber Truck an "F-117A ordered on wish" ever since... but noone ever seems to see those comments :D
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  41. FAT AMY is getting hungry! XD
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  42. He must have seen this (Drewski humilating): /watch?v=iaJOElP_6bU
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  43. They didn't have 20mm, just .50 cal. But anyway, you'd always have 4-6 guns pointed at you from a single B-17 when attacking from behind and that especially adds up within a full box formation (that's 12 bombers in 4 sections of 3 each). Keep the time frame exposed to that firepower as short as possible while trying to bring as much 20 and 30mm in as possible.
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  44.  @Llyrin  Didn't know that to be fair. As far as I could find apparently some 17Gs of the 8th AF had them in late '44.
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  45.  @thepilotman5378  That's what I was saying with the acceleration thing. Takes ages to get there and turning in a fight will shed that energy, so you'd really have to be a very patient and well-aiming BnZ style pilot knowing how to use energy advantage without burning it off by turning too far into the evading opponent. The P-51 can get dangerous quicker than most would imagine. Especially with the sheer mass of .50 cal it can hose down range. A lucky hit can be enough to take out either of the engines which were rather exposed and very vulnerable.
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  46. 3:26 What? The MiG-28 and MiG-28UB are pretty much real, those are just commonly known as F-5E and T-38, actually used in Red Air ;) 9:04 Wait, it's even slower than the legacy Hornet, by 0.3? First time I've ever heard that... 15:17 TOMCATS!
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  47. Thirded
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  48. 0:06 "Wlähdemeer Poohten" - А ну, чики-брики и в дамки! 0:21 Must be Lt. Aleksander Miyasov... oh wait, he was a Su-33 driver back in the day (I wonder if anyone gets the ref...) 5:01 The 35 has the same canards as the 33. No 27 variant that hasn't gotten another number has those however. 8:17 Not gonna lie, that made my day :D
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  49. I just conducted some test flights in the Atreides Ornithopter right there... :D
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  50.  @skyserf  Winnie "Xi Tzu Phrene" the Pooh! :D
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  51. "Holy crab!" ~famous last words
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  52. While I noticed that as well (for anyone interested: Just drop the original term Кинжал in Google Translate and press the play button), does it really matter? He's still putting up facts here. Would have been nicer though if he had researched the pronunciation.
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  53. Should have been the "Honorable mentions. At least they tried." section :D
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  54. Sounds like the Aurora. That thing has yet to be confirmed.
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  55. Nice, 404 likes. Pointy top not found.
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  56. It's awesome if you're a fatty! :D
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  57. True. BTW: 8:49 Sounds like Early Access in software development.
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  58. I am actually not the only one making the Hitman - #47 connection on the internet? Am I dreaming? First time I've ever seen someone else do it. Underrated comment!
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  59. Tic Tacs: buzzing around and noone can explain Santa: HoLd My MuLlEd WiNe!
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  60.  @EternusCivis  OK, AH-56 then :D
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  61. Interwebz: WhY dO yOu TeLl AlL yOuR sEcReTs To YoUr PoSsIbLe EnEmY? Алекс Холлингс фром Сандбоккс Ньюс энтеред зе чат.
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  62.  @asherwiggin6456  It will never shoot me down because I won't install that mod... :D
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  63. It's literally an imperative. SPQR, errm, I mean SCNR :D
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  64. Oh buck, did they actually find my interdimensional space craft that I was going to reassemble and prosecute Bladolf Putler and his Chekist Mafia with?
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  65. Poccnrese logic in a nutshell: "If they could, they will. Expect even more. Need to strike first, so they can't!"
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  66. 0:27 FAT AMY!
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  67.  @user-os6ch5pt7w  I'd rather say it's that fast at its trajectory's peak just when the thing stops burning.
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  68. 2:19 The only thing I saw on social media so far, if you count YT as one, was Ward Carroll's video. And I saw that video footage there before the news even reported on it where I live... :D 2:41 BTW that incident happend around 420km (~227nm) off the nearest Russian coastline/border... quite a stretch for an intercept ;) - well, unless you're Russian and claim all the annexed oblasts and especially Crimea to be Russian soil that is. As an Equestrian, I prefert to use facts consolidated by the UN. 3:27 It is said that the cutout wasn't due to the collision itself, but "just" having the satcom connection masked by the Flanker. 4:14 Love your take on the Poccnrese trolls that will inevitable show up in the comments section! 4:57 As I said above... was at quite a distance ;) - and in international airspace. 5:56 Exactly :) 7:14 Taran entered the chat. (They've been doing that aircraft ramming ever since, starting back in 1914!) 8:46 "Which does very little to threaten the security of Neighdo allies on the Cotton End..." ~Airlex Hollings, 2023 ;) 13:01 I'm losing it XD
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  69. 1:16 Oh, that sucks. Retinal detachment, cataract or something else? Get well soon! (Went through several glaucoma and cataract surgeries myself and I probably will need some more in the future...) 3:04 They thought so over the Viet Nam. And have been proven wrong. How often do we have to listen to that record again?
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  70. Like a Brit would say "torn apart", just without the t :)
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  71. As a gamer, all I can say is that dogfighting is about as dead as either the PC or the console, or even VR.
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  72. The thermal stealth thing gets overlooked way too often.
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  73. It's wild to see that thing being real. We made jokes about how Oleg Maddox should be adding the OG Air Tractor with some bomb racks, rocket rails and guns built into its wings in the old Il-2 sims almost 25 years ago and here we are...
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  74. The 262 was faster than the P-51, but suffered from an atrociously bad acceleration (like the Meteor) which often made it possible for P-51s to catch up on them if they dared to drop their energy. They were especially vulnerable during takeoffs and landings as well as in the pattern. But your overall point is spot on. It takes time to mature and eventually, (almost) everyone will have it...
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  75. 1:09 LOL :D
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  76. 10:22 Well done Poccnr. Using AH-64 TADS footage from the evil, gay and satanistic США in your propaganda films. Chapeau! /) 11:37 Well played... well played! 11:42 Oh great, they gonna build F-111Ts then? XD 14:40 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left the chat. Chang Frick: А ну, чики-брики и в дамки!
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  77. Why don't they just try to get Mi-26s, those have 2x ~10k SHP. I guess, Putler needs those somewhere else, so Xina can't have 'em... XD
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  78.  @patriot1234100  Su-57 is at best 4.5th, if even.
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  79. That happens when you don't have Fuel Rats in your community.
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  80. I think the way he did it was just spot on /)
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  81. Do The Navy Seals have Flying Submarines? I know for sure the Bri'ish once had Flying Supermarines. Badum Tss!
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  82.  @DOI_ARTS  I highly doubt it as well. While you should never underestimate your opponent, I pretty much dare to say the J in Xinese fighter jet designations stand for Joke.
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  83. 15:08 Well played! You didn't show the thing from a later game though: /watch?v=uofeK0nWF3o This is where I first saw anything about it :) Who knows if it ever existed for real... guess there's always some secrets that might just stay secret.
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  84.  @NPC-fl3gq  LHX and Gunship 2000. If you like those and also Desert Strike, check out Thunder Helix :)
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  85. The F-117, same as the A-10 BTW, is a perfect example for how important it is to have some assets that are made to fulfil a specifc role and do it great. Multi-role is great, but it can't replace the perfect-fit singe-role things that always will be better at what they're designed to do.
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  86.  @fakecubed  "It's the man, not the machine."
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  87.  @fakecubed  What about its design makes the pilot do friendly fire?
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  88. Had me in stitches! :D
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  89. "Hypersonic" missile... pfff! I'm hypersonic! /)^3^(\
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  90. "Airlex" Hollings! And of course, don't forget to tap on that bell icon, so you never miss a drop... from Sandboxx News!
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  91. "Attritable" - as in modern HR? :)
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  92. 5:03 Isn't that the 86? Typo :)
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  93. The Viper eats that for breakfast in a dogfight, especially the ones with just the TF30s.
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  94. This clearly is getting those "Steve Morse has been longer in Deep Purple than Ritchie Blackmore has ever been" vibes.
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  95. 0:32 "I'm AlEx HoLlInGs AnD tHiS... iS aIr PoWeR!" ~"Airlex" Hollings, 2022
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  96.  @nathaniellazo5912  Exactly!
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  97. Literally BREAKING news! XD
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  98. The Ph-47 Phantomol! XD
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  99. If you really want to get a stealthy and worthy replacement for the A-10, you need the same playtime and the same CAS capabilities at least while increasing the standoff capability without sacrificing firepower. It could possibly be done with an YF-23 airframe that's made as robust as the A-10's (titanium bathtub and general resistance, just in case), get that gun into the weapons bays as well as an integrated TGP and use APKWS II with some improvements that make them useful at longer ranges since its current max range is limited by battery power and because it's de-spinning itself right after coming out of the tube. Why not lauch them ballistically with CCIP/CCRP solutions from much farther away and only let them stabilize and guide onto a laser spot in its terminal phase that even could begin like 5nm before impact. The gun would then only be used if there's little risk left. The guided rockets would become the main weapon. Why the YF-23 airframe? Well, it could defend itself better, just in case and it could get in and out of the danger zone much quicker. Also since it's almost a complete lifting body already, there'd be plenty of possibilities to use it as a fundament to house enough fuel for playtime as well as weaponry, maybe it needs to be made thicker, but the general shape wouldn't be too bad. Also, much less RCS and IR signature would help for those gun runs in case they'd become applicable. Of course, anything could throw some guided APKWS-like sticks from far away, including the F-35 which would be stealthy in case they'd manage to hide the pods inside somehow. And that brings me to the most imporant point that came to my mind when I saw the concept art: You can't have stealth with all that stuff hanging off of the pylons. Everything needs to be inside with some sort of doors that just open when needed. Anyway, even a stealthy aircraft lobbing sticks from like 20 or even 30nm away would be an advantage over one that is not, simply to prevent interceptors from being scrambled against it. That, and the "getting there and back home" thing. Anyway, after all it comes down to being a cost thing and with that I'd say the A-10 is good the way it is, but eventually it might not get replaced, but complemented by something that can do the same task with stealth in case it's needed while the A-10 keeps doing it where it's irrelevant. And that very well could be a specialized F-35 variant instead of something completely new. To be fair, I just want to see the YF-23 airframe to live in some sort, at some point :)
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  100. B-1A never was in service and had its test flights in the mid 70s before Jimmy Carter stopped the program in 1977. In the same year, Have Blue took its first flight. However, test flights were continued and the B-1A cracked the M 2.2 mark in 1979. In 1981 Ronald Reagan made the decision to get improved B-1Bs which then should take the role of a supersonic low altitude bomber instead. Due to that given role, the whole intake system was simplified, resulting in lower top speeds which wouldn't matter down in the weeds anyway. Also, range and ordnance capacity were increased... not to mention the use of RAM coatings for developing stealth technology, which the -1A didn't have. So yes, basically B-1A was supposed to be supersonic, high alt while the B-1B then wasn't.
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  101. 0:12 Does that count as "in combat" even, though? 0:24 BTW even if you take a peek at it on Google Maps, which I highly doubt being that up to date, you'll find one at one spot (on the central main apron, on the eastern half, just before it bends slightly northward) and 3 next to each other at a second spot there (NW end, right next to where 21R starts). So basically all they've actually got... XD
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  102.  @NuclearFalcon146  Thanks for bringing that up, mate! Was just about to try digging that up myself and it probably would have taken me ages to find XD
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  103. My 2¢ in a nutshell: Alex: "Kinsel" Pooden: "Poccnr stronk!" Russian scientists: get prosecuted for "lying" to da boss Me: lol, rly? LOL!
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  104.  @techinrl9869  Reminds me of those supercavitating torpedoes... seems legit. ^^
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  105. If anything at all, it's 𝕏itter now. Pronounce it like you would Winnie the Pooh from Xina. I genuinely wonder for how long we'll be going to see it being called something like "platform X, formerly known as twitter" everywhere. I could easily see thing going for years.
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