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Good things America has given the world

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Vermillion, Dec 6, 2002.

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    [​IMG] Peace of mind and the confidence that for every mindset problem there is a hardware solution available, right off the shelf.

    Don't be afraid, there is a solution: http://www.usbunkers.com/aboutUs.htm

    Mushrooms, mushrooms everywhere,
    they make feel so confident :1eye:
     
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    [​IMG] Erm....I'm thinking...
     
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    I'm sure I'll get totally flamed for this, but almost all popular music drawing on rock or rhythm & blues.

    There never would have been the Rolling Stones if Chuck Berry hadn't come first.
     
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    The "all-mine" attitude I mentioned before: To make sure the american taxpayer and customer in general doesn't becomes confused and upset when america is up to aquire equipment and weapons of foreign origin they are given american manufacturers and names immediately :D

    Like here: The good old Mauser BK-27 27mm aircraft cannon (as developed for and used in the Tornado, Eurofighter and Gripen) suddenly became a Boeing product when it was chosen for the JSF aka F-35 :D
    :D as Boeing *led* as an off-the-shelf buy can be :shake:

    And there: A variant of the successful swiss Pilatus PC-9 trainer, chosen as the new training aircraft for the US armed forces became the Raytheon Texan-II. The gross thing is that America there now competes vs the original manufacturer, which made Pilatus develop the improved PC-21 to deal with that.

    But US companies also do so, here it's Boeing again, with products from american companies they aquired: The good old Douglas DC-3 became the Boeing DC-3 after the merger of both companies :shake: Weird habit, I just can't stop wondering about it.

    [ January 16, 2003, 11:57: Message edited by: Ragusa ]
     
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    Saturday night live
     
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    Hehe Rags, that's a little misleading of you. The cannon is not being taken off the shelf and simply bolted on. They are developing a new system based on the Mauser cannon, and Mauser is even one of the team members. This was even acknowledged in the article you linked to.
     
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    [​IMG] As for the partners: Primex license-produces the 27mm Ammunition and Western-Design quite probably (since that company is specialised in ammunition handling) the magazine optimised for the JSF airframe. That's about it.
    Admittedly, Mauser increased the cyclic rate of the gun, however I don't know if this was done for the Eurofighter already. Doing all that, integrating the gun, is definitely more than just bolting it on but still doesn't makes it a genuine *Boeing* thing :p
     
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