"Jcarr" (jcarr)
08/19/2016 at 11:11 • Filed to: Oppo Questions, BOBW, Planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
08/19/2016 at 11:11 • Filed to: Oppo Questions, BOBW, Planelopnik | 2
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Welcome to a unique edition of Battle of the Base Wheels, where you, the readers, decide which vehicle has the best base wheels. Today is National Aviation Day in the States so we’re going to celebrate by deciding which fighter* in the U.S. inventory looks the best sitting on its landing gear .
Let the games begin!
Boeing A/V-8B Harrier II
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Boeing F-15 Eagle
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Boeing F/A-18 Hornet
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Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
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Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
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* I’m including fighter-sized multirole and attack aircraft in here because they’re awesome and if you disagree, then you suck.
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Past editions of Battle of the Base Wheels can be found
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Viggen
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 11:16 |
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I can’t decide! The Eagle’s landing gear give it that tall, powerful stance. But the F/A-18s have those awesome, reinforced landing gear for carrier landings and that duel nose gear.
jasmits
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 11:24 |
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None of the above
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Jcarr
> jasmits
08/19/2016 at 11:25 |
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What the hell is that?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 11:26 |
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Currently in inventory = BOOOOOO
My three favorites are done and gone.
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Jcarr
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/19/2016 at 11:28 |
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Ooh, I’ve always had a thing for the Crusader.
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jasmits
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 11:29 |
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It's the Soul Plane! You have to see that movie.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 11:31 |
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Tilt-wing to make it easier to land, massive cannon spam, high agility, big engine, what’s not to like?
IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 12:00 |
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I think the F-22 is the best looking plane here, but the FA/18 Hornet looked most natural on its landing gear, so it ultimately go t my vote.
facw
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 12:54 |
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Really like the F-8 in the dark gray/blue the French used at the end of its life:
The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 14:49 |
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I like the A-10 because the nosewheel is off center, to make for the awesomeness that is it’s main gun. If that’s not bad-ass-on-wheels, I don’t know what is.
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facw
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 21:43 |
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I just realized you forgot a fighter!
Sure as an aggressor aircraft the F-5 is not likely to be fighting on the front lines, but it is a fighter (no asterisk needed) in the US inventory.
I guess if you wanted a real stretch, you could count the QF-4 as well:
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facw
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/19/2016 at 21:48 |
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While thinking about how this list is missing the F-5, it occurred to me that if you really wanted to add in the F-4, the QF-4 training drone (converted F-4) is still in service.
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Jcarr
> facw
08/19/2016 at 21:57 |
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I debated including the aggressors (the US also apparently has a couple SU-27s that they use for this) but decided to only use ones that can see actual combat.
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facw
> Jcarr
08/19/2016 at 22:05 |
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Fair enough, but you’ll be sorry once we go to war with China and attrition has whittled it down to the point where we are sending out our F-5s to meet their boneyard J-7s...
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Jcarr
> facw
08/19/2016 at 22:11 |
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Good thing I'm not in charge!
The Compromiser
> Jcarr
08/20/2016 at 09:55 |
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A-10 for the win. They look so good, it doesn’t even put them completely away, during flight!