• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • IMPORTANT INFORMATION - ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ

    Due to an increase in the number of new members who are trying to systematically download our entire Resource Library (one new member yesterday tried to download 3,000+ files AT ONCE!) we are being forced to implement some changes regarding who can download what, how many files at a time and at what speed. As the forums and Resource Library share the same bandwidth when the Library gets overloaded with demand like that the forums fall over, as we have all seen recently. It's sad that greed has forced our hand in this way but we must do something for the benefit of all our legitimate members (many of whom paid money for the upkeep of the site) and to prevent the files stored here being used for nefarious purposes. Many of our uploads have specific conditions tied to them that forbid uploading to any other site or deny uploading to any site that has a 'paywall' (i.e. a pay to download policy). Due to the number of mass download attempts recently we can only assume that somebody, somewhere, is attempting to stock up a new file library with our files and we owe it to our up-loaders to protect their files and intellectual property especially as many (like my own LDR Development projects) are made available at SOH only and are specified as such in the 'read me' files.

    The forums and Resource Library will be taken offline as of 13:00 EDT with the forums coming back online shortly after without the resources library while we work on setting up permissions on the new Library module.

    We hope our members understand why we need to do this and will bear with us while we implement the changes.

    Thanks in anticipation, SOH ADMINISTRATION

    Downloads are now active. You may proceed with downloading as desired

    The download limits are a work in progress. Some settings are likely to need tweaking in the coming days.

America's Special Forces NEWEST Attack Aircraft: The OA-1K Sky Raider II

The YouTube video is really impressive. A nice piece of promotional advertising. It gives you the impression the aircraft is a combat proven piece of equipment. The only problem is that it isn't combat proven... yet. I see some great possibilities but until it accomplishes a hairy mission and comes limping home with substantial battle damage and two untouched crew members I'm not sold on it. I just finished a book on the development of the A10 Warthog and it was very enlightening in respect to the parameters that were the foundation of the design. One of the prime requirements was KEEP IT SIMPLE. Forget the tons of pretty avionics, knobs and switches. Design the aircraft to get to the target, put ordnance on target with accuracy and get the hell home, preferably in one piece. Believe it or not, one of the resources for the design concept was an old WW2 pilot. Luftwaffe ace Stuka pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel. He probably knew more about ground attack and tactical support than most pilots living or dead. If you are interested in reading this book it's called "Warplane" by Hal Sundt. But Let me warn you, it's not about flying the Warthog in combat but rather the birth of the Warthog from initial concept to rubber on the ramp. Very interesting IMHO. So this is where I'm coming from when I say the Skyraider II doesn't have my vote...yet. But I'm hopeful.
 
I don't know about glorified as the paint is barely dry on it yet but it is certainly a member of the ugly plane club (along with many others)!
 
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