Wat’s Carbon Water-N-Stuff Thread - Concepts In Iron And Wood!!!

Lighten up, Francis. Nobody's gonna take away all the guns from citizens in the USA.

And the only Presidential candidate talking about concentration camps is Trump.
 
The "Thatch Weave."



Basically, what they knew from pilots' reports was:

  • a zero will kill you no matter what
  • a zero will outturn you with ease no matter what
  • a zero will outclumb you no matter what
  • a zero will kill you no matter what
  • a zero will outturn you no matter what
  • a zero will outlast you no matter what
oh, and, don't forget, a zero will outturn and kill you no matter what

now, once they had one to study, they found out the compromises the japanese made to get it to perform like it did:

  • extremely lighweight, it could turn on a dime, indeed… but to do so, they used a magnesium alloy (burning easily and with extreme heat) to build it, had no armor nor self sealing tanks - first lesson: use incendiary bullets, and a single hit will put it on fire 99% of the time
  • being very lightweight, it was extremely maneuverable at low speed, but as the speed increased, the controls became stiffer and stiffer, to the point it required a huge effort to move the stick around, which reduced significantly its agility, especially in roll. second lesson: keep your speed high and, if attacked by a zero, don't turn but rather statt scissors (left-right-left…) - it won't be able to follow
  • its armament was quite lousy, with the cannons in the wings that had such a low muzzle velocity and carried in such lightly built wings, that when firing, especially in maneuvers, they'd spray projectiles everywhere except on the target unless it is extremely close: third lesson: keep your speed high (again) and if you need to disengage, no need for hard evasive maneuvering.. as soon as you managed a few hundreds of metres separation, you are pretty much safe. A slight jinking suffice to remain in one piece
It could be added that the teamwork was emphasized as the one with a zero on his tail usually could withstand sufficient damage for the buddies to have time to come and help him.

From there, a US Navy pilot Jimmy Thach invented a tactic that proved to be extremely deadly for the zeros… the attacked aircraft would keep his speed and weave left-right with the zero following him. His wingman would weave as well, crossing his path back and forth behind him. On each crossing, he will fire a quick burst on the zero crossing his aim… in a couple of waves, at most, the zero was burning.
 
Fear is a terrible thing. False Evidence Appears Real. The inability to see that fallacy creates the fear itself. The unwillingness to examine the fear leads to accepting it and being afraid, which causes a life paralysis. Courage is not the antidote for fear, but it is the antidote for the feeling afraid and the paralysis. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Courage is demonstrated in action. But courage is an inside job, and it comes from a faith that the fear is no a be-all end-all, but is more like a temporary condition.


No one can do the courage thing for you.


Wat awoke this morning because he was courageous enough to go to sleep in the belief that his firearms would not kill him during the night.


 
Fear is certainly no way to live.
It certainly isn't.

Thankfully, your small arsenal and ammunition cache hopes to alleviate the pants-shitting terror you've experienced your entire life. The illusion of safety is better than nothing, I suppose.
 
I outsource my security and feel safe knowing I have hundreds of armed men and women at my disposal 24/7 simply by calling 911.

But sure, there’s something to be said for having a 12 guage nearby.
 
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