"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

[fubar57]

I missed this one yesterday; to go with the above post

North Korean troops fighting in Russia against Ukraine suffering high casualties, Kyiv says | CBC News

Ukraine's military intelligence said Ukrainian strikes near Novoivanovka inflicted heavy casualties on North Korean units. It said North Korean troops also faced supply issues and even shortages of drinking water.

www.cbc.ca

 

[Snautzer01]

So it has begun, the reassembly of the USSR, or maybe even the old Russian Empire.
Hey Fulda, how's your gap?

Now it almost new year. I started to read from post 1 again. Yes... I had some time left over and I am a curious one.

Funny how this mixed group can get it sometimes very close.

And.

This is a biggi. It hasn't had the "chop" because we can not behave.

Who knew?

Really...

informative, yes I dotted that one...

Thoughts on and predictions that turned out .. well close. A lot did get in the direction that did happen. ( there were wrong ones too but we ain't Pentagon.)

And did not starting duelling each other because of different ideas.
Funny is it not?

How's that then?

 

[mjfur]

Also, I wanted to add that I did a little reading on the a/c type, and it turns out it's fly-by-wire, so hydraulic concerns are moot. I'll read more and post less in the future.

In a fly-by-wire system the flight control actuators still use hydraulic fluid & pressure to function. Instead of a control cable (metal) running from the cockpit the f-b-w system uses an electrical wire to send a signal that tells the control actuator which way to move. You need hydraulic fluid, hydraulic pressure and an electrical signal for this system to function correctly.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

In a fly-by-wire system the flight control actuators still use hydraulic fluid & pressure to function. Instead of a control cable (metal) running from the cockpit the f-b-w system uses an electrical wire to send a signal that tells the control actuator which way to move. You need hydraulic fluid, hydraulic pressure and an electrical signal for this system to function correctly.

Yet another correction for me; I had thought this was electrical servos. Thanks for the short hairs.

 

[GrauGeist]

And if the damage from the "bird strike" incapacitated those hydraulic systems, the aircraft is rendered uncontrollable, just as if a cable or rod had been compromised.